2020 in Wales

Events from the year 2020 in Wales.

Incumbents

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First Minister – Mark Drakeford{{cite web|url=https://gov.wales/rt-hon-mark-drakeford-ms|title=Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS:First Minister of Wales|website=Gov.Wales|access-date=3 December 2020}}
Secretary of State for Wales – Simon Hart
Archbishop of Wales – John Davies, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Myrddin ap Dafydd{{cite web|url=https://eisteddfod.wales/myrddin-ap-dafydd-elected-archdruid|title=Myrddin ap Dafydd elected Archdruid|website=Eisteddfod Wales|date=7 July 2018|access-date=3 December 2020}}
National Poet of Wales – Ifor ap Glyn{{cite news|website=BBC News|date=1 March 2016|title=Ifor ap Glyn is appointed new national poet of Wales|author=Huw Thomas|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-35686908|access-date=26 May 2016}}

Events

=January=

1 January
The mystery runner at the annual Nos Galan races in Rhondda Cynon Taf is Nigel Owens.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50947315|title=2019 Nos Galan road races: Nigel Owens is mystery runner|website=BBC News|access-date=1 January 2019}}
Assembly member Nick Ramsay is arrested by police after an incident at his home in Raglan, but is subsequently released without charge.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-50984737|title=Conservative AM Nick Ramsay released without charge by police|date=3 January 2019|website=BBC News}}
8 January – It is revealed that Plas Glynllifon, a mansion near Caernarfon, purchased in 2016 for conversion to a hotel, is now in the hands of receivers.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/plas-glynllifon-mansion-hands-receivers-17534581|title=Plas Glynllifon mansion is in the hands of receivers|date=8 January 2020|author=Owen Hughes|website=Daily Post}}
9 January – The rape victim in the Ross England case says in an interview with Victoria Derbyshire that the official inquiry into the conduct of former Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns was "a sham".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-50983383|title=Rape victim says Tory MP inquiry was 'a sham'|author=Jo Adnitt|work=BBC News|date=9 January 2020|access-date=9 January 2020}}
12 January – Dafydd Iwan's protest song "Yma o Hyd", originally recorded in 1981, reaches the top of the iTunes chart following a campaign by the Welsh independence movement YesCymru.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/dafydd-iwan-welsh-independence-itunes-17553872|title=A Welsh folk legend is outselling Stormzy in the iTunes charts|last=Stephens|first=Lydia|date=12 January 2020|website=walesonline|access-date=12 January 2020}}
13 January – The Welsh Government approves the construction of a new bridge across the river Dyfi at Machynlleth, at a cost of £46 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51088804|title=£46m Dyfi bridge replacement given go-ahead|work=BBC News|date=13 January 2020|access-date=13 January 2020}}
14 January – It is revealed that a new rapid diagnosis centre at Neath Port Talbot Hospital has been effective in reducing waiting times and could result in savings of more than £150,000 per 1,000 patients.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51094480|title=New cancer clinic 'cuts waiting times by 92%'|work=BBC News|date=14 January 2020|access-date=15 January 2020}}
24 January – The Slate Landscape of North West Wales is nominated by the UK government for consideration as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.{{cite web|title=Welsh Slate Landscape nominated for UNESCO World Heritage status|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/welsh-slate-landscape-nominated-for-unesco-world-heritage-status|work=GOV.UK|date=2020-01-24|access-date=2020-04-20}}

=February=

5 February – Dyfed-Powys Police announce that they have been successful in using DNA profiling to confirm the ownership of a stolen cow worth £3,000; they are the first police authority in the UK to employ the technique in such circumstances.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/05/welsh-police-solve-moo-dunnit-using-dna-test-on-cow|title=Welsh police solve 'moo-dunnit' using DNA test on cow|website=The Guardian|date=5 February 2020|author=Steven Morris}}
9 February
At the 92nd Academy Awards, nominees include Welsh actors Jonathan Pryce (nominated for Best Actor) and Anthony Hopkins (nominated for Best Supporting Actor).{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/01/oscar-nominations-2020-list |title=Oscar Nominations 2020 |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=13 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113162531/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/01/oscar-nominations-2020-list |archive-date=13 January 2020 |url-status=live }}
Storm Ciara sweeps across Wales, causing severe flooding in Llanrwst, Nantgarw and other towns and villages.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51434782|title=Storm Ciara: Dramatic scenes across Wales|date=9 February 2020|website=BBC News|access-date=25 February 2020}}
13 February – Nick Ramsay, AM confirms that he had been reinstated as a member of the Welsh Conservative Party Group in the Senedd and has dropped his legal challenge against the decision by group leader Paul Davies to suspend him.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-51496520|title=Tory AM Nick Ramsay ends legal action against his party|date=13 February 2020|website=BBC News}}
16–17 February – Storm Dennis causes further floods and other damage in Wales, with at least one resultant death.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/16/storm-dennis-uk-weather-forecast-rain-winds-flooding/ |title=Storm Dennis latest news: 'Life-threatening' situation as major incident declared in South Wales |first=Helena |last=Horton |date=17 February 2020 |work=The Telegraph}} Among the places worst hit are Pontypridd, Aberdulais and Crickhowell.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/storm-dennis-met-office-wales-17759912|title=These are the places in Wales affected by flooding after Storm Dennis|date=17 February 2020|author=Lydia Stephens|access-date=25 February 2020}} Residents in Nantgarw and Pentre are affected for the second time in two weeks.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-02-16/life-threatening-weather-warning-in-place-as-homes-flooded-following-storm-dennis/|title=Homes evacuated as Storm Dennis brings severe flooding to south Wales|date=16 February 2020|website=ITV News|access-date=25 February 2020}}
20 February – Natural Resources Wales admits that recent tree-felling activities in the Pentre area caused a blocked culvert that resulted in the second round of flooding to hit the local area during the month.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51561865|title=Storm Dennis: Pentre flooded again after tree felling|date=20 February 2020|website=BBC News|access-date=25 February 2020}}
21 February – The Prince of Wales visits flood victims in the Pontypridd area.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/prince-charles-visits-floodhit-communities-devastated-by-storm-dennis-a4368621.html|title=Prince Charles visits flood-hit communities in South Wales devastated by Storm Dennis|author1=Bronwen Weatherby|author2=Robert Jobson|website=Evening Standard|date=21 February 2020|access-date=1 March 2020}}
28 February – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Authorities confirm the first case of COVID-19 in Wales, an individual who recently returned from holiday in Italy.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51673068|title=Coronavirus: First case in Wales confirmed|website=BBC News|date=28 February 2020}}

