Holding in Company

Shanks Group PLC
6 December 2000


                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

     Shanks Group plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest


     FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited


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

     Non-beneficial


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

        State Street Nominees Ltd A/C FMTC                     95,000

        Clydedale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd A/C FISL     2,984,784

        Chase Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                             2,116,300

        Gracechurch Nominees A/C FPM                              74,400

        RBS Trust Bank A/C FPM                                   634,750

        Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                            107,700

        Bankers Trust A/C FPM                                  1,421,600

        MSS Nominees Ltd A/C FPm                                 146,100

        BT Globnet Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                           60,600

        Citibank A/C FPM                                         108,200

        Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/C FIL                            758,600

        RBS Trust Bank A/C FIL                                 1,396,900

        BT Globnet Nominees Ltd A/C FIL                          272,600

        Chase Nominees Ltd A/C FIL                             1,102,500

        Bankers Trust A/C FIL                                    107,800

        Citybank A/C FIL                                          83,900

        Bank of New York Europe     A/C FIL                       87,700

        Clydedale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd A/C FIL          3,480

        Northern Trust A/C FIL                                   101,300

        TOTAL                                                 11,664,214 5.01%


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 82,800



6) Percentage of issued class 0.03%



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A



8) Percentage of issued class N/A



9) Class of security Ordinary 10p Shares



10) Date of transaction Not given



11) Date company informed 5/12/2000



12) Total holding following this notification 11,664,214




13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.01%



14) Any additional information


        On behalf of various direct and indirect subsidiaries of FMR Corp. and
        Fidelity International Ltd and notifiable interests also comprise
        notifiable interest of Mr C Johnson 3rd, principal shareholder of FMR
        Corp. and Fidelity International Ltd.


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     P Kaye 01628 524523



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

Date of notification 6 December 2000