St George's Day in England & the UK, or Feast of St George 

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British life and culture - England, Scotland and Wales

St George\'s Day is celebrated in England on 23 April, in honour of St George, the patron saint of England.

What does the flag of St George look like?

This is the flag of St George is also the flag of England

A story dating back to the 6th century tells that St George rescued a maiden by slaying a fearsome fire-breathing dragon. The Saint\'s name was shouted as a battle cry by English knights who fought beneath the red-cross banner of St George during the Hundred Years War (1338-1453).

The national emblem and national flower of England is a red rose

The flower has been adopted as England’s emblem since the time of the Wars of the Roses - civil wars (1455-1485) between the royal house of Lancaster (whose emblem was a red rose) and the royal house of York (whose emblem was a white rose).

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Mandy is the creator of the Woodlands Resources section of the Woodlands Junior website. 

Mandy left Woodlands in 2003 to work in Kent schools as an ICT Consulatant. 

She now teaches computers at The Granville School and St. John\'s Primary School in Sevenoaks Kent.