Creative Commons and photo sharing

Images from the collections of The National Archives posted on the photo-sharing website Flickr may be downloaded and reused without permission in any format for purposes of research, private study or education (non-commercial use) only.

Images from The National Archives that are part of The Commons on Flickr are labelled ‘no known copyright restrictions’ indicating that The National Archives is unaware of any current copyright restrictions on these images, either because they are Crown copyright and the copyright is waived or the term of copyright has expired. All of the images may be subject to other third party rights, such as rights of privacy. You are responsible for obtaining other such necessary permissions for reuse.

When using the images, please credit ‘The National Archives’ and include the catalogue reference of the item to allow others to access the original image or document.

Note that these terms do not apply to images posted by Flickr users other than by The National Archives of the UK, nor to associated Flickr Groups, which may have their own terms and conditions.

Wikimedia

Images from the collections of The National Archives posted on Wikimedia may also be downloaded and reused without permission in any format for purposes of research, private study or education (non-commercial use) only.

There are no copyright restrictions on these images, either because they are Crown copyright and the copyright is waived, or the term of copyright has expired. When using the images, please credit ‘The National Archives’ and include the catalogue reference of the item to allow others to access the original image or document.

Note that these terms apply only to images posted on Wikimedia by The National Archives of the UK. Other users may have their own terms and conditions.