1979 in England

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; ;
Decades:	1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s;
See also:	1978–79 in English football; 1979–80 in English football; 1979 in the United Kingdom; Other events of 1979

Events from 1979 in England

Incumbent

Further information: Politics of England

April 23 – Fighting breaks out in London between the Anti-Nazi League and the Metropolitan Police's Special Patrol Group; protester Blair Peach receives fatal injuries during the incident, now officially attributed to the SPG.
May 8 – Ten shoppers die in a fire at the Woolworths department store in Manchester city centre in England.^[1]
December 4 – The Hastie fire in Kingston upon Hull, leads to the deaths of 3 boys and begins the hunt for Bruce George Peter Lee, the UK's most prolific killer.

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^ Jury, Louise (23 March 2007). "From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
^ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Biography". Hello!. April 2008. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.