=March=

2 March - Price of cheap high-strength increases as the Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018 comes into force. {{cite web |title=Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol: summary guidance |url=https://gov.wales/minimum-unit-pricing-alcohol-summary-guidance |publisher=gov.wales |access-date=28 December 2021}}
8 March – The Welsh Government publishes plans to allow some prisoners to vote in local elections.{{cite web|url=http://www.deeside.com/prisoner-right-to-vote-plans-unveiled-by-welsh-government/|title=Prisoner right to vote plans unveiled by Welsh Government|website=Deeside.com|access-date=8 March 2020}}
11 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Wales has its first case of "community transmission", when a patient in Caerphilly with no travel history tests positive for COVID-19.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51836057|title=Coronavirus: First community transmission detected in Wales|date=11 March 2020|website=BBC News}}
12 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: A patient at Wrexham Maelor Hospital tests positive for COVID-19 – the first case in North Wales.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-03-12/reports-of-coronavirus-patient-admitted-to-wrexham-maelor-hospital/|title=First case of coronavirus confirmed in north Wales, ITV Wales understands|date=12 March 2020|website=ITV News}}
13 March
COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Health Minister Vaughan Gething announces that all non-urgent outpatient appointments and operations will be suspended at hospitals in Wales in a bid to delay the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news|url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-03-13/20-000-deaths-in-wales-predicted-in-worst-case-scenario-as-measures-announced-to-cope-with-coronavirus/ |title=Over 20,000 deaths in Wales predicted in 'worst case scenario' as measures announced to cope with coronavirus |work=ITV News |date=13 March 2020 |access-date=14 March 2020}}
COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Elections including those for four police and crime commissioners in Wales, scheduled for May 2020, are postponed for a year because of the pandemic.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51876269 |title=Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year |work=BBC News |date=13 March 2020 |access-date=13 March 2020}}
16 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Authorities report the first coronavirus-related death in Wales.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51909109 |title=Coronavirus in Wales: Wrexham death confirmed |work=BBC News |date=16 March 2020 |access-date=16 March 2020}}
18 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government announces that all schools in Wales will close from the end of the week.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/coronavirus-covid19-schools-closing-closed-17943478|title=Closure of all schools in Wales announced|author1=Cathy Owen|author2=Ruth Mosalski|website=WalesOnline|access-date=18 March 2020}}
22 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government advises Wales' "most vulnerable people" to stay indoors for a period of 12–16 weeks.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51995997|title=Coronavirus: 70,000 people in Wales told 'stay indoors'|work=BBC News|date=22 March 2020|access-date=23 March 2020}}
24 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: It is announced that the Prince of Wales has tested positive for COVID-19.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/mar/25/uk-coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-pmqs-boris-johnson-parliament-to-close-early-for-easter-recess?page=with:block-5e7b33ed8f081e5eda236592#block-5e7b33ed8f081e5eda236592|title=Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus|website=The Guardian|access-date=24 March 2020}}

=April=

1 April – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Multinational pharmaceutical company Roche denies the existence of a deal to supply Wales with COVID-19 tests after First Minister Mark Drakeford and Health Minister Vaughan Gething blame the collapse of a deal for a shortage of testing kits.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/mark-drakeford-roche-coronavirus-testing-18025301|title=Pharmaceutical giant Roche and Welsh Government at loggerheads over collapsed Covid-19 testing deal|date=1 April 2020|author=Will Hayward|website=WalesOnline|access-date=4 April 2020}}
3 April – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government announces the funding arrangements necessary to keep Cardiff Airport solvent during the crisis.{{Cite news|url=https://gov.wales/welsh-government-steps-short-term-funding-support-cardiff-airport-and-calls-change-approach|title=Welsh Government steps in with short-term funding support for Cardiff Airport and calls for change of approach from Westminster|work=Welsh Government|date=3 April 2020|access-date=3 April 2020}}
12 April – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The new, temporary, Dragon's Heart Hospital, opens at Cardiff's Principality Stadium to admit its first patients.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/giant-tents-built-inside-principality-18081445|title=Giant tents emerge over Principality Stadium pitch as pictures show first hospital wards at iconic venue|website=WalesOnline|date=12 April 2020 |access-date=12 April 2020}}
21 April – The Welsh Government cancels the planned independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of Carl Sargeant from the cabinet of former First Minister Carwyn Jones and agrees to pay legal fees incurred by the Sargeant family.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-52369725|title=Carl Sargeant: Welsh Government calls off independent inquiry|work=BBC News |date=21 April 2020 |access-date=21 April 2020}}

