Holding in Company

Bellway PLC
20 October 2000

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company
Bellway plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
Prudential plc

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
As above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC      5,021,906

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC     1,235,154
                                    _________

                                    6,257,060

 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not disclosed


6) Percentage of issued class
Not disclosed

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
Not disclosed


8) Percentage of issued class
Not disclosed


9) Class of security
Ordinary 12.5p


10) Date of transaction
Not disclosed


11) Date company informed
19th October 2000

12) Total holding following this notification
6,257,060

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
5.73%

14) Any additional information
None


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Kevin Wrightson


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Kevin Wrightson


Date of notification 20th October 2000