UK's cheapest petrol stations mapped – check the list to see if any are near you

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UK drivers are currently paying 153.2p per litre of petrol (Image: Getty Images)
UK drivers are currently paying 153.2p per litre of petrol (Image: Getty Images)

Petrol prices have been on the rise since spring, with the average price of unleaded now standing at 153.2p per litre - and Brits have been looking at ways to save some money as the cost of living crisis continues to bite.

The cheapest place in the United Kingdom to fill up your car with petrol is at a Sainsbury's garage in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £24.20 by filling up at this forecourt, compared to the most expensive petrol station.

The Sainsbury's garage at 10 Riverside Regional Centre, Causeway Coast and Glens is charging motorists 140.9p per litre, which means it would cost £77.50 to fill up an average 55 litre tank. This is based on a new feed of live petrol prices which was set up by the government’s Competition and Markets Authority last month.

Here are the cheapest places to top your car with petrol in the United Kingdom:

140.9p - Sainsbury's, 10 Riverside Regional Centre, Garnerville, Causeway Coast and Glens

142.9p - Sainsbury's, 112 East Prescot Road, Walton, Liverpool

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142.9p - Sainsbury's, Oxney Road, Paston and Walton, Peterborough

142.9p - Sainsbury's, Kirk Street, Hamilton North and East, South Lanarkshire

143.9p - Esso, 418-420 Queens Drive, Everton North, Liverpool

143.9p - Sainsbury's, Limborough Road, Drayton, Vale of White Horse

143.9p - Sainsbury's, John Macadam Way, Castle, Hastings

143.9p - Texaco, 190-214 Plumstead High Street, Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham, Greenwich

144.9p - Sainsbury's, Nicholson Road, Collaton St Mary, Torbay

144.9p - Sainsbury's, Bath Road, Newbury Wash Common, West Berkshire

144.9p - Sainsbury's, Voyager Drive, Orbital Retail Centre, Norton Canes, Cannock

144.9p - Sainsbury's, 1-3 Rockingham Road, Kettering

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144.9p - Sainsbury's, Rice Lane, Liverpool

144.9p - Sainsbury's, Pinnaclehill Industrial Estate, Kelso, Scottish Borders

144.9p - Esso, Sycamore View, Press Heath, Whitchurch, Shropshire

144.9p - Esso, Paston Parkway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

144.9p - JET, 286 Bexhill Road, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings

144.9p - Esso, Battle Hill, Battle, East Sussex

144.9p - Texaco, Sedlescombe Road North, Hastings, East Sussex

The most expensive filling station in the United Kingdom is a BP station at M6 Motorway, Stafford. The cost of standard petrol at this station is 184.9p, meaning it would cost a total of £101.70 to fill up an average family car at this forecourt. For the owners of diesel cars, the cheapest place to fill up is the Tesco garage at Belfast. The cost of a litre of standard diesel at this forecourt was 143.9p, according to prices supplied by retailers.

Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with standard diesel in the UK this weekend:

143.9p - Tesco, Knocknagoney Road Belfast, New Lodge, Belfast

151.7p - Asda, Holt Road, Holywell West, Wrexham

151.9p - Sainsbury's, Retail Park, Brynyffynnon, Wrexham

151.9p - Esso, Cronton Road, St Gabriels, Knowsley

151.9p - Sainsbury's, Stainsacre Lane, Falsgrave & Stepney, North Yorkshire

152.7p - Asda, 100 Princess Road, Moorside, Manchester

152.9p - Sainsbury's, Unit 14, Cookstown South, Mid Ulster

152.9p - Sainsbury's, 10 Riverside Regional Centre, Garnerville, Causeway Coast and Glens

152.9p - Sainsbury's, 4 Braidwater Retail Park, Beechill, Mid and East Antrim

152.9p - Sainsbury's, 112 East Prescot Road, Walton, Liverpool

You can use our interactive widget to find out the price of fuel at the petrol stations near you:

‌UK drivers are currently paying 153.2p per litre of petrol, while people who own diesel vehicles are forking out 161p on average. Nationally prices have fallen since they reached an all-time high in July 2022 of 191.55p for petrol and 199.22 for diesel but have been heading upwards again in recent weeks.

The prices quoted are for standard grade petrol (E10) and for standard grade diesel (B7). The figures are supplied by the major retailers under a voluntary scheme launched by the Competition and Markets Authority to ensure motorists are given a fair deal at the petrol pumps. Most of the major petrol retailers have signed up to the scheme and the petrol stations supplying up-to-date information account for around 60 per cent of the fuel sold in the UK. The data is updated every day by the retailers and can be downloaded on this government site.

Paul Gallagher

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