=May=

6 May – The National Assembly for Wales becomes Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament; its members become Members of the Senedd (MS) – Aelodau o'r Senedd (AS).{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-52442634|title=Why are Welsh Assembly Members changing their name?|work=BBC News|date=6 May 2020|access-date=6 May 2020}}
7 May – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Tracey Cooper, the chief executive of Public Health Wales, admits to the Senedd's health committee that she did not know about the Welsh Government's goal of carrying out 9000 COVID-19 tests a day.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/public-health-wales-didnt-know-18216274|title=Public Health Wales didn't know Wales was aiming for 9,000 coronavirus tests a day|website=WalesOnline|date=7 May 2020|author=Laura Clements}}
8 May – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: First Minister Mark Drakeford announces that the COVID-19 lockdown in Wales will be extended for a further three weeks.{{cite web|url=https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/18436664.wales-lockdown-extended-three-weeks---says-first-minister-mark-drakeford/|title=Wales lockdown extended for three more weeks – says first minister, Mark Drakeford|date=8 May 2020|author=Sharon Harris|website=Barry & District News}}
12 May – The organisers of the National Eisteddfod, which was due to be held in Tregaron in the first week of August, announce an alternative event, the Eisteddfod "AmGen".{{cite web|url=https://eisteddfod.wales/national-eisteddfod-launches-amgen-alternative-project-2020|title=National Eisteddfod launches AmGen – an alternative project for 2020|date=12 May 2020|website=National Eisteddfod of Wales|access-date=6 August 2020}}
15 May – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government's plan for exiting the lockdown is announced by the First Minister.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-52667873|title=Coronavirus: Wales lockdown could be relaxed in two weeks|work=BBC News |date=14 May 2020 |access-date=18 May 2020}}

=June=

3 June – The Welsh Government announces that schools in Wales will reopen on 29 June.{{cite web|url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/welsh-schools-to-reopen-from-29-june-as-experts-warn-school-closures-could-harm-disadvantaged-pupils|title=Welsh schools to reopen from 29 June as experts warn UK-wide closures may set back attainment gap by a decade|website=PoliticsHome|date=3 June 2020 |access-date=20 June 2020}}
12 June – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: First Minister Mark Drakeford announces that the R number for Wales is the lowest in the United Kingdom, at 0.7.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/r-coronavirus-wales-uk-spread-18406977|title=The latest R number in Wales as nation leads the UK in slowing Covid-19|date=12 June 2020|author=Jillian MacMath|website=WalesOnline}}
18 June – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: 96 workers at two North Wales food production factories test positive for COVID-19.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53091149|title=Coronavirus: Almost 100 staff at food factories test positive|work=BBC News |date=18 June 2020 |access-date=20 June 2020}}
19 June – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: First Minister Mark Drakeford announces changes to lockdown restrictions with effect from 6 July.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-53090890|title=Coronavirus: Wales' travel restrictions set to end on 6 July|date=19 June 2020|website=BBC News}}
20 June – Builders' merchant Travis Perkins announces the closure of three North Wales outlets.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/three-travis-perkins-sites-north-18439612|title=Three Travis Perkins sites in North Wales on list of 165 set to close|author=Owen Hughes|website=Daily Post|date=20 June 2020}}
26 June – After police are called to further incidents at Ogmore-by-Sea, due to over a thousand people gathering on the beach during lockdown.{{Cite news |title=Mass brawl erupts after hundreds gather at beach |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-53199991 |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} the First Minister warns that lockdown restrictions will not be eased if people fail to observe rules on travel and social distancing.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53186920?fbclid=IwAR1TOtyD-OMh0MSXa9w3jS2Wg9H8aci_myKiwm8ZSXdWahgZEL-f09A0YVo|title=Coronavirus lockdown: Warning after Ogmore-by-sea mass brawl|work=BBC News |date=25 June 2020 |access-date=26 June 2020}}

=July=

2 July – Airbus confirms that 1,435 jobs will be lost at Broughton in Flintshire.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53264170|title=Coronavirus: 1,730 Airbus jobs to go at Broughton and Filton|work=BBC News |date=2 July 2020 |access-date=2 July 2020}}
3 July – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh government confirms that travel restrictions resulting from the pandemic will be relaxed from 6 July.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-53263649|title=Coronavirus: Lifting of Wales' travel limits gets go-ahead|date=3 July 2020|website=BBC News}}
15 July – The Welsh Government agrees to debate Welsh independence for the first time since the Welsh Assembly was created in 1999. The debate is at the request of Plaid Cymru, following poll results that show a high level of approval for the devolved government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/wales-independence-welsh-debate-parliament-plaid-cymru-a9619091.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715071628/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/wales-independence-welsh-debate-parliament-plaid-cymru-a9619091.html |archive-date=2020-07-15 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Welsh parliament to debate motion on independence for first time in its history|date=15 July 2020|website=The Independent|author=Andrew Woodcock}}
31 July – HM Coastguard announce the deployment of unmanned aircraft for search and rescue purposes over North Wales during the coming weekend.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/unmanned-search-rescue-aircraft-flown-18688127|title=Unmanned search and rescue aircraft to be flown over North Wales for the first time this weekend|date=31 July 2020|author=Kelly Williams|website=Daily Post|access-date=2 August 2020}}

