2022 in England

Centuries:	19th; 20th; 21st; ; ;
Decades:	2000s; 2010s; 2020s; ; ;
See also:	2021–22 in English football; 2022–23 in English football; 2022 in the United Kingdom; Other events of 2022

Events of 2022 in England. The Queen's platinum jubilee took place in February; she died in September. England's hottest temperatures on record occurred in July.

Incumbent

Events

January

1 January – The warmest New Year's Day on record is reported, with temperatures of 16.2 °C (61.2 °F) in St James's Park, central London.^[1]
16 January – Two teenagers are arrested in Manchester as part of the investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, United States.^[2]
24 January – Yasmin Chkaifi is stabbed to death in the street by her former partner, Leon McCaskre, in Maida Vale, London. He is killed by another man at the scene.^[3]

February

9 February – Ian Stewart, already convicted of the murder of children's author Helen Bailey, is sentenced to a whole-life order for the killing of his previous wife, Diane Stewart, six years earlier.^[4]
12 February – 13 people are injured, three seriously, when a mezzanine floor collapses at an East London pub.^[5]
27 February –
- The FA announces that the England national football team will not play against Russia (at any level, age or gender) for the foreseeable future.^[6]
- Liverpool wins the 2022 EFL Cup Final, defeating Chelsea 11–10 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time.^[7] This is Liverpool's 9th League Cup trophy.

March

April

8 April – Koci Selamaj is jailed for life, with a minimum term of 36 years, for the murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa in south-east London in September 2021.^[8]
15 April – Several road bridges in central London, including Waterloo, Blackfriars and Westminster, are blocked by Extinction Rebellion activists.^[9]
23 April – Ospreys nesting in Poole Harbour, Dorset, produce an egg, the first in Southern England in modern times.^[10]
25 April – Three women and a man are found stabbed to death in a house in Bermondsey, south-east London. A man is arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder.^[11]

May

21 May – Five people are injured after parts of spectator stands collapse during a rehearsal for the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in central London.^[12]
24 May – The Elizabeth line opens in London.^[13]
28 May – Police declare a major incident after a superyacht catches fire and later sinks at Princess Pier in Torquay, Devon.^[14]
30 May – A 3.8 magnitude earthquake is recorded in Shropshire, with its epicentre at Wem in the north of the county.^[15]
31 May – Bradford is named the 2025 UK City of Culture.^[16]

June

16 June – England's hospital waiting list reaches a new record high of 6.5 million people.^[17]
18 June – Thousands of protesters march through London to demand action from the government on the cost of living crisis.^[18]
22 June – The UK Health Security Agency declares a national incident after poliovirus is found in sewage samples collected from the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, East London.^[19]
26 June
- A suspected gas explosion destroys a house in Kingstanding, Birmingham.^[20]
- Murder of Zara Aleena

July

12 July – A report from a three-year inquiry into the child sexual exploitation in Telford, Shropshire, is released. It reveals more than 1,000 girls had been abused over a 40 year period, and that agencies blamed victims for the abuse they suffered, not the perpetrators, and exploitation was not investigated because of "nervousness about race" in the belief that investigation against Asian men would inflame "racial tensions". The report makes 47 recommendations for improvement by agencies involved. West Mercia Police apologise "unequivocally" for past events, as well as Telford and Wrekin Council. Victims were often blamed for "child prostitution" and offenders were emboldened by the lack of police action.^[21]^[22]
17 July – The UK government confirms that every state school in England will have a defibrillator by summer 2023.^[23]
18 July – Wild bison are reintroduced in the UK for the first time in thousands of years. Three of the animals are allowed to roam in the Kent countryside, where it is hoped they could improve the local ecology.^[24]
19 July – 2022 United Kingdom heat waves: A major incident is declared in London, with more than 250 firefighters battling grassfires in the east and south of the capital.^[25] As a result, London Fire Brigade has its busiest day since World War Two.^[26]
24 July – A major incident is declared in Surrey as a wildfire breaks out on Hankley Common, burning at least 8 hectares (20 acres) of land.^[27]
31 July – England win UEFA Women's Euro 2022, beating Germany 2–1; the winning goals are scored by Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly. It is England's first major football victory since the 1966 men's FIFA world cup.^[28]

