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Our business

Land

Managing 185,000 acres across England and Wales, we aim to be a model of sustainable and environmental best practice.

Our approach

As one of the oldest and largest landowners in the UK, our aim is to be a model of large-scale sustainable, diversified and integrated agricultural and environmental best practice.

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Agriculture

We have set out an ambitious new rural strategy to work in partnership with our farming community to become a model of large-scale sustainable, diversified and integrated agricultural and environmental best practice.

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Minerals & mining

The Crown Estate owns rights to a range of minerals. We consider applications from responsible parties for licences and leases for extraction and mining.

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