Councils, organisations and individuals across the country and around the world are putting in place final preparations for flag-raising ceremonies next Monday, 22 June.

From the Shetland Islands to the Isles of Scilly, flags will be raised across the country. Check local press for details of your
local event.

The official Armed Forces Day flags will be flown as part of the celebrations to honour Britain's Armed Forces - past, present and future.

The specially designed flags, based on the Union Jack, will be raised together in ceremonies across the country at 1030hrs on Monday 22 June 2009. This will mark the beginning of a week of events leading up to Armed Forces Day on Saturday 27 June. Participating councils are listed below (by government region): check local press for details.

Armed Forces Day flags will also be flown where British servicemen and women are serving overseas, including in Afghanistan, Iraq, Cyprus, Germany, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.

Channel Islands and Isle of Man

Douglas—St Helier—Guernsey

East Midlands

Ripley—Chesterfield—Derby—Matlock—Ilkeston—High Peak—Swadlincote—Narborough—Loughborough—Market Harborough—Hinckley—Leicester—Melton Mowbray—Coalville—Wigston—Oakham—Boston—Louth—Lincoln—Sleaford—Spalding—Grantham—Gainsborough—Corby—Daventry—Thrapston—Kettering—Northampton—Towcester—Wellingborough—Nottingham—Worksop—Mansfield—Newark—Bedford

East of England

Luton—Shefford—Dunstable—Cambridge—Ely—March—Huntingdon—Peterborough—Cambourne—Basildon—Braintree—Brentwood—Benfleet—Chelmsford—Colchester—Epping—Harlow—Maldon—Rayleigh—Southend-on-Sea—Clacton-on-Sea—Grays—Saffron Walden—Cheshunt—Hemel Hempstead—Hertford—Borehamwood—Letchworth—Royston—Hitchin—Baldock—St Albans—Stevenage—Rickmansworth—Watford—Welwyn Garden City—King’s Lynn—Dereham—Norwich—Great Yarmouth—Norwich—Cromer—Bradwell—Sudbury—Mildenhall—Ipswich—Bury St Edmunds—Lowestoft

North East

Peterlee—Durham—Chester-le-Street—Consett—Spennymoor—Crook—Teesdale—Bishop Auckland—Alnwick—Berwick-upon-Tweed—Cramlington—Morpeth—Hexham—Ashington—Hartlepool—Middlesbrough—Stockton—Darlington—Gatehead—Newcastle upon Tyne—North Tyneside—South Shields—Sunderland

Northern Ireland

Antrim—Newtownards—Armagh—Ballymena—Ballymoney—Banbridge—Killyleagh—Belfast—Carrickfergus—Coleraine—Cookstown—Criagavon—Londonderry—Dungannon—Enniskillen—Larne—Limavady—Lisburn—Newtownabbey—Bangor—Omagh—Runcorn

North West

Sandbach—Macclefield—Crewe—Chester—Ellesmere Port—Winsford—Warrington—Workington—Barrow-in-Furness—Whitehaven—Kendal—Penrith—Blackburn—Blackpool—Burnley—Chorley—Lytham St Annes—Accrington—Preston—Lancaster—Morecambe—Nelson—Clitheroe—Rossendale—Leyland—Ormskirk—Poulton-Le-Fylde—Bolton—Bury—Manchester—Oldham—Rochdale—Salford—Stockport—Manchester—Stretford—Wigan—Huyton—Liverpool—Southport—St Helens—Wallasey

Scotland

Aberdeen—Forfar—Lochgilphead—Alloa Isle of Leis—Isle of Harris—Isle of North Uist—Dumfries—Dundee—Kilmarnock—Kirkintilloch—Haddington—Giffnock—Falkirk—Kirkcaldy—Glasgow—Inverness—Greenock—Dalkeith—Penicuik—Irvine—Motherwell—Kirkwall—Perth—Paisley—Melrose—Lerwick—Ayr—Hamilton—Stirling—Edinburgh—Elgin—Dumbarton—Clydebank—Livingston—Reading—Brackwell

South East

Slough—Newbury—Maidenhead—Wokingham—Aylesbury—Amersham—Denham—High Wycombe—Milton Keynes—Lewes—Eastbourne—Hastings—Newhaven—Bexhill-on-Sea—Hailsham—Brighton—Hove—Winchester—Basingstoke—Petersfield—Eastleigh—Fareham—Gosport—Fleet—Havant—Lyndhurst—Farnborough—Andover—Romsey—Winchester—Portsmouth—Southampton—Newport—Maidstone—Ashford—Canterbury—Dartford—Dover—Gravesend—Sevenoaks—Folkestone—Sittingbourne—Margate—Tonbridge—Tunbridge Wells—Chatham—Rochester—Oxford—Wallingford—Abingdon—Witney—Kingston Upon Thames—Esher—Epsom—Guildford—Dorking—Reigate—Addlestone—Staines—Camberley—Oxted—Godalming—Woking—Chichester—Shoreham By Sea—Littlehampton—Bognor Regis—Crawley—Chichester—Horsham—Haywards Heath—Worthing

South West

Torpoint—Truro—Cambourne—Launceston—Penzance—Bodmin—Helston—Exeter—Sidmouth—Tiverton—Barnstaple—Plymouth—Totnes—Newton Abbot—Torquay—Bideford—Tavistock—Poole—Bournemouth—Christchurch—Dorchester—Wimbourne—Blandford Forum—Wareham—Weymouth—Cheltenham—Cirencester—Coleford—Gloucester—Kingswood—Stroud—Tewkesbury—St Mary’s—Bath—Bristol—Shepton Mallet—Weston-Super-Mare—Bridgwater—Taunton—Yeovil—Salisbury—Swindon—Trowbridge—Devizes—Chippenham

Wales

Ebbw Vale—Bridgend—Ystrad Mynach—Cardiff—Carmarthen—Llanelli—Aberaeron—Swansea—Bodlondeb—Caernarfon—Bangor—Llangefni—Ruthin—Mold—Merthyr Tydfil—Torfaen—Newport—Haverfordwest—Llandrindod Wells—Welshpool—Brecon—Tonypandy—Trehafod—Pontypool—Barry—Wrexham

West Midlands

Hereford—Shrewsbury—Bridgnorth—Wem—Oswestry—Ludlow—Telford—Much Wenlock—Shifnal—Ellesmere—Church Stretton—Cannock—Burton Upon Trent—Lichfield—Newcastle-under-Lyme—Codsall—Stafford—Leek—Stoke-on-Trent—Tamworth—Atherstone—Nuneaton—Rugby—Stratford-upon-Avon—Royal Leamington Spa—Warwick—Birmingham—Coventry—Dudley—Oldbury—Solihull—Walsall—Wolverhampton—Bromsgrove—Malvern—Redditch—Worcester—Pershore—Kidderminster

Yorkshire and the Humber

Beverley—Hull—Grimsby—Cleethorpes—Scunthorpe—York—Skipton—Northallerton—Harrogate—Richmond—Malton—Scarborough—Selby—Barnsley—Doncaster—Rotherham—Sheffield—Bradford—Halifax—Leeds—Wakefield

London

Southwark—Barking & Dagenham—Barnet—Bexley Heath—Wembley—Bromley—Camden—Croyden—Middlesex—Enfield—Woolwich—Hackney—Hammersmith & Fulham—Wood Green —Harrow—Romford—Uxbridge—Hounslow—Islington—Kensington & Chelsea—Lambeth—Catford—City of London—Morden—East Ham—Stratford—Ilford—Twickenham—Richmond—Southwark—Tower Hamlets—Sutton—Walthamstow—Wandsworth—Westminster