The Crown Estate is worth over £7 billion, encompasses three properties sectors – urban, rural and marine – throughout the UK giving it a unique diversity.

In the last ten years the capital value of the estate has increased by 135% and the revenue by 77%. The estate is run on modern commercial lines but heritage and conservation issues also predominate; The Crown Estate owns over 1,000 listed buildings, 37% of which are Grade 1 (compared with the national average of 2.5%) and there are over 400 Sites of Special Scientific Interest on our rural and marine estates.

The key facts set out here illustrate how the estates, individually and together, contribute to the commercial and cultural life of the nation:

• £200 million in revenue surplus – all of the net revenue generated annually by The Crown Estate is paid to the Government for the benefit of the taxpayer.
• The portfolio is managed actively. Property sales and purchase transactions valued at millions of pounds are made by The Crown Estate every year.
• Land and property belonging to The Crown Estate is let through almost 10,000 tenancies across the UK.
• The urban portfolio represents more than 80% of The Crown Estate’s total property value and almost 75% of its gross revenue. It includes shops, offices, retail and business parks, industrial sites and residential properties.
• 1,340 affordable housing units are provided for key workers in London.
• Almost all of the property in London’s Regent Street and Regent’s Park belongs to The Crown Estate.
• The marine estate includes more than 55% of the UK’s foreshore, tidal river-beds and almost all of the seabed within the 12 nautical miles limit – including rights to all minerals but excluding hydrocarbons.
• With 110,000 hectares (270,000 acres) of agricultural land and forest, we have one of the largest rural estates in the UK.
• Windsor Great Park, the only Royal Park owned and managed by The Crown Estate, is enjoyed by around 2 million visitors every year.
• Rights to all naturally occurring gold and silver – the Mines Royal – belong to The Crown Estate.