1985 in England

Events

October

• 6 October – PC Keith Blakelock is fatally stabbed during the Broadwater Farm Riot in Tottenham, London. Two of his colleagues are treated in hospital for gunshot wounds, as are three journalists.

Births

• 7 January – Lewis Hamiton, racing driver
• 26 March – Keira Knightley, actress
• 3 April – Leona Lewis, singer
• 14 July – Phoebe Waller-Bridge, actress