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 Sainsbury's garage in Liverpool.

According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £4.40 by filling up at this forecourt, compared to the most expensive petrol station. The Sainsbury's garage at 112 East Prescot Road, Kensington is charging motorists 141.9p per litre, which means it would cost £78.05 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. A government body has issued an alert to all motorists concerning the price of fuel.

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released new data showing ‘concerning’ information about prices at the pumps across the country.

Dan Turnbull, Senior Director of Markets at the CMA, said: “Drivers are feeling the pinch as fuel prices have been edging up since January. We’re particularly concerned by high margins which indicate weakened competition and are not a good sign for drivers."

The average price for a litre of petrol across the Merseyside region this week is 146.2p.

Here are the cheapest places to top your car with petrol in Merseyside
141.9p - Sainsbury's, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
143.9p - Sainsbury's, Rice Lane, Walton, Liverpool
144.9p - Sainsbury's, 342A Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Wirral
144.9p - Sainsbury's, 152 Kings Road , Bebington, Wirral
144.9p - Sainsbury's, Great Homer Street, Everton West, Liverpool
145.7p - Morrisons, Irlam Drive, Whitefield, Knowsley
145.9p - Sainsbury's, Pensby Road, Pensby and Thingwall, Wirral
145.9p - BP, Liverpool Road, Ravenmeols, Sefton
145.9p - Esso, Crossens, Meols, Sefton
146.9p - Sainsbury's, Upton By Pass, Greasby, Frankby and Irby, Wirral

The most expensive filling station in Merseyside is a Esso station at College Road, Sefton. The cost of standard petrol at this station is 149.9p, meaning it would cost a total of £82.45 to fill up an average family car at this forecourt.

For the owners of diesel cars, the cheapest place to fill up is the Sainsbury's garage at Liverpool. The cost of a litre of standard diesel at this forecourt was 150.9p, according to prices supplied by retailers.

Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with standard diesel in Merseyside this weekend.
150.9p - Sainsbury's, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
151.9p - Sainsbury's, Great Homer Street, Everton West, Liverpool
152.9p - Texaco, Whiston, Prescot South, Knowsley
152.9p - Texaco, Grand National, Kirkdale East, Liverpool
152.9p - Sainsbury's, Rice Lane, Walton, Liverpool
152.9p - Esso, Crossens, Meols, Sefton
153.9p - Sainsbury's, 342A Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Wirral
153.9p - Sainsbury's, 152 Kings Road , Bebington, Wirral
153.9p - BP, Liverpool Road, Ravenmeols, Sefton
154.9p - Sainsbury's, Pensby Road, Pensby and Thingwall, Wirral

UK drivers are currently paying 149.2p per litre of petrol, while people who own diesel vehicles are forking out 157.3p on average. In Merseyside owners of petrol cars are currently being charged 2.2p less than the national average of 149.2p.

Diesel car drivers in Merseyside are paying 2.3p less than the national average. The cheapest place to buy petrol in the country is at a Esso garage in North Yorkshire where a litre of standard petrol is 133.9p.

The most expensive petrol station in the country is a Shell garage in Elmbridge where motorists are charged 182.9p a litre.

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