Directors' Dealings

WALKER, CRIPS, WEDDLE, BECK PLC
26 July 1999

Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:
Walker, Crips, Weddle,Beck plc

2   Name of director:
Stephen J. Bailey

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of     
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:
Director

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of 
shares held by each of them (if notified):
S.J. Bailey

5   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with  
the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):
No

6   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please  
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:
Share purchase - own name

7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
3,200

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.036

9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
none

10  Percentage of issued class:
none

11  Class of security:
ordinary 20p

12  Price per share:
92p

13  Date of transaction:
23rd July 1999

14  Date company informed:
23rd July 1999

15  Total holding following this notification:
9,223

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
0.104

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17  Date of grant:
N/A

18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:
N/A

19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:
N/A

20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:
N/A

21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:
N/A

22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:
N/A

23  Contact name for queries:
Rodney Fitzgerald - Finance Director

24  Contact telephone number:
0171 553 9602

25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
R.A. Fitzgerald


Additional Information: