Transaction in Own Shares

Halfords Group PLC
20 September 2006

                   HALFORDS GROUP PLC: PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Halfords Group PLC ('the Company') announces that on 20 September 2006 it
purchased for cancellation 98,290 of its ordinary shares at a price of 334.0p
per ordinary share.

Following the above purchase, the Company have now bought back 5,182,646 shares
for cancellation, since the 8 June when the buy back programme commenced.




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