England won the last Ashes in the year 2010-2011.
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According to Wiki, the ashes were returned to England after Britain won two of the three Tests on the 1882-1883 tour.
A small urn was presented to English captain Ivo Bligh who had vowed to "regain those ashes". The English media therefore dubbed the tour the quest to regain the Ashes. The contents of the urn are reputed to be the ashes of a wooden bail, and were humorously described as "the ashes of Australian cricket".[3]
December 18 2006 Australia went 3 - 0 up in a 5 match series, so regained the ashes.