Holding in Company

Bellway PLC
27 September 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 1. Name of company

Bellway plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Barclays 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

Dematerialised                    -      1,200

Chase Nominees Limited               -      23,173

Chase Nominees Limited               -      218,897

Chase Nominees Limited               -      57,536

Chase Nominees Limited               -      83,760

Chase Nominees Limited               -      19,875

Chase Nominees Limited               -      762,552

Chase Nominees Limited               -      250,005

Chase Nominees Limited               -      35,187

Chase Nominees Limited               -     1,601,665

Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd as executor     - 3,426

Chase Manhattan Bank London          -  398,293

Unknown                         - 33,045

Unknown                         -  7,508

                              - 3,496,122


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

27th September 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

3,496,122

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.18%

14) Any additional information

-

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Kevin Wrightson - 0191 217 0717

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

Kevin Wrightson Date of notification 27th September 2001