=August=

3 August – CP Pharmaceuticals in Wrexham, a subsidiary of Wockhardt, is announced as having won a contract to supply COVID-19 vaccine for the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|title=Wrexham company CP Pharmaceuticals to supply Covid-19 vaccines in UK Government deal|url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-08-03/wrexham-company-cp-pharmaceuticals-to-supply-covid-19-vaccines-in-uk-government-deal|website=ITV News|date=2020-08-03|access-date=2020-12-20}}
10 August – Flash flooding affects Aberystwyth and thunderstorms occur throughout North Wales.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/live-weather-thunder-met-flood-18747088|title=Live updates as Wales is braced for more thunderstorms after flash flooding hits part of the country|website=WalesOnline|access-date=11 August 2020}}
17 August – It is revealed that Wales's only golden eagle living in the wild has been found dead, probably from natural causes.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/wales-last-golden-eagle-iolo-williams-springwatch-a4526956.html|date=17 August 2020|title=Wales' last golden eagle in the wild found dead by walker|website=WalesOnlineEvening Standard|access-date=30 August 2020}}
26 August – A major fire breaks out near Llangennech when a freight train loaded with diesel fuel is derailed on a journey from Milford Haven. No one is seriously injured, but diesel oil spills into the River Loughor. Local residents are evacuated.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-53927802|date=27 August 2020|website=BBC News|title=Llangennech: Diesel spill after train derails catching fire}}

=September=

7 September – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The first local lockdown in Wales is announced, as the county of Caerphilly is placed under restrictions that will last at least a month. It follows the discovery that 98 people have tested positive in a week, giving the county the highest infection rate in Wales.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54064915|title=Coronavirus: Caerphilly county lockdown to go into October|work=BBC News |date=8 September 2020 |access-date=8 September 2020}}
21 September – Right-wing extremists from all over the UK are blamed by the police and First Minister for blocking the entrance to a former army camp at Penally in Pembrokeshire being used temporarily to house asylum seekers from Iran and Iraq.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54248512|title='Extremist' protests at Pembrokeshire asylum army base criticised|work=BBC News |date=22 September 2020 |access-date=23 September 2020}}
25 September
Swansea, Llanelli and Cardiff go into local lockdown, joining Caerphilly, Newport, Bridgend, Merthyr, Blaenau Gwent and Rhondda Cynon Taf.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/llanelli-cardiff-swansea-lockdown-coronavirus-18980879|title=Cardiff, Swansea and Llanelli go into lockdown: Live updates as Vaughan Gething gives Wales coronavirus update|author1=Thomas Deacon|author2=Will Hayward|author3=Jillian MacMath|website=WalesOnline|access-date=25 September 2020}}
Ford Bridgend Engine Plant closes.{{cite news|title='Journey into the unknown' as Bridgend Ford closes|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54267443|date=25 September 2020|access-date=25 September 2020}}
30 September – It is confirmed that eight patients have died in an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, and that 60 patients have been infected from a source at the hospital. All surgery at the hospital is suspended. Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones and AM Mick Antoniw issue a joint statement expressing their concern.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54351724|title=Covid: Eight die in Royal Glamorgan Hospital outbreak|website=BBC News|access-date=30 September 2020}}

=October=

9 October
In the postponed Queen's Birthday Honours 2020, Welsh recipients include Warren Gatland, former Wales rugby head coach, and opera singer Rebecca Evans (CBE), Wales rugby captain Alun Wyn Jones (OBE) and artist Glenys Cour (MBE).{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/queens-birthday-honours-full-welsh-19080050|title=The full list of Welsh people honoured in Queen's Birthday Honours|website=WalesOnline|date=9 October 2020|author1=Katie-Ann Gupwell|author2=Lydia Stephens |access-date=11 October 2020}}
Death of Kaylea Titford - Kaylea Titford, a 16-year-old Welsh girl with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, is found dead in squalid conditions.{{cite news |date=20 December 2022 |title=Kaylea Titford: Mother admits manslaughter of obese daughter |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64045049 |access-date=1 March 2023}}
10 October – Bangor, Gwynedd, goes into a local lockdown, joining other North Wales counties: Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54491199|title=Coronavirus: Bangor enters local lockdown restrictions|website=BBC News|date=10 October 2020|access-date=11 October 2020}}
23 October – A 'firebreak' lockdown is imposed by the Welsh government for a 16-day period.{{cite web|url=https://gov.wales/national-coronavirus-fire-break-to-be-introduced-in-wales-on-friday|title=National coronavirus firebreak to be introduced in Wales on Friday|date=19 October 2020|website=Welsh Government|access-date=28 October 2020}} Supermarkets and other large stores are prohibited from selling 'non-essential goods', because many smaller retailers are forced to close.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-54648194|title=Wales lockdown: Supermarkets told to sell only essential items|work=BBC News |date=22 October 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020}}
27 October – After a petition is submitted to the Senedd, requesting it remove the ban on selling non-essential goods, the government reviews the policy and issues clarification.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54676457|title=Covid: Wales' lockdown supermarket rules to be 'clarified'|website=BBC|date=25 October 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54692441|title=Wales lockdown: What 'essential' items can I buy?|website=BBC|date=28 October 2020}}

=November=

17 November – There are calls for an inquiry into the handling of COVID-19 cases in hospitals and care homes after it is revealed that 53 people were discharged from hospital into Welsh care homes within days of testing positive during the early stages of the pandemic.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-54961650|title=Covid: People sent to care homes days after positive test|work=BBC News |date=17 November 2020 |access-date=20 November 2020}}
20 November – The Welsh government announces that the 17-day Wales firebreak lockdown had an impact on coronavirus figures but warns that restrictions might be re-imposed before Christmas if the downturn does not last.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-wales-55015497|title=Covid-19: Welsh Government update|work=BBC News |access-date=20 November 2020}}
26 November – New COVID restrictions, to come into force on 4 December, are provisionally announced.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55102867|title=Covid in Wales: Greater restrictions for pubs ahead of Christmas|website=BBC News|access-date=26 November 2020}}

=December=

20 December – COVID restrictions are amended, and the previously announced relaxation of rules over the Christmas break is rescinded. The Welsh government announces a complete lockdown in Wales with effect from midnight, with a relaxation of only a few hours on Christmas Day.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55379220#:~:text=The%20planned%20relaxation%20of%20Covid,%2C%20Kent%2C%20Essex%20and%20Bedfordshire|title=Covid-19: Christmas rules tightened for England, Scotland and Wales|website=BBC|date=20 December 2020|access-date=31 December 2020}}
29 December – Police impose fines on visitors from England who have broken COVID restrictions in order to visit Pen y Fan.{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/minibus-full-people-mixed-households-19533933|title=Minibus full of people from different households travels to Pen y Fan from Cheltenham|website=WalesOnline|access-date=31 December 2020}}
31 December – Welsh people honoured in the Queen's New Year Honours list include Professor Anthony Keith Campbell (CBE), surgeon Farah Batti (OBE), footballer Alan Curtis (MBE), and Carol Doggett, matron of Morriston Hospital (MBE).{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/new-year-honours-list-2020-19538482|title=New Year Honours List 2020: All the Welsh people honoured|author1=Steffan Rhys|author2=Claire Hayhurst|date=31 December 2020|website=WalesOnline}}

Arts and literature

=National Eisteddfod of Wales=

Gŵyl AmGen prizes:

{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/gwyl-amgen-winners|title=BBC Radio Cymru and the National Eisteddfod announce the winners of the two main competitions at Gŵyl AmGen|website=BBC Media Centre|access-date=6 August 2020}}

Cystadleuaeth y Stôl Farddoniaeth (Poetry Competition) – Terwyn Tomos
Cystadleuaeth y Stôl Ryddiaith (Prose Competition) – Llŷr Gwyn Lewis

=Awards=

Wales Book of the Year 2020:
English language: Niall Griffiths, Broken Ghost{{cite web|url=https://www.walesartsreview.org/wales-book-of-the-year-2020-winners-announced/|title=Wales Book of the Year 2020 winners announced|date=31 July 2020|website=Wales Arts Review|access-date=11 August 2020}}
Welsh language: Ifan Morgan Jones, Babel{{cite web|url=https://waleslitexchange.org/en/authors/view/ifan-morgan-jones|title=Ifan Morgan Jones|website=Wales Literature Exchange|access-date=11 August 2020}}
Dylan Thomas Prize: Bryan Washington{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/14/bryan-washington-kickass-short-stories-win-30000-dylan-thomas-prize-lot-houston|title=Bryan Washington's 'kickass' short stories win £30,000 Dylan Thomas prize|date=14 May 2020|author=Alison Flood|website=The Guardian|access-date=23 May 2020}}

=New books=

==English language==

Peter Finch – The Machineries of Joy{{cite book|author=Peter Finch|title=The Machineries of Joy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51MiywEACAAJ|date=February 2020|publisher=Seren Books|isbn=978-1-78172-565-8}}
Michael Franklin (ed.) – Writers of Wales: Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi{{cite web|url=https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/hester-lynch-thrale-piozzi/|title=Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi|author=Michael Franklin|website=University of Wales Press|access-date=13 June 2020}}
Euron Griffith – Miriam, Daniel and Me{{cite web|url=https://www.serenbooks.com/event/euron-griffith-virtual-launch-%E2%80%98miriam-daniel-and-me%E2%80%99|title=Euron Griffith {{!}} Virtual Launch Of 'Miriam, Daniel And Me'|website=Seren|access-date=25 July 2020}}
Richard Owain Roberts – Hello Friend We Missed You{{cite web|title=Books {{!}} Hello Friend We Missed You by Richard Owain Roberts|url=https://www.walesartsreview.org/books-hello-friend-we-missed-you-by-richard-owain-roberts/|last=Pearson|first=Gemma|date=2020-06-01|website=Wales Arts Review|access-date=2020-06-01}}
Eloise Williams – Wilde{{cite web|url=https://www.literaturewales.org/lw-news/eloise-williams-releases-her-fourth-novel/|title=Eloise Williams releases her fourth novel|date=1 May 2020|website=Literature Wales|access-date=23 May 2020}}

==Welsh language==

Hazel Walford Davies – O.M. – Cofiant Syr Owen Morgan Edwards{{cite book|author=Hazel Walford Davies|title=O.M. – Cofiant Syr Owen Morgan Edwards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-OzxgEACAAJ|date=17 February 2020|publisher=Gomer Press|isbn=978-1-84851-864-3}}
Huw Jones – Dwi Isio Bod Yn...

