RE: Five fields marsh land19 Jul 2025 14:57
# Land Owner Acres
1 FORESTRY COMMISSION 2,200,000
2 MINISTRY OF DEFENCE 1,101,851
3 CROWN ESTATE 678,420
4 NATIONAL TRUST & NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND 589,748
5 RSPB 332,000
6 RICHARD SCOTT, DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH & QUEENSBERRY 280,000
7 ANDERS HOLCH POVLSEN 218,364
8 THE DUKE OF ATHOLL’S TRUSTS 145,000
9 UNITED UTILITIES 140,124
10 HUGH GROSVENOR, 7TH DUKE OF WESTMINSTER 140,000
11 DUCHY OF CORNWALL 135,000
12 DEFRA 116,309
13 CHURCH OF ENGLAND 105,000
14 DWR CYMRU CYFYNGEDIG (WELSH WATER) 77,975
15 JOHN WHITTAKER (PEEL GROUP) 70,000
16 SALTAIRE WATER 70,000
17 CHEUNG KONG INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS 69,294
18 MRH MINERALS 67,935
19 SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL-MAKTOUM 63,000
20 HENRY SOMERSET, 12TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT 52,000
21 SEVERN TRENT 51,668
22 LAFARGEHOLCIM 48,557
23 ROBERT WARREN MILLER 36,000
24 HUGH LOWTHER, 8TH EARL OF LONSDALE 35,269
25 SIR JAMES DYSON 33,000
26 ROGER TEMPEST 25,516
27 ZAMBRANO FAMILY 25,340
28 COUNT LUCA RINALDO CONTARDO PADULLI DI VIGHIGNOLO 25,000
29 ANDREW RUSSELL, 15TH DUKE OF BEDFORD 21,474
30 STEFAN PERSSON 21,373
31 HARWORTH GROUP 21,000
32 EDWARD GUINNESS, 4TH EARL OF IVEAGH 20,664
33 HEIDELBERGCEMENT 20,534
34 CORLAND MINERALS 20,371
35 QUEEN ELIZABETH II 20,000
36 JOHN SAVILE, 8TH EARL OF MEXBOROUGH 20,000
37 HOMES ENGLAND 19,349
38 JOHN CLARK 18,119
39 MICHAEL STONE 18,000
40 SIR LYONEL HUMPHREY JOHN TOLLEMACHE, 7TH BARONET 17,908
41 RATHBONE BROTHERS 17,854
42 OSPREY CONSORTIUM 17,607
43 VALERO ENERGY 17,216
44 MICHAEL CANNON 16,001
45 RICHARD KELVIN-HUGHES 16,000
46 KEMBLE WATER HOLDINGS 15,987
47 PENNON GROUP 15,816
48 MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY 14,707
49 TAYLOR WIMPEY 14,684
50 HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY 14,209
*Data sourced from Love Money, Who Owns England and additional public records research
The land information contained in the above table is based on publicly available information. Due to the closely guarded nature of land ownership, some people and companies may not feature who would qualify for the top 50. Of those featured, the acreage may not include all of their land holdings but allows us an insight into their substantial assets.
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