The cheapest places to buy petrol and diesel in Kent

Paul Gallagher & Cullen Willis & Lucy Thorne
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The cheapest place in Kent to fill up your car with petrol is at a ASDA garage in Dartford. According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £17 by filling up at this forecourt, compared to the most expensive petrol station.

The ASDA garage at Crossways Boulevard, Greenhithe is charging motorists 129.7p 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 Kent region this week is 135.9p.

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Here are the cheapest places to top your car with petrol in Kent

129.7p - ASDA, Crossways Boulevard, Greenhithe

130.7p - ASDA, Tothill Street, Ramsgate,

130.7p - Morrisons, Princes Avenue, Chatham,

130.7p - ASDA, 387 Maidstone Road, Fort Horsted,

130.7p - ASDA, 217/225 High Street, Rainham North,

130.9p - Tesco, Millstrood Road, Whitstable,

130.9p - Sainsbury's, Dadson Way, Northwood,

130.9p - Sainsbury's, Wingfield Bank, Northfleet & Springhead,

130.9p - Sainsbury's, Reeves Way, Chestfield,

130.9p - Sainsbury's, Park Farm Retail Park, Broadmead,

The most expensive filling station in Kent is an ESSO station in Maidstone. The cost of standard petrol at this station is 159.9p, meaning it would cost a total of £88 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 in Rainham. The cost of a litre of standard diesel at this forecourt was 134.7p, according to prices supplied by retailers.

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

134.7p - ASDA, 217/225 High Street, Rainham,

134.9p - Sainsbury's, Reeves Way, Chestfield,

134.9p - Sainsbury's, Park Farm Retail Park, Broadmead,

134.9p - Esso, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich,

134.9p - Sainsbury's, Hempstead Valley,

134.9p - Tesco, Millstrood Road, Whitstable,

134.9p - Sainsbury's, Dadson Way, Northwood,

135.7p - ASDA, Tothill Street, Ramsgate,

135.7p - Morrisons, Princes Avenue, Chatham,

135.7p - ASDA, Pier Road, Gillingham North,

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

UK drivers are currently paying 135.0p per litre of petrol, while people who own diesel vehicles are forking out 140.4p on average. In Kent owners of petrol cars are currently being charged 0.7p more than the national average of 135.0p. Diesel car drivers in Kent are paying 0.6p more than the national average.

The cheapest place to buy petrol in the country is at a Tesco garage in South Lanarkshire where a litre of standard petrol is 100.9p. 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, November 22, 2024 at 4:45am.

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