=Music=

==New albums==

Shirley Bassey – I Owe It All to You{{cite web |title=New Dame Shirley Bassey Album, I Owe It All to You|url=http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/dame-shirley-basseys-new-album-i-owe-it-all-to-you-out-now/ |work=Universal Music Canada |access-date=9 November 2020 |date=6 November 2020}}
Georgia Ruth – Mai{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/08/georgia-ruth-mai-review-folk-musings-on-may-odes-to-spring|title=Georgia Ruth: Mai review – lush Welsh pastorals and other odes to spring|date=8 March 2020|author=Neil Spencer|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 July 2020}}

==New compositions==

Paul Mealor – Piano Concerto{{cite web|url=https://thesampler.org/event/paul-mealor-piano-concerto-world-premiere-with-london-mozart-players/|title=Paul Mealor Piano Concerto World Premiere with London Mozart Players|website=The Sampler|access-date=23 September 2020}}

=Film=

Dream Horse, directed by Euros Lyn, starring Damian Lewis, Owen Teale, Joanna Page, Karl Johnson and Steffan Rhodri{{cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/18251672.dream-horse-release-date-announced-warner-bros/|title=Dream Horse release date announced by Warner Bros|date=21 February 2020|author=Brooke Boucher|website=South Wales Argus|access-date=20 November 2020}}

=Broadcasting=

==English language==

Hidden Wales, series 2, presented by Will Millard{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/g99txh/hidden-wales-with-will-millard-episode-guide/|title=Hidden Wales with Will Millard|website=Radio Times|access-date=23 September 2020}}
Memory Lane, presented by Jennifer Saunders, features Michael Sheen, with footage from Port Talbot and Hay-on-Wye.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/jennifer-saunders-memory-lane-review-interview-on-wheels-doesnt/|title=Jennifer Saunders' Memory Lane, review: this interview-on-wheels doesn't make it out of second gear|date=23 December 2020|author=Michael Hogan|website=Daily Telegraph|access-date=15 January 2021}}
Richard Parks: Can I Be Welsh and Black? (documentary by ITV Cymru){{cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/18820537.can-welsh-black---adventurer-richard-parks-announces-new-documentary/|title=Can I be Welsh and black? - adventurer Richard Parks announces new documentary|date=25 October 2020|author=Dan Barnes|work=South Wales Argus|access-date=11 November 2020}}
Tudur's TV Flashback, series 4, presented by Tudur Owen{{cite web|url=https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/18886842.pembrokeshire-characters-featured-tudurs-tv-flashback-bbc-one-wales/|title=Pembrokeshire characters featured on Tudur's TV Flashback, BBC One Wales|date=20 November 2020|author=Becky Hotchin|website=Western Telegraph|access-date=27 November 2020}}

==Welsh language==

Am Dro!{{cite web|url=https://hattrickinternational.co.uk/shows/Am_Dro|title=Am Dro!|website=Hat Trick International|access-date=11 July 2024}}
Pandemig: 1918 / 2020, directed by Eirlys Bellin{{cite web|url=https://www.s4c.cymru/clic/programme/809512416|title=Pandemig: 1918 / 2020|access-date=15 July 2020|website=S4C Cymru Clic|language=cy}}
Waliau'n Siarad{{cite news|url=https://pembrokeshire-herald.com/57645/straeon-rhyfeddol-rhai-o-adeiladau-cymru/|title=Straeon rhyfeddol rhai o adeiladau Cymru|newspaper=Pembrokeshire Herald|date=9 January 2020|language=cy}}

Sport

Horse Racing
27 December – the 2020 Welsh Grand National is abandoned due to waterlogging caused by Storm Bella and postponed to 9 January 2021.{{cite web |last1=Lee-Jones |first1=Rhianydd |title=Welsh Grand National 2020: Chepstow race abandoned after Storm Bella |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/55458568 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=28 December 2020 |date=27 December 2020}}
Rugby Union
1 February – Wales defeat Italy 42–0 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, in the opening match of the 2020 Six Nations Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/2020/02/04/highlights-wales-italy/|title=Wales made light work of their Guinness Six Nations opener as they defeated Italy 42–0 victory in Cardiff|author=Harry Gray|website=Six Nations Rugby|date=4 February 2020|access-date=5 February 2020}} Wales's under-20 team and women's team are both defeated by the corresponding Italian teams.

