# FORM 6-K

SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,
  D.C. 20549

# Report of
  Foreign Issuer

# Pursuant
  to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

# Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934

For the month
  of June 2004

ABBEY NATIONAL
  PLC 
  (Translation of registrants name into English)

Abbey National
  House, 2 Triton Square, Regent's Place
London NW1 3AN, England   
   (Address of principal executive offices)

|Indicate
      by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
      cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Form 20-F . . . .X. . . . Form 40-F . . . . . . . . Indicate
        by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
        in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission
        pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


Yes
  . . . . . . . No . . .X. . . .

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SCHEDULE
  11

NOTIFICATION
  OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS



1. Name of company



ABBEY NATIONAL PLC



2. Name of director



1. LORD CHARLES
  SHUTTLEWORTH2. MARK
  ANDREW PAIN

3. Please state whether
  notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named
  in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual
  holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age
  of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest



1. DIRECTOR2. DIRECTOR
  AND SPOUSE (CATHERINE PAIN)

4. Name of the registered
  holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of
  them (if notified)



1. LORD SHUTTLEWORTH2. MARK
  ANDREW PAIN AND SPOUSE (CATHERINE PAIN)

5. Please state whether
  notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above
  and identify the connected person(s)

1. DIRECTOR2. DIRECTOR
  AND SPOUSE



6. Please state the nature
  of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single
  co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary



SCRIP DIVIDEND

7. Number of shares / amount
  of stock acquired



1. 54 SHARES
  
    2. 1,352 SHARES



8. Percentage of issued
  class

N/A



9. Number of shares/amount
  of stock disposed



N/A



10. Percentage of issued
  class



N/A



11. Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES
  OF 10 PENCE EACH

12. Price per share

£4.52



13. Date of transaction



4 MAY 2004



14. Date company informed

8 JUNE 2004



15. Total holding following
  this notification



1. 3,0752. 59,783



16. Total percentage holding
  of issued class following this notification



If a director has been
  granted options by the company please complete the following boxes.



17. Date of grant







18. Period during which
  or date on which exercisable







19. Total amount paid (if
  any) for grant of the option







20. Description of shares
  or debentures involved: class, number







21. Exercise price (if fixed
  at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise







22. Total number of shares
  or debentures over which options held following this notification







23. Any additional information







24. Name of contact and
  telephone number for queries



JASON WRIGHT
  020 7 756 5627



25. Name and signature of
  authorised company official responsible for making this notification

JASON WRIGHT



Date of Notification

10 JUNE 2004



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  express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this document or material
  and does not accept any liability for error or omission. The FSA is not liable
  for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business
  or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or
  inability to use this document, or any material contained in it, or from any
  action or decision taken as a result of using this document or any such material.

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# SIGNATURES

Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
  duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized.

|                   |  | ABBEY NATIONAL PLC                  
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|Date: 10 June 2004 |  | By:/s/
      Jason Wright           
|                   |  | Jason
      Wright Abbey Secretariat