Holding(s) in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
23 December 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company TAYLOR WOODROW plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
Barclays Bank PLC


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

Beneficial interest


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

Registered a/c name
   No of shares

Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited                  32,639

Barclays Global Fund Advisors                          1,698,510

Barclays Global Investors Limited                     12,265,627

Barclays Life Assurance Co. Limited                      817,342

Barclays Global Investors Japan Limited                  204,275

Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking          664,669

Barclays Global Investors N. A.                        6,010,482

Gerrard Limited                                          512,534

Barclays Bank Trust Co. Limited                            3,060

Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited              301,108

Barclays Capital Securities Limited                      638,579



5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not notified


6) Percentage of issued class

Not notified

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A


9) Class of security

25p ordinary shares


10) Date of transaction

20 December 2005


11) Date company informed

23 December 2005



12) Total holding following this notification

23,148,825


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (based
on issued shares capital of less treasury shares)

4.03%

14) Any additional information

The calculation is based on total number of voting shares in issue of
574,248,390 (net of 17,642,994 Treasury shares held by the company)

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Richard Morbey

0121 600 8540


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

Richard Morbey

Date of notification 23 December 2005


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