1982 in England

Incumbent

Events

• March 3 – Elizabeth II opens the Barbican Centre in London.
• July 20 – Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings
• December 12 – Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp: 30,000 women hold hands and form a human chain around the 14.5 km perimeter fence of RAF Greenham Common in England in a protest against nuclear weapons.

  Births

• 6 January – Eddie Redmayne, actor
• 9 January – Catherine, Princess of Wales
• 5 February – Sean Heather, cricketer
• 11 February – Natalie Dormer, actress
• 21 June – William, Prince of Wales
• 28 October – Matt Smith, actor

  Deaths

• 6 February – Ben Nicholson, painter
• 6 July – Alma Reville, film editor and screenwriter
• 12 July – Kenneth More, actor
• 12 November – Dorothy Round Little, tennis champion