Cheapest places for petrol and diesel in Merseyside this weekend

One forecourt has the cheapest fuel  prices in Merseyside
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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 £4 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 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 Merseyside region this week is 132.8p. Here are the cheapest places to top your car with petrol in Merseyside this weekend:

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129.7p - ASDA, 102 St Helens Linkway, Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens
129.7p - ASDA, Welton Road - Croft Business Park, Bromborough, Wirral
129.9p - Sainsbury's, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
130.7p - Morrisons, Victoria Way, Southport, Sefton
130.7p - ASDA, Kirkland Street, St Helens Town Centre, St. Helens
130.7p - Morrisons, 1 Besford Road, Belle Vale, Liverpool
130.7p - Morrisons, Boundary Road, Town Centre, St. Helens
130.7p - ASDA, A580 East Lancashire Road, Haydock, St. Helens
130.7p - Morrisons, Baxters Lane, Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens
130.9p - Sainsbury's, 152 Kings Road, Bebington, Wirral

The most expensive filling station in Merseyside is a Shell station at Halewood, Knowsley. 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, 102 St Helens Linkway, Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens
134.7p - ASDA, Kirkland Street, St Helens Town Centre, St. Helens
134.7p - ASDA, A580 East Lancashire Road, Haydock, St. Helens
135.7p - Morrisons, Baxters Lane, Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens
135.7p - Morrisons, Boundary Road, Town Centre, St. Helens
135.7p - ASDA, 126 Smithdown Road, Arundel, Liverpool
135.9p - Sainsbury's, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
135.9p - Tesco, St Helens Linkway, Peasley Cross & Fingerpost, St. Helens
135.9p - Tesco, Cables Retail Park Steley Way, Prescot, Knowsley
135.9p - Tesco, Store 2 Bellerophon Way, Haydock, Haydock, St. Helens

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 Merseyside owners of petrol cars are currently being charged 2.0p less than the national average of 135.0p.

Diesel car drivers in Merseyside are paying 1.8p less 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.