Petrol prices across the UK revealed as drivers can save £25 on a tank just by travelling a few miles
MOTORISTS can now discover the cheapest petrol prices nationwide and make whopping savings of up to £25.
A new government backed scheme will ensure drivers can receive daily up-to-date fuel costs with handy new apps.
It comes after data, sourced through The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), showed petrol stations can vary from 50p a litre across Britain, and diesel ranges by 45p.
As it stands, nearly 4,000 forecourts have signed up to the programme and uploaded their current fuel costs, as reported by The Times.
The cheapest forecourt, according to the research, was Tesco Superstore on Liverpool Road in Preston selling fuel for 140.9p a litre.
Although this figure had risen by the evening to 150.9p.
Meanwhile, the most expensive petrol station was shown to be the BP station at the Moto Stafford northbound on the M6.
Here, motorists were being asked to fork out an eye-watering 189.9p per litre for petrol and 194.9p for diesel.
The handy information can be accessed through station finder apps – and it could save drivers huge amounts.
So far, data supplied by the retailers has shown two petrol stations in east London just one mile apart differ in price by 12p per litre.
Elsewhere, those stopping at Norton Canes service station on the M6 were stunned to discover they were better-off travelling another three miles to a Sainsbury’s – to save themselves a staggering £25.25.
Plus, the figures also revealed drivers could keep an extra £14.40 in their pockets if they topped up the tank at an Esso forecourt rather Beaconsfield services on the M40.
Rod Dennis, a spokesman for the RAC, said “The most important action to come from the CMA’s investigation is yet to be set in train — that’s an official pump price-monitoring function that can keep an eye on both wholesale and retail fuel prices, and compel retailers to charge drivers a fair price when they fill up.
“Without this, there’s still a risk of retailers ripping drivers off by not properly reflecting wholesale prices and taking an inflated margin instead.”
A spokesman for the Department for Energy said: “We welcome the move from ten of the big fuel retailers to share their price data in real time so drivers can easily find the best deal through comparison sites — and we encourage all comparison sites to take this up.
“We continue to work with the industry to make this transparency a legal requirement.”