Director Shareholding

Bellway PLC
19 April 2002

                                  BELLWAY PLC


                                19TH APRIL 2002


The company was yesterday informed that on the same day under the terms of the
Bellway plc Employee Share Trust (1992) (a trust used to reward directors and
employees), the trustees acquired 17,000 Bellway plc 12.5p ordinary shares at a
price of 498p per share.


Following the above transaction, the total number of shares held in the Bellway
plc Employee Share Trust (1992) is 544,875 representing 0.49% (527,875; 0.48%)
of the issued ordinary share capital of the company. Of these, the executive
directors hold a beneficial interest in 222,980 shares representing 0.20%
(222,980;0.20%) of the issued ordinary share capital of the company.
Furthermore, each Bellway executive director has a potential further beneficial
interest in up to 321,895 representing 0.29% (304,895; 0.28%) of the issued
ordinary share capital of the company.


In addition the company was also yesterday informed that on the same day under
the terms of the Bellway plc 1988 Employee Benefit Trust (a trust used to reward
directors and employees), the trustees acquired 8,000 Bellway plc 12.5p ordinary
shares at a price of 498p per share.


Following the above transaction the directors of the company hold a joint
non-beneficial interest in 18,000 Bellway plc 12.5p ordinary shares held in the
Bellway plc Employee Benefit Trust, representing 0.02% (10,000; 0.01%) of the
issued ordinary share capital of the company.


The other interests of the directors remain unchanged.




The other interests of the directors remain unchanged.


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