Cheapest places for petrol and diesel in Merseyside this weekend
The cheapest place in Merseyside to fill up your car with petrol is at a ASDA garage in Wirral. According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £6 by filling up at this forecourt, compared to the most expensive petrol station.
The ASDA garage at Sea View Road, Wirral is charging motorists 130.7p per litre, which means it would cost £76 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 132.5p. Here are the cheapest places to top your car with petrol in Merseyside this weekend:
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130.7p - ASDA, Sea View Road, Wallasey, Wirral
130.7p - ASDA, Woodchurch Road, Upton, Wirral
130.7p - ASDA, Ormskirk Road, Park, Sefton
130.7p - Morrisons, 1 Penketh Drive, Speke, Liverpool
130.7p - ASDA, 81 Strand Road, Linacre, Sefton
130.7p - ASDA, Orrell Lane, Netherton And Orrell, Sefton
130.9p - Sainsbury's, Pensby Road, Pensby And Thingwall, Wirral
130.9p - Sainsbury's, 342A Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Wirral
130.9p - Tesco, Hawthorne Road, Litherland, Sefton
130.9p - Sainsbury's, 152 Kings Road, Bebington, Wirral
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 £78 to fill up an average family car at this forecourt.
For the owners of diesel cars, the cheapest place to fill up is the Morrisons garage at Liverpool. 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 Merseyside this weekend:
134.7p - Morrisons, 1 Penketh Drive, Speke, Liverpool
135.9p - Texaco, Newton Le Willows, Newton-le-Willows West, St. Helens
135.9p - Esso, Mill Lane, Newton-le-Willows East, St. Helens
135.9p - Tesco, Hawthorne Road, Litherland, Sefton
135.9p - Sainsbury's, Rice Lane, Walton, Liverpool
136.7p - ASDA, Breck Road, Everton East, Liverpool
136.7p - ASDA, 81 Strand Road, Linacre, Sefton
136.7p - ASDA, Orrell Lane, Netherton And Orrell, Sefton
136.7p - Morrisons, Victoria Way, Southport, Sefton
136.7p - ASDA, Utting Avenue, Clubmoor West, Liverpool
UK drivers are currently paying 135.2p per litre of petrol, while people who own diesel vehicles are forking out 140.0p on average. In Merseyside owners of petrol cars are currently being charged 2.5p less than the national average of 135.2p.
Diesel car drivers in Merseyside are paying 1.9p less than the national average. The cheapest place to buy petrol in the country is at a ASDA garage in Ealing where a litre of standard petrol is 130.6p.
The most expensive petrol station in the country is a ASDA garage in Malvern Hills where motorists are charged 169.9p 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.