The cheapest places to buy fuel in Merseyside this weekend

The cheapest place in Merseyside to fill up your car is at a Morrisons garage in Knowsley.

According to the latest figures provided by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £3.41 filling up at this yard compared to the most expensive petrol station. The Morrisons garage in Irlam Drive, Kirkby is charging drivers 139.7 per litre, meaning it would cost £76.84 to fill a 55 liter tank.

This is based on a live petrol price feed which was set up by the government’s Competition and Markets Authority last September. 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.

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It comes as margins made by retailers have recently risen to 16p per liter for diesel and 11p per liter for petrol. Margins are around 8p per liter higher than five years ago as a fall in the price of oil has led to a drop in wholesale fuel prices.

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 average price for a liter of petrol in the Merseyside region this week is 139.5p.

Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with petrol in Merseyside:
139.7p – Morrisons, Irlam Drive, Whitefield, Knowsley
139.9p – Sainsbury’s, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
139.9p – Sainsbury’s, Rice Lane, Walton, Liverpool
140.9p – Sainsbury’s, Great Homer Street, Everton West, Liverpool
141.9p – Sainsbury’s, Upton By Pass, Greasby, Frankby and Irby, Wirral
141.9p – Texaco, Whiston, Prescot South, Knowsley
141.9p – Texaco, Grand National, Kirkdale East, Liverpool
141.9p – Esso, Town Lane, Kew, Sefton
142.9p – Sainsbury’s, 342A Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Wirral
142.9p – Sainsbury’s, 152 Kings Road , Bebington, Wirral

The most expensive petrol station in Merseyside is an Esso station at Greasby, Wirral. The cost of standard petrol at this station is 145.9p, meaning it would cost a total of £80.25 to fill up a typical family car at this yard.

For diesel car owners, the cheapest place to fill up is Sainsbury’s garage in Liverpool. The cost of a liter of standard diesel at this yard was 144.9 lei, according to prices provided by retailers.

Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with standard diesel in Merseyside this weekend:
144.9p – Sainsbury’s, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
145.9p – Sainsbury’s, Rice Lane, Walton, Liverpool
146.7p – Morrisons, Irlam Drive, Whitefield, Knowsley
146.9p – Sainsbury’s, Upton By Pass, Greasby, Frankby and Irby, Wirral
146.9p – Sainsbury’s, Great Homer Street, Everton West, Liverpool
146.9p – Esso, Town Lane, Kew, Sefton
147.9p – Sainsbury’s, 342A Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Wirral
147.9p – Texaco, Whiston, Prescot South, Knowsley
147.9p – Texaco, Grand National, Kirkdale East, Liverpool
149.9p – Sainsbury’s, Pensby Road, Pensby and Thingwall, Wirral

Motorists in the UK currently pay 146.2p per liter of petrol, while those who own diesel vehicles pay an average of 151.3p. In Merseyside, petrol car owners are currently charged 10.2p less than the national average of 146.2p.

Diesel car drivers in Merseyside pay 9.5p less than the national average. The cheapest place to buy petrol in the country is at a Sainsbury’s garage in Belfast, where a liter of standard petrol costs 137.9p. The most expensive petrol station in the country is a BP garage in West Northamptonshire, where drivers are charged 173 .9 liters pa.

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