Leicestershire's cheapest places for petrol and diesel this weekend

Market Harborough remains the cheapest place for petrol in Leicestershire. Prices have remained stable for most at the pumps after months of far from cheap fuel.

The latest data from petrol suppliers and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) shows that as of Friday, June 21, the Sainsbury’s garage in Market Harborough’s St Mary’s Close remains Leicestershire’s cheapest forecourt. Prices this week remain at 140.9p per litre for petrol.

Last week, Market Harborough had a 1p advantage over its nearest competitors, but the latest figures have revealed the gap has now closed. According to the CMA, the gap is now just a 0.8p per litre difference between the St Mary’s Place Sainsbury’s and the Morrisons in Glenfield’s Station Road (141.7p per litre).

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According to the CMA, Leicestershire drivers are on average paying 145.2p per litre for petrol at the pumps in the last seven days. That is just 0.1p per litre less than the UK average of 145.3p per litre.

Here are the cheapest places to top your car with petrol in Leicestershire this weekend:

• 140.9p - Sainsbury's, St. Mary's Place, Market Harborough

• 141.7p - Morrisons, Station Road, Glenfield

• 141.9p - Jet, Flyover, Leicester

• 141.9p - BP, Melton Road, Kibworth

• 142.8p - Applegreen, Humberstone Road, Leicester

• 142.9p - Esso, Money Hill, Ashby

• 142.9p - Esso, Station Road, Market Bosworth

• 142.9p - Sainsbury's, Glen Road, Oadby

• 142.9p - Texaco, Parker Drive, Leicester

Leicestershire’s most expensive filling station once again remains the BP station at the Donington Service Area of the M1 in Castle Donington. According to the CMA, the forecourt, which is at Junction 23a, is charging people 168.9p per litre for petrol. That means it would cost £92.90 to fill up an average family car here.

Meanwhile, the Market Harborough Sainsbury’s is top of the diesel chart too. The data shows it is charging people 144.9p per litre for diesel this week - that’s 1p per litre cheaper than its nearest rival.

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

• 144.9p - Sainsbury's, St. Mary's Place, Market Harborough

• 145.9p - Esso, Station Road, Market Bosworth

• 146.7p - Morrisons, Station Road, Glenfield

• 146.9p - Esso, Market Street, Lutterworth

• 146.9p - BP, Melton Road, Kibworth

• 147.9p - Sainsbury's, Glen Road, Oadby

• 147.9p - Shell, Ashby Road, Shepshed

• 147.9p - Esso, Leicester Road, Shepshed

• 147.9p - BP, Ashby Road, Loughborough

The CMA data also shows that Leicestershire drivers are paying on average 150.3p per litre for their diesel this week. That is 0.1p per litre cheaper than the UK average.

Away from Leicestershire, the cheapest place to buy petrol in the UK is a Sainsbury's in Belfast where a litre of standard petrol is 137.9p per litre. The most expensive petrol station in the country is a BP garage in West Northamptonshire where motorists are charged 173.9p per litre.

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