Deaths

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10 January – Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, 100{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/lord-chalfont-obituary-r5r3mgz8d|title=Lord Chalfont obituary|website=The Times|access-date=14 January 2020}}
21 January – Terry Jones, comedian, actor, writer, director and historian, 77{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51209197 |title=Monty Python star Terry Jones dies aged 77 |date=22 January 2020 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |access-date=22 January 2020}}
4 February – Terry Hands, theatre director, former artistic director of Theatr Clwyd, 79{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/feb/04/theatre-director-terry-hands-who-ran-the-royal-shakespeare-company-dies-aged-79|title=Theatre director Terry Hands, who ran the Royal Shakespeare Company, dies aged 79|work=The Guardian|date=4 February 2020|last=Wiegand|first=Chris|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204135006/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/feb/04/theatre-director-terry-hands-who-ran-the-royal-shakespeare-company-dies-aged-79 |archive-date=4 February 2020 }}
9 February – Sir John Cadogan, organic chemist, 89{{cite web|url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/industry-and-academic-chemistry-titan-john-cadogan-dies/4011215.article|title=Industry and academic chemistry titan John Cadogan dies|date=19 February 2020|author=Rebecca Trager|website=Chemistry World}}
15 February – Cavan Grogan, lead singer of Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers, 70[http://www.crazycavan.com/index.html "Cavan 18th February 1949 – 15th February 2020", Crazycavan.com]. Retrieved 16 February 2020
29 February – Ceri Morgan, darts player, 72{{cite web |title=Ceri Morgan Obituary |url=https://www.welshdarts.org/index.php/news/129-obituary-ceri-morgan |work=Welsh Darts Organisation |access-date=4 March 2020}}
7 March – Matthew Watkins, rugby player, 41 (cancer){{cite news |title=Matthew J Watkins: Ex-Wales centre dies at the age of 41 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/51782373 |work=BBC Sport |date=7 March 2020 |access-date=7 March 2020 }}
19 March – Peter Whittingham, footballer with Cardiff City F.C., 35 (head injury){{cite news|title=Peter Whittingham: Cardiff City legend dies aged 35 after head injury|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51928263|work=BBC Sport |date=19 March 2020 |access-date=19 March 2020 }}
23 March – Tristan Garel-Jones, politician, 79{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/03/24/tristan-garel-jonestory-wet-able-deputy-chief-whip-margaret/|title=Tristan Garel-Jones, Tory 'wet' and able deputy chief whip under Margaret Thatcher – obituary|date=24 March 2020|newspaper=The Telegraph|last1=Obituaries|first1=Telegraph}}
27 March – Aneurin Hughes, diplomat, 83{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/52071389|title=Cofio cyn-lysgennad yr UE – Aneurin Rhys Hughes|language=cy|website=BBC Cymru Fyw|date=27 March 2020}}
3 April – C. W. Nicol, writer, singer, actor and environmentalist, 79{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2020/04/04/environment/c-w-nicol-uncompromising-environmentalist-possessed-deep-humanity/|title=C.W. Nicol, a committed environmentalist with deep humanity|date=4 April 2020|author=Andrew Kershaw|newspaper=The Japan Times Online}}
5 April – Peter Walker, Glamorgan cricketer, 84{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/25748988|title=Obituary: Glamorgan and England cricketer Peter Walker|date=5 April 2020|website=BBC Sport}}
8 April – John Downing, photographer, 79{{cite web|url=https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/fleet-street-photographer-john-downing-who-documented-war-zones-100-states-dies-aged|title=Fleet Street Photographer John Downing Who Documented War Zones in 100 States Dies Aged 79|date=9 April 2020|work=Al-Bawaba}}
14 April
John Collins, footballer, 71{{cite web|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2020/april/obituary-john-collins|title=Obituary – John Collins|website=Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|access-date=17 April 2020}}
Cyril Lawrence, English footballer, former Wrexham player, 99 (COVID-19){{cite web|title=99 year old Salford man and ex-pro footballer beaten by Coronavirus|url=http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=5555 |work=Salford Star|access-date=15 April 2020}}
15 April – John T. Houghton, physicist and climate scientist, 88 (COVID-19){{cite web|url=https://weather.com/news/climate/news/2020-04-16-climate-scientist-founding-ipcc-editor-sir-john-houghton-dies|title=Sir John Houghton, Climate Scientist and Founding IPCC Editor, Dies at 88|date=16 April 2020|author=Bob Henson|website=The Weather Channel}}
22 April – Jimmy Goodfellow, former Cardiff FC manager and physiotherapist, 76{{cite news |last1=Payne |first1=Les |title=OBITUARY {{!}} Jimmy Goodfellow 1943–2020 |url=https://www.themillers.co.uk/news/2020/april/obituary--jimmy-goodfellow-1943-2020/ |access-date=22 April 2020 |work=www.themillers.co.uk |date=22 April 2020 |language=en-gb}}
25 April – Liz Edgar, showjumper, 76{{Cite news|title=Liz Edgar death: Former international showjumper and British Showjumping board director dies, aged 76|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/liz-edgar-death-showjumper-british-showjumping-cause-cancer-a9484606.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428055709/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/liz-edgar-death-showjumper-british-showjumping-cause-cancer-a9484606.html |archive-date=2020-04-28 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|date=26 April 2020|access-date=28 April 2020|work=The Independent}}
May – Steve Blackmore, rugby player, 58 (brain tumour){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/52573066|title=Steve Blackmore: Former Wales prop dies, aged 58|website=BBC Sport|date=7 May 2020}}
13 May – Keith Lyons, sports scientist, 68{{cite web|url=https://paddle.org.au/2020/05/18/vale-keith-lyons/|title=Vale Keith Lyons|date=18 May 2020|website=Paddle Australia}}
9 June – Paul Chapman, rock guitarist, 66{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-ufo-guitarist-paul-chapman-dead-at-66/|title=Former UFO Guitarist Paul Chapman Dead At 66|date=9 June 2020 |access-date=10 June 2020}}
12 June – Ricky Valance, singer, first Welshman to have a UK number one solo hit, 84{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-53026822|title=Ricky Valance: First Welshman to have solo UK Number One dies|date=12 June 2020|access-date=12 June 2020|website=BBC News}}
