Ministry of Defence owns about 1.8% of the UK land mass

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The Ministry Of Defence owns 228,000 hectares of land and foreshore (either freehold or leasehold) and holds rights over a further 204,900 hectares of land and foreshore. In total, this is about 1.8% of the UK land mass. According to their latest Land Holdings data, since 2012 there has been a decrease of some 1,100 hectares in the freehold and leasehold figure. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) owns or has rights over the largest area, at 391,100 hectares (or 90% of the MOD total), a decrease of 700 hectares since 2012. July 5, 2013
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