August

3 August –
- As a prolonged dry spell continues in Southern England, a hosepipe ban is announced for Kent and Sussex from 12 August.^[29]
- BBC Birmingham announces it will move into new premises built at the former Typhoo tea factory in the city's Digbeth area, with a date of 2026 set for the move.^[30]
5 August – A large fire breaks out at an industrial site in Ranskill, in which over a thousand tyres created a large black smoke cloud.^[31]
8 August –
- A child is killed and three people are hospitalised with life-threatening injuries after a gas explosion destroys a house in Thornton Heath, South London. Around 40 properties in the immediate vicinity are evacuated, as police begin an investigation.^[32]
- England finish the 2022 Commonwealth Games in second place behind Australia with 176 medals, 97 of them gold, surpassing their 2014 total of 174.^[33]
9 August – Thames Water announces plans to introduce a hosepipe ban for its 15 million customers, with a start date to be confirmed.^[34]
10 August – A meeting of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommends an urgent polio vaccine booster campaign for children aged one to nine in London, following detection of the virus in 116 samples of wastewater.^[35]
12 August – A drought is declared in large parts of Central, Southern and Eastern England.^[36]
14 August –
- The Crown Prosecution Service confirms that six people who were charged with breaching lockdown rules after attending demonstrations in the wake of the March 2021 murder of Sarah Everard will not be prosecuted.^[37]
- The Sunday Times reports that regulated rail fares in England will rise below the rate of inflation in 2023 to help commuters struggling with the cost of living crisis. The rise will also be delayed until March rather than the usual January increase.^[38]
16 August – NHS England confirms it is extending its bowel cancer screening programme to all adults over the age of 58.^[39]
22 August - Killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel
23 August – A drought is declared in the West Midlands.^[40]
30 August – A drought is declared in South West England, covering Bristol, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Dorset and parts of Wiltshire.^[41]

September

8 September – Elizabeth II dies after a 70 year reign, the longest of any British monarch.^[42]

October

24 October – Bond Street station opens to the Elizabeth line in a ceremony by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.^[43]
30 October – Dover firebomb attack

November

25 November - Danville Neil is sentenced to life for the 1993 murders of Anne Castle and William Bryan.^[44]

December

1 December – 2022 City of Chester by-election
14 December
- 2022 Stretford and Urmston by-election
- Jordan McSweeney is convicted of the murder of Zara Aleena
24 December – Wallasey pub shooting

References

^ "New Year's Day is warmest on record in the UK, Met Office says". BBC News. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ Crerar, Pippa (17 January 2022). "Texas synagogue siege: Teens held in UK as Briton named as hostage-taker". BBC News. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Driver who ran over man stabbing woman to death in Maida Vale, London, urges police to de-arrest him". Sky News. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Ian Stewart: Man who killed author guilty of murdering wife". BBC News. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^ "Hackney Wick: Collapse of bar floor injures 13". BBC News. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "England will not play against Russia for 'foreseeable future' due to invasion of Ukraine, FA confirms". Sky Sports. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ "Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
^ "Sabina Nessa: Man jailed for murdering London teacher". BBC News. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ "XR protesters shut down central London bridges including Westminster". The Guardian. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
^ "Packham joins celebrations over Poole Harbour osprey egg". BBC News. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "Bermondsey stabbings: Four found dead in south-east London home". BBC News. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^ "Trooping the Colour: Spectators injured at rehearsal". BBC News. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
^ Blackall, Molly (24 May 2022). "Elizabeth line finally opens as hundreds queue to be the first to ride the trains". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "Superyacht sinks in Torquay harbour after large fire". BBC News. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
^ "Shropshire earthquake: Thuds and shudders felt in 3.8 magnitude tremor". BBC News. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "Bradford wins UK City of Culture 2025 bid". BBC News. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ "Hospital waiting list at 6.5 million in England". BBC News. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Workers take to London's streets amid cost of living crisis". BBC News. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
^ Sample, Ian (22 June 2022). "National incident declared over polio virus findings in London sewage". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "Casualties reported after house destroyed in Birmingham explosion". the Guardian. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ "Telford child sex abuse went on for generations, inquiry finds". BBC. 12 July 2022.
^ Murray, Jessica (12 July 2022). "Over 1,000 children in Telford were sexually exploited, inquiry finds". The Guardian.
^ "School defibrillators: State schools to receive life-saving devices by 2023". BBC News. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ Carrington, Damian; Davis, Nicola (18 July 2022). "Wild bison return to UK for first time in thousands of years". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^ "Major incident declared in London as fires burn". BBC News. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "London Fire Brigade had busiest day since World War Two, says London mayor". BBC News. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ MacSwan, Anna (24 July 2022). "Major incident declared in Surrey as fire breaks out on Hankley Common". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "Queen leads tributes after England's Euro 2022 win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
^ "Kent and Sussex hosepipe ban announced from 12 August". BBC News. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
^ "BBC will move to former tea factory site". BBC News. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
^ "Fire service warning as 'horrendous' Ranskill fire 'blocks out the sun'". Nottingham Post. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ "Thornton Heath: Child killed as gas explosion destroys house". BBC News. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "England seal record Commonwealth medal haul". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Thames Water plans to introduce hosepipe ban 'in weeks'". BBC News. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "Urgent polio boosters for London children". BBC News. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Hosepipe ban: Millions more face restrictions as drought is declared". BBC News. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "Sarah Everard: Vigil protesters no longer face prosecution". BBC News. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ "Rail fares in England to rise below inflation rate, ministers say". BBC News. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ Pickover, Ella; Norris, Phil (16 August 2022). "Thousands more to be offered at-home bowel cancer checks in England". WalesOnline. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "West Midlands: Drought status declared by Environment Agency". BBC News. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ "Drought declared across South West England". BBC News. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ "Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces". BBC News. 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ "Bond Street station finally opens on Elizabeth line". BBC News. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Danville Neil: DNA evidence sees man jailed for siblings' killing". BBC News. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2025.

