Our website (including our mobile site) uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. Most big websites use cookies. Our cookies improve your website experience by:
- Remembering settings (eg your preferred sort order), so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
- Remembering information you've given (eg your email address), so you don't have to keep re-entering it
- Measuring how you use the website, so we can make sure it meets your needs
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish and there is information on how to do this on www.aboutcookies.org. If you do decide to delete cookies, you may not be able to use some areas of our website.
By continuing to browse our website without taking any of the actions described on www.aboutcookies.org to control or delete cookies, you are giving your consent to the use of cookies on our website and mobile site.
How we use cookies
We've listed our use of cookies below with more details about the type of cookie they are, why we use them and how long they will last.
In most cases, we will let you know before we store a cookie on your computer by providing a message like this, which links to this cookie policy:

Our website uses both session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies enable any information you have entered to be remembered when you move from page to page within our website, but are deleted when you close your browser or after a short time. Persistent cookies allow our website to remember your preferences and settings when you visit our website in the future; they expire after a set period of time.
Our site uses first party cookies (ie they are set by our website or mobile site) and third party cookies (ie they are set by another website). We do not share any information that can be used to identify you personally with these third parties.
As changes are made to our website on a continual basis, there will inevitably be changes to the cookies used on it. Furthermore, the third parties, whose cookies we use on our site, can add new cookies to their service at any time without warning. Strutt & Parker runs a cookie audit once a quarter and this cookie policy is updated as necessary.
The cookies we use to remember your settings
| Cookie name | Type | When is it added? | Purpose | Lifespan | Data held |
| searches |
First party Persistent |
When performing a property search |
View previous property searches |
Expires after 1 month |
Stores the criteria of the searches |
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When performing a property search and changing preferences on property search results page |
Save search preferences (remembers currency, sorting and numbers of items per page when 'go back to search results' is used) |
Expires after 1 month |
Stores the criteria of the searches |
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When performing a site search |
Site search history |
Expires after 1 month |
Stores the criteria of the searches |
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| properties |
First party Persistent |
When viewing a property |
View previously viewed properties |
Expires after 1 month |
Stores the ids of the properties that were viewed during the last search |
| savedProperties Cookie |
First party Persistent |
When saving a property |
View previously saved properties |
Expires after 24 hours |
Stores the ids of the properties saved by the user |
The cookies we use to remember information you have given
| Cookie name | Type | When is it added? | Purpose | Lifespan | Data held |
| userAccess Cookie |
First party Session |
When logging in to My S&P
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Enabling logging in (no My S&P functionality will work if cookies are deleted) |
Expires when the user closes their browser
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Stores the userAccessToken, saved in the My S&P database, which remembers the user's log-in details during one session, to avoid the need to log in to each screen. |
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First party Persistent |
When logging in to My S&P, if 'remember my details' is ticked |
Remembers the information entered in the user's form to save them re-entering every time they complete a form |
Expires after one week |
Stores the userAccessToken with the user's log-in details and is stored for each user in the database and recent form history |
The cookies we use to measure how you use the website
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use our site. We do this to make sure it meets users' needs and to understand how we could make improvements.
Google Analytics stores information about which pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store personal information that could be used to identify you. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
The following cookies on our site are set by Google Analytics:
| Cookie name | Type | When is it added? | Purpose | Lifespan | Data held |
| _utmz |
Third party (Google Analytics) Persistent |
When visiting any page |
Stores where a visitor came from (search engine, search keyword, link) |
Expires after 6 months |
Stores where a visitor came from (search engine, search keyword, link) |
| _utma |
Third party (Google Analytics) Persistent |
When visiting any page |
Stores each user's amount of visits and the time of the first visit, previous visit and current visit |
Expires after 2 years |
Stores each user's amount of visits and the time of the first visit, previous visit and current visit |
| _utmb & _utmc |
Third party (Google Analytics) Persistent |
When visiting any page |
Records how long a user stays on the site - when a visit starts and ends |
Expires after 30 minutes |
Records how long a user stays on the site - when a visit starts and ends |
| _utmv |
Third party (Google Analytics) Persistent |
When visiting any page |
Used for user-custom variables in Google Analytics |
Expires after 2 years |
Records segmentation information such as the type of computer and browser software used, and the location of the computer |
| NID |
Third party (Google Analytics) Persistent |
When performing a search |
A unique identifier used by Google applications to store user preference information |
Expires after 6 months |
Stores user preferences |
| PREF |
Third party (Google Analytics) Persistent |
When performing a search |
Delivers Google Maps and tracks usage of the service |
Expires after 2 years |
Stores user preferences |
| HSID, SSID, APISID, SAPISID and SID |
Third party (Google Analytics) Session |
When performing a search |
Delivers Google Maps and tracks usage of the service |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores user preferences |
| GDSESS |
Third party (Google Analytics) Persistent |
When performing a search |
Delivers Google Maps and tracks usage of the service |
