Share Buyback

British Land Co PLC
21 August 2007


The British Land Company PLC announces that it has purchased the following
number of its ordinary shares of 25p each on the London Stock Exchange.




Date of purchase:                     21 August 2007

Number of ordinary shares purchased:  250,000

Highest price paid per share:         1,216p

Lowest price paid per share:          1,184p

Average price per share:              1,203.5235p


The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.


Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 5,740,456 of its
ordinary shares in treasury and has 516,058,424 ordinary shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares).



21 August 2007.




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