Share Buyback

British Land Co PLC
23 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:                           23 August 2007

Number of ordinary shares purchased:        250,000

Highest price paid per share:               1,290p

Lowest price paid per share:                1,255p

Average price per share:                    1,271.5274p


The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 6,109,630 of its
ordinary shares in treasury and has 515,689,250 ordinary shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares).


23 August 2007.





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