The cheapest place in Kent to fill up your car with petrol is at a Sainsbury’s garage. According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £15.40 by filling up at this forecourt, compared to the most expensive petrol station.
The Sainsbury’s garage at Bysing Wood Road in Swale is charging motorists 144.9p per litre, which means it would cost £79.70 to fill up an average 55 liter 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. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released new data showing ‘concerning’ information about prices at the pumps across the country.
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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 liter of petrol across the Kent region this week is 150.8p.
Here are the cheapest places to top your car with petrol in Kent
144.9p – Sainsbury’s, Bysing Wood Road, Priory, Swale
144.9p – Sainsbury’s, Dadson Way, Northwood, Thanet
145.9p – Sainsbury’s, Hempstead Valley, Hempstead & Wigmore, Medway
145.9p – Sainsbury’s, Reeves Way, Chestfield, Canterbury
146.9p – Sainsbury’s, Quarry Wood Industrial Estate, Aylesford South & Ditton, Tonbridge and Malling
146.9p – Sainsbury’s, Simone Weil Avenue, Furley, Ashford
146.9p – Sainsbury’s, Wingfield Bank, Northfleet & Springhead, Gravesham
146.9p – BP, 233 Canterbury Road, Garlinge, Thanet
147.9p – Sainsbury’s, Linden Park Road, Pantiles and St Mark’s, Tunbridge Wells
147.9p – Sainsbury’s, Park Farm Retail Park, Broadmead, Folkestone and Hythe
The most expensive filling station in Kent is a BP station at Medway Service Area on the M2 between junction 4 and junction 5. The cost of standard petrol at this station is 172.9p, meaning it would cost a total of £95.10 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 in Folkestone. The cost of a liter of standard diesel at this forecourt was 153.9p, according to prices supplied by retailers.
Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with standard diesel in Kent this weekend
153.9p – Sainsbury’s, Park Farm Retail Park, Broadmead, Folkestone and Hythe
153.9p – Sainsbury’s, Wingfield Bank, Northfleet & Springhead, Gravesham
154.9p – BP, Highgate, Hawkhurst and Sandhurst, Tunbridge Wells
154.9p – Sainsbury’s, Simone Weil Avenue, Furley, Ashford
154.9p – Sainsbury’s, Hempstead Valley, Hempstead & Wigmore, Medway
154.9p – Shell, Birchington, Birchington South, Thanet
154.9p – BP, 233 Canterbury Road, Garlinge, Thanet
155.8p – Applegreen, North Street, Furley, Ashford
155.9p – BP, Brookfield Road, Beaver, Ashford
155.9p – Esso, East Stour, Furley, Ashford
You can use our interactive widget to find out the price of fuel at the petrol stations near you
UK drivers are currently paying 149.4p per liter of petrol, while people who own diesel vehicles are forking out 157.4p on average. In Kent owners of petrol cars are currently being charged 1.7p more than the national average of 149.4p.
Diesel car drivers in Kent are paying 1.9p more than the national average. The cheapest place to buy petrol in the country is at an Esso garage in North Yorkshire where a liter of standard petrol is 133.9p.
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, April 26, 2024 at 4:45am.
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