Appointment

British Land Co PLC
19 November 2001

                                                           19th November, 2001


BOARD APPOINTMENT AT BRITISH LAND


The British Land Company PLC has appointed Graham Roberts, FCA, aged 43, a
partner in Andersen, to the Board as Finance Director designate.



Mr. Roberts will join British Land on 1st January, 2002.  He will succeed John
Weston Smith as Finance Director of the Company on 31st March, 2002, the end
of the Company's financial year.



Mr. Weston Smith will remain an executive director of British Land and
Managing Director of The British Land Corporation, the principal management
and operating company of the Group.



John Ritblat said, 'British Land is delighted to welcome Graham Roberts as
Finance Director.  As the senior real estate partner at Andersen he brings
formidable financial acumen and knowledge of the property industry, having
worked with many of the U.K.'s leading property companies'.



Contacts



The British Land Company PLC:
     John Ritblat, Chairman                  tel: [phone]
     John Weston Smith, Finance Director     tel: [phone]

Finsbury:
      Edward Orlebar                         tel: [phone]
      Faeth Finnemore





Note to Editors



Graham Roberts, who is married, attended Southampton University before joining
Binder Hamlyn where he qualified as a chartered accountant in 1984.  He was
appointed a partner in 1990.  Binder Hamlyn merged with Andersen in 1994,
where he has been a lead partner.  Andersen are the auditors to British Land
and Graham Roberts served for a period as its audit partner.