Everyone know's how painful it can be to go down to the bank but the staff at Hitchin's HSBC are…read moreextremely helpful and pleasant. From the moment you walk in they are at your service to help you with anything from making a simple deposit to more complicated matters such as financial advice. They have always been friendly to me and I recommend this branch to all who wish for fast and efficient banking service.

This is a fairly big Lloyds. The queues are reasonable. They have a reasonable number of counters…read moreand open them as needed. The cash machines are not outside. They are in a little room off to one side of the bank. Therefore you don't have to stand out in the cold and it is more private. During the day, there is easy access to the room. Outside bank hours, you need to use your card to access the room. This again helps with privacy and misuse of the room. You can go and see their financial advisors to discuss mortgages, loans etc.

I'm not the kind of girl that would usually put the words 'love' and 'bank' in the same sentence -…read morebut hear this yon reader: I love this bank. This is England's oldest independent bank. Not only has this bank been family run for ten generations, it's the only business that I've ever heard of ever that was and still is formed as an Unlimited Liability. That's right y'all, if it all goes tits up for these guys, the partners (i.e. the family) bear unlimited personal responsibility for the tits upedness. Have you ever? Yeah, me either. Makes other formations feel like an abdication of personal responsibility me thinks.

The Chesham Building Society is the oldest Building Society in the world…read more Chesham Building society is still a local, mutual Building society and has won a large number of "best buy" product awards for its range of Mortgages and savings products. Friendly staff without the long queues of the other larger Building Societies in Chesham.