Expires after 3 hours |
Stores user preferences |
The following cookie on our site is set by Clicktale:
| Cookie name | Type | When is it added? | Purpose | Lifespan | Data held |
| WRUID |
Third party (Clicktale) Session |
When landing on the homepage |
To enable web analytics |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores visit-related metrics |
The following third party cookies on our site are set by media analytics providers and help us to monitor the performance of ads we place on other websites:
| Cookie name | Type | When is it added? | Purpose | Lifespan | Data held |
| svid |
Third party (mediaplex.com) Persistent |
When visiting any page |
Used by www.adsrvr.org to track the results of online advertising |
Expires after 30 days |
Stores visit-related metrics in relation to paid advertising |
| _utma, _utmz, .ASPXFORM-SAUTH |
Third party (fonts.com) Persistent |
When visiting any page |
To track the use and traffic for webfonts |
Expires after 30 days |
Stores visit-related metrics in relation to webfont usage |
| _utmc |
Third party (fonts.com) Session |
When visiting any page |
To track the use and traffic for webfonts |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores visit-related metrics in relation to webfont usage |
| id |
Third party (Double Click) Session |
When landing on the homepage |
To track the results of online advertising |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores visit-related metrics |
| b |
Third Party (Playnomics) Session |
When landing on the homepage |
To track the results of online advertising |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores visit-related metrics |
| s |
Third Party (apmebf.com) Session |
When landing on the homepage |
To track the results of online advertising |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores visit-related metrics |
| TDID |
Third Party (adsrvr.org) Session |
When landing on the homepage |
To track the results of online advertising |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores visit-related metrics |
| TDCPM |
Third Party (adsrvr.org) Session |
When landing on the homepage |
To track the results of online advertising |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores visit-related metrics |
The following third party cookies on our site are set by Brightcove and relate to our video content:
| Cookie name | Type | When is it added? | Purpose | Lifespan | Data held |
| _tmid |
Third party (Tubemogul) Persistent |
When watching videos |
Usage tracking for videos |
Expires after 1 year |
The video advertising platform collects Non-Personally Identifiable Information ("Non-PII"), which cannot by itself be used to identify a particular person or entity. A product called Tubemogul is used by Brightcove to record how much of a video is watched. It uses an anonymous tracking cookie. |
| AkamaiAnalytics _VisitLast CloseTime |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Usage tracking for videos |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores the time when the browser was last closed |
| AkamaiAnalytics _VisitCookie |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Usage tracking for videos |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores information about the number of tabs currently open |
| AkamaiAnalytics _Browser SessionId |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Usage tracking for videos |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores the ID for a visit |
| BC_BANDWIDTH |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Detects initial bandwidth capability for progressive download deliveries |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Detects initial bandwidth capability for progressive download deliveries |
| clientLast HTimes |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Usage tracking for videos |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores the users' interaction / exit points |
| clientLast PTimes |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Usage tracking for videos |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores the users' interaction / exit points |
| AkamaiAnalytics DO_bitRate BucketsCsv |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Decides bitrate data for the visit |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores required information to compute bitrate data for the visit |
| AkamaiAnalytics DO_visit MetricsCsv |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Usage tracking for videos |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores visit-related metrics |
| AkamaiAnalytics _VisitIsPlaying |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Usage tracking for videos |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores information about streams playing in any tabs |
| AkamaiAnalytics DO_visit StartTime |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Usage tracking for videos |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores visit start time |
| clientLastHTimes |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Usage tracking for videos |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores visit-related metrics in relation to the video player |
| clientLastPTimes |
Third party Session |
When watching videos |
Usage tracking for videos |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Stores visit-related metrics in relation to the video player |
The other cookies we use
| Cookie name | Type | When is it added? | Purpose | Lifespan | Data held |
| PHPSESSID |
First party Session |
Upon site visit |
Each visitor is assigned a unique id (random characters and numbers), the so-called session id. |
Expires when the user closes their browser |
Assigns a unique id (no personal data is stored) |
| contour_ da7076a0-ab8c-4333-8d9e-84536d621bfe |
First party Persistent |
When submitting forms: contact agent, contact us, email a friend, open house register, publications request, register interest, request valuation |
Limits the risk of numerous forms being added at once (ie malicious activity to bring the site down) |
Expires after 1 month |
Records the page number the user is currently in (no personal data is stored) |
| contour_ e7536744-d003-44be-a684-6a11bc f9e396 |
First party Persistent |
When submitting one of the forms below within My S&P: |
Limits the risk of numerous forms being added at once (ie malicious activity to bring the site down) |
Expires after 1 month |
Records the page number the user is currently in (no personal data is stored) |
The cookies we use on our mobile site
| Cookie name | Type | When is it added? | Purpose | Lifespan | Data held |
| ci-session |
Third party Persistent |
When performing a search |
Enables the user to complete a form to request information about a property |
Expires after 30 minutes |
Stores session information for each user |