The cheapest place to fill up your car with petrol in Greater Manchester today (Friday, 24 July) is at a Costco Wholesale garage in Stretford.
According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £23 by filling up at this forecourt - compared to the most expensive petrol station.
The Costco Wholesale garage on Barton Dock Road in Trafford Park is charging motorists 143.9p per litre, which means it would cost £88 to fill up an average 55 litre tank. This is based on a feed of live petrol prices which is published by the government.
Cheapest petrol stations today
Here are the cheapest places to top your car with petrol today:
- 143.9p - Costco Wholesale, Barton Dock Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M41 7PP
- 144.7p - Asda, Cavendish Street, Ashton-under-lyne, Greater Manchester, OL6 7PF
- 144.7p - Asda, Atherleigh Way, Leigh, WN7 5RZ
- 146.9p - Sainsbury's, 2 Lord Sheldon Way, Ashton-under-lyne, OL6 7UB
- 146.9p - Morrisons, Foundry Street, Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, SK16 5PJ
- 146.9p - Sainsbury's, Parsonage Retail Park, Leigh, WN7 5SJ
- 146.9p - Morrisons, Sale Way, Leigh Sports Village, Wigan, WN7 4JY
- 147.7p - Asda, Asda Sportcity, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M11 4BD
- 147.7p - Asda, Edge Green Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 3SP
- 147.9p - Tesco, Woodrow Way, Manchester, M44 6BL
The most expensive filling station in Greater Manchester is the BP station at the Birch Service Area in Heywood. The cost of standard petrol at this station is 181.9p, meaning it would cost a total of £111 to fill up an average family car at this forecourt.
Cheapest diesel stations today
For the owners of diesel cars, the cheapest place to fill up is also the Costco Wholesale garage in Stretford. The cost of a litre of standard diesel at this forecourt is 160.9p, according to prices supplied by retailers.
Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with standard diesel today:
- 160.9p - Costco Wholesale, Barton Dock Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M41 7PP
- 161.7p - Asda, Cavendish Street, Ashton-under-lyne, Greater Manchester, OL6 7PF
- 161.7p - Asda, Atherleigh Way, Leigh, WN7 5RZ
- 163.9p - Morrisons, Mornington Road, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL1 4EN
- 163.9p - Sainsbury's, Parsonage Retail Park, Leigh, WN7 5SJ
- 163.9p - Morrisons, Black Horse Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL1 1PQ
- 163.9p - Morrisons, Sale Way, Leigh Sports Village, Wigan, WN7 4JY
- 163.9p - Morrisons, Foundry Street, Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, SK16 5PJ
- 163.9p - Sainsbury's, 2 Lord Sheldon Way, Ashton-under-lyne, OL6 7UB
- 164.7p - Asda, Milne Street, Oldham, OL9 0JE
You can use our interactive widget to find out the price of fuel at the petrol stations near you.
UK drivers are currently paying 155.7p per litre of petrol, while people who own diesel vehicles are paying 173.5p on average.
In Greater Manchester, owners of petrol cars are currently being charged 3.2p less than the national average of 155.7p. Diesel car drivers in the region are paying 3.5p less than the national average.
The cheapest place to buy petrol in the UK is at a H J Taylor garage in Broadway, Worcestershire, where a litre of standard petrol is 128.9p. The most expensive petrol station in the country is the Alderley Service Station garage in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, where motorists are charged 187.9p 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 scheme operated by the government to ensure motorists are given a fair deal at the petrol pumps.
