Events from the year 1967 in the United Kingdom.
January
- 1 January – England's 1966 World Cup winning manager Alf Ramsey received a knighthood and Captain Bobby Moore received an OBE in the New Year Honours.
- 2 January – Veteran actor Charlie Chaplin opened his last film, A Countess From Hong Kong, in England.
- 3 January – The stop motion children's television series Trumpton, first of the Trumptonshire trilogy, was first shown, on BBC1.
- 4 January – Racing driver and motorboat racer Donald Campbell was killed in a crash on Coniston Water in the Lake District while attempting to break his own speed record.
- 7 January–1 July – The television series The Forsyte Saga was first shown, on BBC2.
- 15 January – The United Kingdom entered the first round of negotiations for European Economic Community membership in Rome; on 16 January Italy announced support for the UK's application.
- 18 January – Jeremy Thorpe became Leader of the Liberal Party.
- 23 January – Milton Keynes, a village situated in northern Buckinghamshire, was formally designated as a new town by the government, incorporating nearby towns and villages including Bletchley and Newport Pagnell. Intended to accommodate the overspill population from London – some fifty miles away – it would become the United Kingdom's largest new town, with the area's population multiplying during the 1970s and 1980s.[1][2][3]
- 26 January – Parliament decided to nationalise 90% of the British steel industry.
- 27 January – The UK, Soviet Union and United States signed the Outer Space Treaty.
- 29 January – Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association founded in Belfast.
- January – The London-set film Blowup was released in the UK.
November
- November – Plowden Report (Children and their Primary Schools: A Report of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England)) published, influentially advocating a focus on student-centred learning.
- 2 November – Winnie Ewing won the Hamilton by-election in a surprise success for the Scottish National Party in an election for the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
- 4 November – Iberia Airlines Flight 062 from Málaga Airport, Spain, to London Heathrow Airport descended far below the flight level assigned to it and flew into the southern slope of Blackdown Hill in West Sussex, killing all 37 on board.
- 5 November – A Sunday evening express train from Hastings to London derailed in the Hither Green rail crash, killing 49 people.[29]
- 7 November
- 8 November – First BBC Local Radio station broadcast, BBC Radio Leicester.
- 18 November – Movement of animals was banned in England and Wales due to a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.[31]
- 19 November – The pound was devalued from 1 GBP = 2.80 USD to 1 GBP = US$2.40 because of the UK's economic difficulties. Prime Minister Harold Wilson defended this decision in a broadcast to the nation, assuring his audience that "Our decision to devalue attacks our problem at the root... It does not mean, of course, that the pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued."[32]
- 27 November – President Charles de Gaulle of France again vetoed British entry into the European Economic Community.[33]
- 28 November – Horse racing events were called off due to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.[34]
- 30 November – British troops left the State of Aden, which they had occupied since 1839, enabling formation of the new republic of Yemen.
Undated
- First stage of Cumbernauld town centre, the main shopping centre for the designated new town of Cumbernauld, Scotland, was completed, widely accepted as the UK's first shopping mall and the world's first multi-level covered town centre.[37]
- Parker Morris Standards became mandatory for all housing built in New Towns.
- The first Conservation area (United Kingdom) was designated, in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
- St Christopher's Hospice, the world's first purpose-built secular hospice specialising in palliative care of the terminally ill, was established in South London by Cicely Saunders with the support of Albertine Winner.[38]
- The Passport Office moved to Newport and the Land Registry to Swansea, both in South Wales, as part of an effort to move government offices into the regions.
- Reliance Controls factory in Swindon, the last design by Team 4 (Richard Rogers, Norman Foster and their respective wives), considered the first example of High-tech architecture in the UK, was opened (demolished 1991).[39]
- The Eel Pie Island Hotel on the Thames was forced to close because the owner could not meet the cost of repairs demanded by the police.
- Car manufacturer Chrysler took full control of the Rootes Group.[40]
- Ford announced the end of Anglia production and replaced it with an all-new car called the Escort, which like its predecessor will be built at Dagenham and sold all over Europe.
