The cheapest places in Leicestershire for petrol and diesel this holiday weekend

Ashby is the cheapest place in Leicestershire for petrol this bank holiday weekend. According to the latest figures from petrol suppliers and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as of Friday 24 May, the Tesco petrol station in Ashby’s Resolution Road is the least expensive of all, charging motorists £144.9 per liter . This means it would cost £79.70 to fill an average 55 liter tank here.

Ashby’s price is unchanged from the previous bank holiday weekend, but prices have generally continued to rise this year, prompting some organizations to call for action. The RAC wrote to Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho this week calling for “significant action” against fuel retailers who charge “too much” for petrol and diesel.

RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “We believe the current margins charged by larger retailers, in particular, are grossly unfair to motorists struggling to make ends meet in the cost of living crisis.” The calls come as the average price of a liter of petrol in Leicestershire this week is 139.9p. This is 7.4p less than the national average of 147.3p.

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Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with petrol in Leicestershire this bank holiday weekend:

• 144.9p – Tesco, Resolution Road , Ashby
• 144.9p – Sainsbury’s, St. Mary’s Place, Market Harborough
• 144.9p – Sainsbury’s, Greenclose Lane, Loughborough
• 145.7p – Morrisons, Station Road, Glenfield
• 145.8p – Applegreen, Humberstone Road, Leicester
• 145.9p – Esso, Ashby Money Hill, Ashby
• 145.9p – Jet, Flyover, Leicester
• 145.9p – Tesco, 1 Bradgate Mall, Beaumont Shopping Centre, Beaumont Leys
• 145.9p – Texaco, Parker Drive, Leicester
• 145.9p – Tesco, 2 Maidenwell Avenue, Hamilton

The most expensive petrol in Leicestershire remains at the BP station in the Donington service area at junction 23a of the M1 in Castle Donington. Here, it charges people 172.9 per litre, meaning it would cost a total of £95.10 to fill up an average family car at this yard.

Meanwhile, Market Harborough is the place to be for the cheapest diesel this week. According to the CMA, the least expensive fuel is found at the Sainsbury’s yard in St Mary’s Place, where motorists are currently charged 147.9 a litre. It comes as diesel drivers in Leicestershire pay 7.5p less than the national average.

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

• 147.9p – Sainsbury’s, St. Mary’s Place, Market Harborough
• 147.9p – Tesco, Rockingham Road , Market Harborough
• 149.9p – BP, Melton Road, Kibworth
• 151.9p – Esso, Station Road, North Kilworth, Lutterworth
• 151.9p – Tesco, Park Road , Loughborough
• 151.9p – Sainsbury’s, Greenclose Lane, Loughborough
• 152.7p – Morrisons, Station Road, Glenfield
• 152.8p – Applegreen, Humberstone Road, Leicester
• 152.9p – Tesco, Resolution Road, Ashby
• 152.9p – Tesco, 3 Station Yard , Hinckley

Away from Leicestershire, CMA data reveals that the cheapest place in the UK for petrol this Bank Holiday weekend is in Northern Ireland. Motorists can find petrol for as little as 139.9 a liter at Tesco garages in Antrim and Newtownabbey. Meanwhile, the most expensive petrol station in the country is a BP garage in West Northamptonshire, where motorists are charged 173.9 liters pa.

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