Holding in Company

Shanks Group PLC
8 March 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

     Shanks Group plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest


     FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited


3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     Non-beneficial


        4)     Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder,
               the number of shares held by each of them

        State Street Nominees Ltd A/C FMTC                        95,000

        Clydedale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd A/C FISL     3,177,589
        Chase Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                             1,245,200

        RBS Trust Bank A/C FPM                                   634,750

        Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                            107,700

        Bankers Trust A/C FPM                                    778,700
                                                     
        MSS Nominees Ltd A/C FPm                                  80,100

        BT Globnet Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                           60,600

        Citibank A/C FPM                                         108,200

        Bank of New York Europe                                   21,837

        Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/C FIL                            499,300

        RBS Trust Bank A/C FIL                                 1,044,900

        BT Globnet Nominees Ltd A/C FIL                          149,400

        Chase Nominees Ltd A/C FIL                               655,900

        Bankers Trust A/C FIL                                    107,800

        Citybank A/C FIL                                          83,900

        Bank of New York Europe     A/C FIL                       87,700

        Clydedale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd A/C FIL          3,480

        Northern Trust A/C FIL                                   209,100

        TOTAL                                                  9,151,156 3.93%


5) Number of shares/amount of stock held 9,151,156



6) Percentage of issued class 3.93%



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A



8) Percentage of issued class N/A



9) Class of security Ordinary 10p Shares



10) Date of transaction Not given



11) Date company informed 8 March 2001



12) Total holding following this notification 9,151,156




13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.93%



14) Any additional information


        On behalf of various direct and indirect subsidiaries of FMR Corp. and
        Fidelity International Ltd and notifiable interests also comprise
        notifiable interest of Mr C Johnson 3rd, principal shareholder of FMR
        Corp. and Fidelity International Ltd.


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     P Kaye 01628 524523



16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification P Kaye

Date of notification 8 March 2001