[:1-1] "New Year's Day is warmest on record in the UK, Met Office says". BBC News. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[2] Crerar, Pippa (17 January 2022). "Texas synagogue siege: Teens held in UK as Briton named as hostage-taker". BBC News. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[3] "Driver who ran over man stabbing woman to death in Maida Vale, London, urges police to de-arrest him". Sky News. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[4] "Ian Stewart: Man who killed author guilty of murdering wife". BBC News. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

[5] "Hackney Wick: Collapse of bar floor injures 13". BBC News. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[6] "England will not play against Russia for 'foreseeable future' due to invasion of Ukraine, FA confirms". Sky Sports. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[7] "Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

[8] "Sabina Nessa: Man jailed for murdering London teacher". BBC News. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[9] "XR protesters shut down central London bridges including Westminster". The Guardian. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

[10] "Packham joins celebrations over Poole Harbour osprey egg". BBC News. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[11] "Bermondsey stabbings: Four found dead in south-east London home". BBC News. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

[12] "Trooping the Colour: Spectators injured at rehearsal". BBC News. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

[13] Blackall, Molly (24 May 2022). "Elizabeth line finally opens as hundreds queue to be the first to ride the trains". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[14] "Superyacht sinks in Torquay harbour after large fire". BBC News. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.

[15] "Shropshire earthquake: Thuds and shudders felt in 3.8 magnitude tremor". BBC News. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[16] "Bradford wins UK City of Culture 2025 bid". BBC News. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[17] "Hospital waiting list at 6.5 million in England". BBC News. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[18] "Workers take to London's streets amid cost of living crisis". BBC News. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

[19] Sample, Ian (22 June 2022). "National incident declared over polio virus findings in London sewage". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[20] "Casualties reported after house destroyed in Birmingham explosion". the Guardian. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[telford_inquiry-21] "Telford child sex abuse went on for generations, inquiry finds". BBC. 12 July 2022.

[guardian_july_2022-22] Murray, Jessica (12 July 2022). "Over 1,000 children in Telford were sexually exploited, inquiry finds". The Guardian.

[23] "School defibrillators: State schools to receive life-saving devices by 2023". BBC News. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[24] Carrington, Damian; Davis, Nicola (18 July 2022). "Wild bison return to UK for first time in thousands of years". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

[25] "Major incident declared in London as fires burn". BBC News. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[26] "London Fire Brigade had busiest day since World War Two, says London mayor". BBC News. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

[27] MacSwan, Anna (24 July 2022). "Major incident declared in Surrey as fire breaks out on Hankley Common". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[28] "Queen leads tributes after England's Euro 2022 win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

[29] "Kent and Sussex hosepipe ban announced from 12 August". BBC News. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[30] "BBC will move to former tea factory site". BBC News. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[31] "Fire service warning as 'horrendous' Ranskill fire 'blocks out the sun'". Nottingham Post. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[32] "Thornton Heath: Child killed as gas explosion destroys house". BBC News. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[33] "England seal record Commonwealth medal haul". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[34] "Thames Water plans to introduce hosepipe ban 'in weeks'". BBC News. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[35] "Urgent polio boosters for London children". BBC News. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[36] "Hosepipe ban: Millions more face restrictions as drought is declared". BBC News. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[auto-37] "Sarah Everard: Vigil protesters no longer face prosecution". BBC News. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[38] "Rail fares in England to rise below inflation rate, ministers say". BBC News. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[39] Pickover, Ella; Norris, Phil (16 August 2022). "Thousands more to be offered at-home bowel cancer checks in England". WalesOnline. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[40] "West Midlands: Drought status declared by Environment Agency". BBC News. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

[41] "Drought declared across South West England". BBC News. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[BBCNewsInfo-42] "Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces". BBC News. 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

[43] "Bond Street station finally opens on Elizabeth line". BBC News. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

[44] "Danville Neil: DNA evidence sees man jailed for siblings' killing". BBC News. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2025.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

[30]

[31]

[32]

[33]

[34]

[35]

[36]

[37]

[38]

[39]

[40]

[41]

[42]

[43]

[44]

2022 in England

Hub talks

2022 in England

2022 in England

Hub rules

2022 in England

Hub overview

Add your contribution

Inside this hub

Media Collections

Timelines

Articles

Notes collections

Notes

Days in Chronicle

Root Wikipedia Article

2022 in England

Incumbent

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See also

References

Add your contribution

Related Hubs