Holding(s) in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
17 October 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company 

TAYLOR WOODROW 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

Beneficial interest & aggregate including non-beneficial interest


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

Registered a/c name                                    a/c no.                      No of shares

BANK OF NEW YORK                                                                    41,589
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED                                                   240,498
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED                                                   3,567,315
BNP PARIBAS                                                                         74,876
BOISS NOMINEES LTD                                     4224361                      561,361
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS CANADA                                                    43,759
BARCLAYS TRUST CO & OTHERS                                                          16,480
BARCLAYS TRUST CO R69         C 000000000000000000                                  4,810
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                     16376                        307,870
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                     20947                        7,538,243
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                     21359                        665,898
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                     28270                        341,140
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES                                                       56,430
GREIG MIDDLETON NOMINEES LIMITED (GM1)                                              25,350
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                                        2,107,056
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                                        8,563,983
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                16331                        142.718
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                16341                        630,276
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                16344                        105,795
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                16345                        169,344
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                16400                        4,706,953
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                18409                        553,614
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK                                                                498,805
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                                                 18,513
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                                                 370,213
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                                                 662,204
MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND                                                         76,136
MASTER TRUST BANK                                                                   102,648
MELLON TRUST - US CUSTODIAN /                                                       152,228
MITSUI ASSET                                                                        10,232
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                                      339,853
R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED                                                          662,518
R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1                                                      50,458
R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED SA1                                                      90,625
R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C AK1                                                  155,215
R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C BL1                                                  6,286
R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C CM1                                                  800
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI                                                      17,080
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST CO                                                      11,789
STATE STREET BOSTON                                                                 414,818
STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA -                                                      131,025
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY - U                                                      92,097
TRUST & CUSTODY SERVICES BANK                                                       200,472

TOTAL                                                                               34,529,403

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not notified


6) Percentage of issued class

Not notified

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not notified

8) Percentage of issued class

Not notified


9) Class of security

25p ordinary shares


10) Date of transaction

Not notified


11) Date company informed

17 October 2006



12) Total holding following this notification

34,529,403


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (based

on issued share capital of 577,086,110 less 16,983,889 treasury shares) is

5.98%


14) Any additional information

None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Richard Morbey

0121 600 8540


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

Richard Morbey

Date of notification 17 October 2006




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