On the land
Our rural portfolio includes working farms, strategic land, and the Windsor Estate.
What we do
The Crown Estate manages a rural portfolio of land and property, primarily comprised of tenanted working farms and strategic land. We also manage the Windsor Estate, including Windsor Great Park.
Agriculture
Our Rural portfolio of agricultural land and property includes estates such as Gorhambury in Hemel Hempstead and Putteridge near Luton. We're working closely with our customers to help ensure the productive, sustainable use of the land they manage.
Find out more about agricultureStrategic Land
Across our strategic land portfolio we work closely with local authorities and communities to help unlock land for residential and mixed-use development. Our role is to actively identify suitable sites and promote them through the planning process, before releasing the land to developers to be built out. Each year we bring forward a variety of sites, helping to meet local housing needs in locations across the country.
One example of this approach, is our strategic land project at Hemel Hempstead, where we are working collaboratively with local authorities to bring forward a major extension to the town that will deliver over 2,000 new homes over the next 20 years, as well as employment space, major local infrastructure improvements and community facilities.
Windsor
We manage the whole of the Windsor Estate, where our team combine progressive commercial management with careful stewardship, making the very most of this historic and beautiful place.
Find out more about Windsor Windsor Great Park websiteMinerals
The Crown Estate owns rights to a range of minerals, including sand, gravel, limestone, granite, brick clay, slate and dimension stone. We also manage the rights to deposits of gold and silver, known as Mines Royal. Our role is to consider applications from responsible parties for extraction and mining and where appropriate, to grant options, licences or leases. This process is subject to a number of conditions, including the required planning permissions and regulatory approvals.
Commercial exploration of Mines Royal Commercial exploration of mineralsSenior leadership team
Paul Sedgwick
Deputy Ranger & Managing Director, Windsor and Rural
Malcolm Burns
Head of Rural
Find out more
The Crown Estate assets map
Explore our rural and coastal assets around England, Wales and Northern Ireland using our interactive map.
Asset mapManaging agent finder
Our managing agents have wide-ranging responsibilities, including lettings, sales and property management, for many of our assets.
Contact a managing agent