Talk:Land ownership in the United Kingdom
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Other large landowners
[edit]The following are from the cited source, and some are relevant because of the extent or notability of the owner. We have to be careful not to attribute private ownership if the land is actually part of a charitable trust, and even privately owned companies might not belong exclusively to the person associated with them. Also the water companies land holdings might be largely inland water, which should be noted.
6 Richard Scott, Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry 280,000 7 Anders Holch Povlsen 218,364 9 United Utilities 140,124 10 Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster 140,000 11 Duchy of Cornwall 135,000 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 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 49 Taylor Wimpey 14,684
I am looking at other sources, including https://whoownsengland.org/ but many suffer from not being editorially controlled.
All the best: Rich Farmbrough 14:17, 5 August 2020 (UTC).