Alphabetical listing of building societies in the united kingdom.

Building societies are different to banks in that they are of mutual status - that is they are not owned by shareholders buy by everyone who has savings of some kind at the building society. The advantage of this arrangement is that they don't have shareholders to pay and hence, savings rates tend to be higher and borrowing rates tend to be lower in theory.

Abbey National www.abbey.com

Barnsley Building Society www.barnsley-bs.co.uk

Bath Building Society www.bibs.co.uk

Birmingham Midshires www.askbm.co.uk

Bristol & West www.bristol-west.co.uk/mortgages/moveyourmortgage.asp

Britannia Building Society www.britannia.co.uk

Catholic Building Society www.catholicbs.co.uk

Century Building Society www.century-building-society.co.uk

Chelsea Building Society www.thechelsea.co.uk/html/index_mortgages.html

Cheltenham & Gloucester www.cheltglos.co.uk

Cheshire Building Society www.cheshirebs.co.uk

Co-Operative Insurance Society www.cis.co.uk

Coventry Building Society www.coventrybuildingsociety.co.uk

Darlington Building Society www.darlington.co.uk

Derbyshire Building Society www.thederbyshire.co.uk

Dudley Building Society www.dudleybuildingsociety.co.uk

Dunfermline Building Society www.dunfermline-bs.co.uk

Furness Building Society www.furnessbs.co.uk

Hanley Economic Building Society www.thehanley.co.uk

Hinckley and Rugby Building Society www.hrbs.co.uk

Ipswich Building Society www.ipswich-bs.co.uk

Lambeth Building Society www.lambeth.co.uk

Leeds & Holbeck Building Society www.leeds-holbeck.co.uk

Loughborough Building Society www.theloughborough.co.uk

Manchester Building Society www.themanchester.co.uk

Mansfield Building Society www.mansfieldbs.co.uk

Market Harborough Building Society www.mhbs.co.uk

Marsden Building Society www.marsdenbs.co.uk

Melton Mowbray Building Society www.mmbs.co.uk

Monmouthshire Building Society www.monbsoc.co.uk

National Counties Building Society www.ncbs.co.uk

Nationwide www.nationwide.co.uk

Newbury Building Society www.newbury.co.uk

Newcastle Building Society www.newcastle.co.uk

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society www.npbs.co.uk

Nottingham Building Society www.thenottingham.com

Principality Building Society www.principality.co.uk

Progressive Building Society www.theprogressive.com

Prudential www.pru.co.uk

Saffron Walden Herts & Essex Building Society www.swhebs.co.uk

Scarborough Building Society www.scarboroughbs.co.uk

Scottish Building Society www.scottishbldgsoc.co.uk

Shepshed Building Society www.theshepshed.co.uk

Skipton Building Society www.skipton.co.uk

Staffordshire Building Society www.thestaffs.co.uk

Swansea Building Society www.swansea-bs.co.uk

Teachers Building Society www.teachersbs.co.uk

Universal Building Society www.theuniversal.co.uk

Vernon Building Society www.vernonbs.co.uk

West Bromwich Building Society www.westbrom.co.uk

Woolwich www.woolwich.co.uk