Paying in USD cheque to UK bank - charges and rates?

[Trikster]

Hi,
Feel free to point me to an existing thread but couldn't find one..

Just received a cheque in USD ($4.5k) and need to pay it into my UK account. Have personal accounts with Barclays and Lloyds (just regular accounts).

Anyone know their charges and what type of rate I'll receive just handing them in over the counter?

Or, for this amount (it's a one off, not regular payment) is there a more cost effective way of handling this?

Thanks in advance....

[Trikster]

Thanks all - a trip to Barclays on Wed me thinks - be interested to see what rate they quote - hopefully not too far to the true rate eg like the 1.62 when 1.59 example rather that the 1.8 vs 1.6...