BELLWAY PLC                                  

                           DIRECTOR'S SHAREHOLDINGS                            

                                30 OCTOBER 2009                                

The company was yesterday informed that under the terms of the Bellway plc
Employee Share Trust (1992) and the Bellway plc (2004) performance Share Plan
(arrangements used to reward directors and employees) the following directors
were yesterday awarded rights over ordinary 12.5p shares in the company as
follows:

J K Watson - 72,028

P J Stoker - 46,818

A M Leitch - 46,818

            165,664

The Awards, which relate to existing shares, are to be held in the Bellway plc
Employee Share Trust (1992) until at least 29 October 2012.

The above Awards are maximum awards and the degree to which they will actually
vest depends on performance targets measured over a three year period (the
`performance period'). The performance period which is to be used commenced on
1st August 2009 and ends on 31st July 2012.

Following the above awards, the total number of shares held in the trust is
145,995 (0.12%) (145,995; 0.12%). Of these, the executive directors hold a
beneficial interest in 42,857 (0.04%) (42,857; 0.04%) ordinary shares held
under the terms of the company's deferred bonus arrangements.

Under the terms of the Bellway plc (2004) Performance Share Plan, certain
Bellway plc directors have a potential further beneficial interest in up to
605,562 (0.50%) (439,898; 0.36%) shares held in the Trust.

In addition, each Bellway executive director has a potential further beneficial
interest in up to nil (0.0%) (nil; 0.0%) shares held in the Trust.

The other interests of the directors remain unchanged.

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