16 June – Mohammad Asghar, politician, 74{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/mohammad-asghar-dies-conservatives-senedd-18433249|title=Welsh Conservative MS Mohammad Asghar has died aged 74|newspaper=Western Mail|date=16 June 2020}}
24 July – Denise Idris Jones, politician, 69{{cite web|url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/18610999.DENISE_IDRIS_JONES/|title=Denise Idris Jones|website=Wrexham Leader|date=27 July 2020|access-date=7 October 2020}}
26 July
Chris Needs, radio presenter, 68{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/chris-needs-bbc-radio-died-18667664|title=Legendary BBC Radio Wales DJ Chris Needs has died|date=27 July 2020|author=Katie Bellis|website=WalesOnline}}
Keith Pontin, footballer, 64{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cardiff-city-mourning-welsh-international-18703802|title=Cardiff City in mourning as Welsh international Keith Pontin dies aged 64|website=WalesOnline|date=2 August 2020|author=Anthony Woolford}}
28 July – Clive Ponting, former civil servant and academic at the University of Wales, Swansea, 74{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/clive-ponting-obituary-6d6lq5nzv|title=Clive Ponting obituary|website=The Times|date=1 August 2020|access-date=5 August 2020}}
2 August – Mark Ormrod, historian, 62 (bowel cancer){{cite web |url= https://www.york.ac.uk/medieval-studies/news/markormrod/ |author=Rees Jones, Sarah |author-link=Sarah Rees Jones |title= Professor W. Mark Ormrod, 1 November 1957 – 2 August 2020 |website=york.ac.uk |publisher=University of York, Centre for Medieval Studies |date=2020-08-03 |access-date=2020-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803211403/https://www.york.ac.uk/medieval-studies/news/markormrod/ |archive-date=2020-08-03}}
22 August – Ted Grace, Swansea-born politician in Australia, 89{{cite web |title=GRACE, Mr Edward Laurence (Ted) |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2F3b94a6bd-87fb-43ab-85ed-81ebdcb4940b%2F0141;page=0;query=edward%20grace;rec=0;resCount=Default |website=Hansard |publisher=Parliament of Australia |access-date=27 August 2020}}
26 August – David Mercer, sports presenter, 70{{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/obituary-david-mercer/|title=Obituary:David Mercer|website=International Tennis Federation|access-date=28 August 2020}}
4 September – Sir Simon Boyle, former British Steel executive and Lord Lieutenant of Gwent 2001–2016, 79{{cite web|last1=Winter|first1=Susannah|title=Boyle|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/244150/boyle|website=The Telegraph Announcements|access-date=20 September 2020|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012004033/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/244150/boyle|url-status=dead}}
9 September – Tony Villars, footballer, 69{{cite news |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/18718776.former-newport-county-wales-winger-tony-villars-dies-aged-68/ |title=Former Newport County and Wales winger Tony Villars dies aged 68 |newspaper=South Wales Argus |last=Barnes |first=Dan |date=14 September 2020 |access-date=14 September 2020}}
21 September – John Meirion Morris, sculptor, 84{{cite web|url=https://nation.cymru/culture/tryweryn-monument-sculptor-john-meirion-morris-dies-age-84/|title=Tryweryn monument sculptor John Meirion Morris dies age 84|website=Nation Cymru|date=21 September 2020}}
24 September – John Walter Jones, first Chief Executive of the Welsh Language Board, 74{{Cite news|date=2020-09-24|title=Former Welsh language chief John Walter Jones dies|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54279112|access-date=2020-09-24}}
30 September – Emyr Humphreys, writer, 101{{cite news|language=cy|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/40555192|title=Cofio'r llenor a'r 'cawr diwylliannol' Emyr Humphreys|website=BBC Cymru Fyw|date=30 September 2020 |access-date=30 September 2020}}
19 October – Spencer Davis, musician, 81{{cite news|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/sixties-music-legend-who-gave-19135505 |title=Sixties music legend who gave his name to chart-topping band dies|website=Birmingham Mail|access-date=20 October 2020}}
26 October – Tony Wyn-Jones, DJ, 77{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tributes-former-radio-one-top-19173157|title=Tributes as former Radio One and Top Rank nightclub DJ Tony Wyn-Jones dies|date=27 October 2020|author=Robert Dalling|website=WalesOnline|access-date=28 October 2020}}
29 October – J. J. Williams, rugby player, 72{{cite web |title=JJ Williams: Legendary Wales and British and Irish Lions wing dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/54571230 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=29 October 2020 |date=29 October 2020}}
13 November
Gwyn Jones, footballer, 85{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55002164|title=Obituary: Former Wolverhampton Wanderers title winner dies|work=BBC Sport |access-date=20 November 2020}}
Sir John Meurig Thomas, scientist, 87{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/37047288|title=Y gwyddonydd, yr Athro Syr John Meurig Thomas, wedi marw|website=BBC Cymru Fyw|date=13 November 2020|language=cy}}
19 November – Helen Morgan, hockey international, 54 (cancer){{cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2020/11/21/gb-hockey-olympian-helen-morgan-passes-away-aged-54|title=GB Hockey Olympian Helen Morgan passes away, aged 54|website=The Hockey Paper|date=21 November 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020}}
20 November – Jan Morris, writer, 94{{cite news |title=Travel writer and journalist Jan Morris dies at 94 |work=BBC News |date=20 November 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55021555 |access-date=20 November 2020}}
22 November – Ray Prosser, rugby union player and coach, 93{{cite web |title=Ray Prosser: Pontypool coaching legend and Wales prop dies aged 93 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/55038356 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=23 November 2020 |date=22 November 2020}}
17 December – John Barnard Jenkins, nationalist activist, 87{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/prince-charles-investiture-bomb-campaign-19485643|title=Prince Charles' Investiture bomb campaign plotter remembered as 'one of Wales' greatest patriots'|date=18 December 2020|website=Daily Post|author=Owen Evans|access-date=19 December 2020}}

References

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