Who owns Scotland.

[chrisupyonder]

Reading some recent posts about 1sq foot plots being sold in Scotland prompted me to find out exactly who owns Scotland's land.
The following is the most recent I could find on the web.

TOP 20
1. Forestry Commission Scotland: 1,640,000 acres
2. Buccleuch Group: 270,000 acres
3. National Trust for Scotland: 192,000 acres
4. Scottish Government: 174,000 acres
5. Blair Castle Charitable Trust: 140,000 acres
6. Alcan: 135,000 acres
7. Capt. Alwyn Farquharson: 125,000 acres
8. RSPB: 124,172 acres
9. Duke of Westminster: 120,000 acres
10. Crown Estate Commission: 106,000 acres
11. South Uist Estate Ltd: 93,000 acres
12. Donald Angus Cameron: 90,000 acres
12. Countess of Sutherland: 90,000 acres
14. Children of the late Paul van Vlissengen: 87,000 acres
15. The Seafield Family: 84,500 acres
16. Scottish Natural Heritage: 84,000 acres
17. The Fleming family: 80,000 acres
18. Hon. Charles "Chas" Pearson: 77,000 acres
19. Lord Margadale: 73,000 acres
20. Malaysian businessman known as Mr Salleh: 71,000 acres

Source http://www.scotsman.com/news/lairds_...wners_1_752068

Chris.

[English Bloke]

So it's not actually the English and everybody in Englandshire then? Well there's a revelation.

[opositive]

nevertheless, my square foot will kick a$$. that settles it, i am going to start looking tomorrow.

[piperdbh]

I'm only a leaseholder on my square foot.

[opositive]

on further reflection and research, does anyone know the monies really go toward conservation of the various estates, as claimed. since i "buy" a lot of return labels from veterans' organizations, i would not mind pretending to have a piece of scotland if it went towards the benefit of scotland in some small way.

[Droid]

Reading some recent posts about 1sq foot plots being sold in Scotland prompted me to find out exactly who owns Scotland's land.
The following is the most recent I could find on the web.

TOP 20
1. Forestry Commission Scotland: 1,640,000 acres
2. Buccleuch Group: 270,000 acres
3. National Trust for Scotland: 192,000 acres
4. Scottish Government: 174,000 acres
5. Blair Castle Charitable Trust: 140,000 acres
6. Alcan: 135,000 acres
7. Capt. Alwyn Farquharson: 125,000 acres
8. RSPB: 124,172 acres
9. Duke of Westminster: 120,000 acres
10. Crown Estate Commission: 106,000 acres
11. South Uist Estate Ltd: 93,000 acres
12. Donald Angus Cameron: 90,000 acres
12. Countess of Sutherland: 90,000 acres
14. Children of the late Paul van Vlissengen: 87,000 acres
15. The Seafield Family: 84,500 acres
16. Scottish Natural Heritage: 84,000 acres
17. The Fleming family: 80,000 acres
18. Hon. Charles "Chas" Pearson: 77,000 acres
19. Lord Margadale: 73,000 acres
20. Malaysian businessman known as Mr Salleh: 71,000 acres

Source http://www.scotsman.com/news/lairds_...wners_1_752068

Chris.

I like line number 17. That be my surname! I need to contact my family.

[Thomas H]

That is good to know info , I just thought that the royal family owned it all, I need to buy a plot , but I would not be able to go once every two weeks and mow the grass on it LOL
fun facts thanks

[Blackrose87]

That is good to know info , I just thought that the royal family owned it all, I need to buy a plot , but I would not be able to go once every two weeks and mow the grass on it LOL
fun facts thanks

As far as I'm aware the Crown Estates only make up around 40,000 acres and a few buildings in Edinburgh.
There was a story last year in the papers about trying to get the income from the estates back into the Scottish economy. I think it's now going into the Lottery fund.

[robinv]

As far as I'm aware the Crown Estates only make up around 40,000 acres and a few buildings in Edinburgh.
There was a story last year in the papers about trying to get the income from the estates back into the Scottish economy. I think it's now going into the Lottery fund.

The Crown Estates currently has about 105,000 acres (91,500 acres of agricultural land and 12,500 acres of forestry, residential and commercial property). They also own the seabed out to 12 miles, and roughly 50% of the foreshore. Here's a map.

I hadn't realised they also owned 50% of Fort Kinnaird.

-robin

[Blackrose87]

The Crown Estates currently has about 105,000 acres (91,500 acres of agricultural land and 12,500 acres of forestry, residential and commercial property). They also own the seabed out to 12 miles, and roughly 50% of the foreshore. Here's a map.

I hadn't realised they also owned 50% of Fort Kinnaird.

-robin

Sorry, I can't see that figure on the website. Where did you see it?
The section about Crown Estates Scotland says:

"Our rural estates comprise 37,000 hectares, of which 5,000 is forest. They include nine Sites of Special Scientific Interest and we are aware of the need to protect sensitive and fragile environments. We work with tenants on these estates to support the development of their businesses which range from farms to sustainable tourism."

http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/about-us/scotland/