Purchase of Own Securities

Land Securities PLC
24 February 2000

                 Purchase of own shares

Land Securities plc announces that it has today purchased
for cancellation 720,000 of its ordinary shares from
Cazenove & Co. at a price of 663.71p per share.

Enquiries

Jim Murray     Land Securities plc  0171 413 9000

Duncan Hunter  Cazenove & Co.       0171 825 9500