2021 in England

Events

• COVID-19 in England: Most of England's primary schools reopen after the Christmas break, amid concerns over whether pupils should be returning during the current level of COVID-19 infections. However, this decision is reversed by the following day.
• 5 January – A third COVID-19 lockdown was announced by the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson and was expected to last until mid-February.
• 3 March – Sarah Everard disappeared and was found dead a week later.
• 9 April – Buckingham Palace announced the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the age of 99.
• 6 May –
• *A series of elections are due to take place for local councils and directly elected mayors in England, police and crime commissioners in England and Wales
• *London Assembly election
• *London mayoral election
• 21 May – Plastic bag charge rises to 10p per bag and extends to all shops.
• 11 June – 11 July – UEFA Euro 2020 begins, with England hosting and participating in Group D at Wembley Stadium, London. They advance to the final where they draw 1-1 with Italy and lose 3-2 after a penalty shoot-out.
• 5 July – An inquest found police failings partly responsible for causing the death of Susan Nicholson by killer Robert Trigg.
• 28 June – Elephant & Castle fire
• 26 July – Marble Arch Mound
• 12 August – Plymouth shooting
• 17 September - Murder of Sabina Nessa
• 15 October - Murder of David Amess
• 31 October - 2021 Salisbury rail crash
• 9 November - Murder of Pauline Quinn
• 14 November - Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing
• 25 November - Murder of Ava White

Scheduled and predicted events

• Unknown date –
• *The construction of the United Kingdom's largest solar farm in the village of Graveney, Kent will begin in spring 2021 which was given the go-ahead by Business secretary Alok Sharma in May 2020.

Births

• 9 February – August Brooksbank, son of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank

Deaths

• 5 January – Colin Bell, footballer
• 10 January – Mark Keds, punk musician
• 16 January – Charlotte Cornwell, actress
• 20 January – John Russell, musician
• 2 February – Peter Dunn, paediatrician
• 13 March – Murray Walker, motorsport commentator and journalist
• 31 March – Jane Manning, soprano
• 30 April – Anthony Payne, composer
• 23 June – Jackie Lane, actress
• 25 June – Brian Bamford, professional golfer
• 9 July – Joan Le Mesurier, actress and writer
• 10 July – Carmel Budiardjo, human rights activist, founder of Tapol, and author
• 15 July – Andy Fordham, darts player, world champion, organ failure
• 17 July – Graham Vick, opera director, COVID-19
• 18 July – Tom O'Connor, comedian and game show host, complications from Parkinson's disease
• 31 July – Terry Cooper, footballer and manager
• 1 August – Ian Thomson, cricketer
• 2 August – Ged Dunn, rugby league footballer
• 15 October - David Amess, MP for Southend West