[1] It is pink with heavy drooping ears that cover most of the face and is bred for pork and bacon.

[2] The breed originated in the 1949 importation of 12 landrace pigs from Scandinavia[A] — four boars and eight gilts (immature females).

[1] In 1950, the British Landrace Pig Society was formed and it opened a herd book for the first offspring born from the imported 12.

[3] In a 1999 book, Jules Pretty said that seven pig breeds had been lost in Britain in the 20th century, and that the industry was now dominated by the British Landrace and the Large White.

In the 1980s the breed was developed and its genetic base was expanded by the importation of new bloodlines from Norway and Finland.