- Major changes were introduced to Scouting in the UK: the name of its organisation was changed from The Boy Scout Association to The Scout Association; the youngest section was renamed Cub Scouts; the Boy Scouts became the Scouts (with a new uniform including long trousers replacing shorts); and Senior Scouts (age 16–20) became Venture Scouts.[41]
January – April
- 4 January – Johnny Nelson, English boxer and sportscaster
- 6 January – Lee Anderson, politician
- 7 January
- 8 January – Tom Watson, politician
- 11 January – John Nuttall, Olympic long-distance runner (died 2023)
- 13 January – Tom Bradby, journalist and novelist
- 14 January – Emily Watson, English actress
- 18 January – Anjem Choudary, British Islamic activist
- 21 January – Kathryn Johnson, British field hockey player[43]
- 22 January – Nick Gillingham, British swimmer[44]
- 14 February – Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Greek-Cypriot-born entrepreneur, founder of easyJet
- 16 February – Matthew Cottle, actor
- 21 February – Neil Oliver, television presenter and archaeologist
- 25 February – Ed Balls, politician
- 27 February – Jonathan Ive, industrial designer
- 4 March – Sam Taylor-Johnson, born Samantha Taylor-Wood, English-born film director and photographer
- 7 March – Ruthie Henshall, actress, singer and dancer
- 11 March – John Barrowman, Scottish-born actor
- 15 March – Lisa Langford, English race walker
- 18 March – Miki Berenyi, British lead singer of Lush
- 21 March – Adrian Chiles, radio and television presenter
- 22 March – Joanne Malin, television presenter
- 24 March – Kwame Kwei-Armah, born Ian Roberts, British theatre director
- 2 April – Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter
- 6 April – Tanya Byron, English psychologist
- 15 April – Frankie Poullain, British bassist (The Darkness)
- 16 April – Sarah Vine, journalist
- 21 April – Sharon White, businesswoman
- 22 April – Sandra Douglas, British sprinter and Olympic medallist
- 25 April – Tim Davie, BBC television executive
- 26 April – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, British actress
May – August
- 2 May – David Rocastle, English footballer (died 2001)
- 4 May – Kate Garraway, English broadcaster and journalist
- 10 May – Jon Ronson, Welsh-born journalist and radio presenter
- 11 May – Apache Indian, English singer-songwriter and DJ
- 18 May – Martin Duffy, English keyboardist (died 2022)
- 20 May – Graham Brady, Conservative politician and MP for Altrincham and Sale West
- 21 May – Lemn Sissay, author and broadcaster
- 27 May
- 29 May – Noel Gallagher, British musician (Oasis)
- 21 June – Tammy Miller, English field hockey player
- 29 June – Carl Hester, dressage rider
- June – Ivan Noble, British journalist (died 2005)
- 3 July – Katy Clark, Labour politician and trade union official, MP for North Ayrshire and Arran
- 12 July
- 16 July
- 18 July – Paul Cornell, British television writer
- 19 July – Rageh Omaar, broadcaster
- 22 July
- 24 July – Darren Bicknell, English cricketer
- 26 July – Jason Statham, English actor
- July – Zanny Minton Beddoes, financial journalist
- 3 August – Skin (Deborah Dyer), indie rock singer-songwriter
- 15 August – Tony Hand, Scottish ice hockey player
- 24 August – Michael Thomas, English footballer
- 26 August – Michael Gove, Conservative politician
- 28 August – Greg Clark, Conservative politician and MP for Tunbridge Wells
September – December
- 1 September – Steve Pemberton, English comedy writer and performer (The League of Gentlemen)
- 5 September – Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player
- 7 September – Toby Jones, British actor (Infamous)
- 18 September – Tara FitzGerald, English actress
- 24 September – Peter Drury, English football commentator
- 26 September – Denise Coates, English businesswoman
- 5 October
- 14 October – Jason Plato, racing driver and television host
- 16 October – Davina McCall, British television presenter and UK Big Brother host
- 20 October – Monica Ali, British novelist
- 21 October – Paul Ince, English footballer
- 26 October – Douglas Alexander, Labour politician
- 29 October – Rufus Sewell, actor
- 30 October – Gavin Rossdale, English musician
- 14 November – Letitia Dean, British actress
- 15 November
- 24 November – Shahid Malik, Labour politician
- 2 December – Bambos Charalambous, English politician
- 3 December – Stephen K. Amos, comedian
- 14 December – Ian Hamilton, footballer (d. 2023)
- 23 December – Tim Fountain, author and playwright
- 4 January – Donald Campbell, English water and land speed record seeker (born 1921)
- 3 February – Joe Meek, record producer (born 1929)
- 4 February – Albert Orsborn, 6th General of The Salvation Army (born 1886)
- 8 February – Victor Gollancz, British publisher (born 1893)
- 6 March – John Haden Badley, English author (born 1865)
- 12 May – John Masefield, English poet and novelist (born 1878)
- 1 June – Derek McCulloch ("Uncle Mac"), presenter for BBC children's programmes (born 1897)
- 3 June
- 21 June – Edward Twining, Baron Twining, diplomat, Governor of North Borneo and of Tanganyika (born 1899)
- 7 July – Vivien Leigh, English actress (born 1913)
- 13 July – Tom Simpson, English road racing cyclist (born 1937)
- 21 July – Basil Rathbone, actor (born 1892 in Johannesburg)
- 9 August – Joe Orton, English playwright (born 1933)
- 26 August – Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, English botanist and mycologist (born 1879)
- 27 August – Brian Epstein, English band manager (The Beatles) (born 1934)
- 28 August – Maurice Elvey, English film director (born 1887)
- 18 September – John Cockcroft, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
- 3 October – Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (born 1895)
- 7 October – Norman Angell, British politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1872)
- 8 October – Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1893)
- 9 October – Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
- 13 November – Harriet Cohen, English pianist (born 1895)
- 4 December – Daniel Jones, British phonetician (born 1881)
- 26 December – Sydney Barnes, English cricketer (born 1873)
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