Cheapest petrol and diesel prices in Merseyside this weekend

The cheapest place in Merseyside to fill up your car with petrol is at a ASDA garage in St. Helens. According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £5 by filling up at this forecourt, compared to the most expensive petrol station.

The ASDA garage at 102 St Helens Linkway, St Helens is charging motorists 128.7p per litre, which means it would cost £71 to fill up an average 55 litre tank. This is based on a feed of live petrol prices which was set up by the government's Competition and Markets Authority last September.

The average price for a litre of petrol across the Merseyside region this week is 132.3p. Here are the cheapest places to top your car with petrol in Merseyside this weekend:

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128.7p - ASDA, 102 St Helens Linkway, Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens
129.7p - ASDA, A580 East Lancashire Road, Haydock, St. Helens
129.7p - ASDA, 126 Smithdown Road, Arundel, Liverpool
129.7p - ASDA, Kirkland Street, St Helens Town Centre, St. Helens
129.7p - ASDA, Welton Road - Croft Business Park, Bromborough, Wirral
129.7p - ASDA, Huyton Lane, St Gabriels, Knowsley
129.9p - Sainsbury's, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
129.9p - Sainsbury's, 152 Kings Road, Bebington, Wirral
130.7p - Morrisons, Irlam Drive, Whitefield, Knowsley
130.7p - Morrisons, Baxters Lane, Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens

The most expensive filling station in Merseyside is a BP station at Liverpool Road, Sefton. The cost of standard petrol at this station is 136.9p, meaning it would cost a total of £75 to fill up an average family car at this forecourt.

For the owners of diesel cars, the cheapest place to fill up is the ASDA garage at St. Helens. The cost of a litre of standard diesel at this forecourt was 133.7p, according to prices supplied by retailers. Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with standard diesel in Merseyside this weekend:
133.7p - ASDA, Kirkland Street, St Helens Town Centre, St. Helens
133.7p - ASDA, 102 St Helens Linkway, Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens
133.7p - ASDA, A580 East Lancashire Road, Haydock, St. Helens
133.7p - ASDA, 126 Smithdown Road, Arundel, Liverpool
133.9p - Sainsbury's, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
134.7p - ASDA, Hunts Cross Shopping Centre, Much Woolton & Hunts Cross, Liverpool
134.7p - ASDA, Huyton Lane, St Gabriels, Knowsley
134.7p - Morrisons, Baxters Lane, Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens
134.7p - Morrisons, Boundary Road, Town Centre, St. Helens
135.7p - Morrisons, 1 Penketh Drive, Speke, Liverpool

UK drivers are currently paying 135.0p per litre of petrol, while people who own diesel vehicles are forking out 140.2p on average. In Merseyside owners of petrol cars are currently being charged 2.6p less than the national average of 135.0p.

Diesel car drivers in Merseyside are paying 2.2p less than the national average. The cheapest place to buy petrol in the country is at a ASDA garage in Causeway Coast And Glens where a litre of standard petrol is 123.7p.

The most expensive petrol station in the country is a ASDA garage in Malvern Hills where motorists are charged 166.9p a litre. 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 price of fuel is often cheaper at Costco outlets, but their service is only available to members. The prices quoted are those supplied by retailers as of Friday 15th November, 2024 at 4:45am.