Copyright

The material featured on this website is subject to Crown copyright protection and licensed for use under the Open Government Licence unless otherwise indicated. Guidelines on copyright and the re-use of our material are provided in this section. Find out more about:

For further enquiries about copyright, please consult the guidance listed below.

For further information on copyright and other forms of intellectual property (such as patents, trade marks and designs), and how to secure protection for it, see the Intellectual Property Office website. Guidance is also available from the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance.

Copyright documents:

Copyright and related rights (PDF, 877 KB)

Using materials from The National Archives (PDF, 160 KB)

Copyright guidelines summary (PDF, 50 KB)

Crown copyright and our website

You may use and re-use Crown copyright information from this website (other than the Royal Arms and departmental or agency logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms and conditions of the Open Government Licence, provided it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context.

Digital copies of documents

The use of copies of records downloaded from our website using Discovery is subject to a number of conditions.

Image reproduction

You can purchase high quality reproductions of images from our collections using our image library.

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.