Director/PDMR Shareholding

Bellway PLC
22 May 2006

                                  BELLWAY PLC

                                 22ND MAY 2006

The company was informed on Friday 19th May 2006 that on 18th May 2006, under
the terms of the Bellway plc Employee Share Trust (1992) (a trust used to reward
directors and employees), the Trustees acquired 20,000 Bellway plc 12.5p
ordinary shares at a price of £10.67 per share.



Following the above transaction, the total number of shares held in the Bellway
plc Employee Share Trust (1992) is 429,439 (0.38%) (409,439; 0.36%).  Of these,
the executive directors have a beneficial interest in 212,784 (0.19%) (212,784;
19%).



Under the terms of the Bellway plc (2004) Performance Share Plan, the Bellway
plc executive directors and the non-executive chairman have a potential future
beneficial interest in up to 302,518 (0.27%) (302,518; 0.27%) shares held in the
Trust.



In addition, each Bellway executive director has a potential further beneficial
interest in up to nil (0.0%) nil (0.0%) shares held in the Trust.



The other interests of the directors remain unchanged.






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