To qualify for a parliamentary vote it was then necessary to be a landowner and the main object of the National Freehold was to facilitate the acquisition of small plots of land by the people.

[8] In November 2020, British Land wrote down the value of its portfolio by almost £1 billion after retail income fell due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

[9] In September 2023, it was reported that Meta, the owner of Facebook, had paid £149 million to British Land in order to break the lease on its Triton Square London Office.

[1] The portfolio includes a large amount of property which has been purchased from and leased back to major retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury's, House of Fraser and Asda.

[12] Since October 2012 British Land and the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global had each owned 50% stakes in Meadowhall, one of the UK's largest shopping centres based in Sheffield.