Directorate Change

Bellway PLC
1 August 2002

                                  BELLWAY PLC

                                 BOARD CHANGES

                                1ST AUGUST 2002

In line with previous announcements, Mr Alan G Robson retired from the Board as
Finance Director yesterday. The Board would like to thank Mr Robson for the
enormous contribution he has made to the Group over the past 18 years. The
position of Finance Director has been assumed by Mr Alistair M Leitch, a
chartered accountant who joined Bellway in 1981. Mr Leitch was previously Group
Chief Accountant.

Mr Leitch is beneficially interested in 19,727 Bellway plc 12.5p ordinary shares
representing 0.017% of the company's issued ordinary share capital. Mr Leitch
also holds options over 96,623 Bellway plc 12.5p ordinary shares at exercise
prices between 216.50p and 474.00p, exercisable between 10th June 1997 and 17th
April 2012.

In addition, Mr Leitch along with the other executive directors, has a potential
further beneficial interest in up to 350,395 Bellway plc 12.5p ordinary shares
held under the terms of the Bellway plc Employee Share Trust (1992) (a trust
used to reward directors and employees), representing 0.32% of the issued
ordinary share capital of the company.

Furthermore, Mr Leitch, along with the other directors of the company, holds a
joint non-beneficial interest in 18,000 Bellway plc 12.5p ordinary shares held
under the terms of the Bellway plc 1988 Employee Benefit Trust (a trust used to
reward directors and employees), representing 0.16% of the issued ordinary share
capital of the company.

(There are no matters to be disclosed under paragraph 6.F.2 of the Listing Rules
of the UK Listing Authority).


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