The cheapest places in Merseyside for petrol and diesel this weekend

The cheapest place in Merseyside to fill up your car is at a Tesco garage in Liverpool.

According to the latest figures provided by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £3.85 filling up at this yard compared to the most expensive petrol station.

The Tesco garage on Mather Avenue, Mossley Hill charges drivers 142.9 per litre, meaning it would cost £78.60 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.

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A government body has issued an alert to all motorists regarding the price of fuel. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released new data showing “worrying” information about pump prices across the country.

Dan Turnbull, Senior Director of Markets at the CMA, said: “Drivers are feeling the pinch as fuel prices have risen since January. We are particularly concerned about high margins which indicate weakened competition and are not a good sign for drivers.” The average price of a liter of petrol in Merseyside this week is 146.3p.

Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with petrol in Merseyside this weekend:
142.9p – Tesco, Mather Avenue, Allerton
143.7p – Morrisons, Irlam Drive, Whitefield, Knowsley
143.9p – Sainsbury’s, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
143.9p – Tesco, Cables Retail Park Steley Way , Prescot
143.9p – Tesco, Altcar Road, Formby
143.9p – Sainsbury’s, Rice Lane, Walton
144.9p – Sainsbury’s, 342A Woodchurch Road, Prenton
144.9p – Sainsbury’s, 152 Kings Road , Bebington
144.9p – Sainsbury’s, Great Homer Street, Everton
144.9p – Tesco, Hawthorne Road , Litherland

The most expensive petrol station in Merseyside is a Texaco station at Newton Le Willows, St. Helens. The cost of standard petrol at this station is 149.9p, meaning it would cost a total of £82.45 to fill up a typical family car at this yard.

For diesel car owners, the cheapest place to fill up is Tesco garage in Liverpool. The cost of a liter of standard diesel at this yard was 149.9 lei, according to prices provided by retailers.

Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with standard diesel in Merseyside this weekend:
149.9p – Tesco, Mather Ave, Allerton, Liverpool
150.9p – Sainsbury’s, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
150.9p – Tesco, Cables Retail Park Steley Way, Prescot,
150.9p – Tesco, Hawthorne Road , Litherlan
151.7p – Morrisons, Irlam Drive, Whitefield, Knowsley
151.9p – Sainsbury’s, 152 Kings Road, Bebington
151.9p – Tesco, Bidston Link Road, Bidston
151.9p – Sainsbury’s, Great Homer Street, Everton
151.9p – Texaco, Grand National, Kirkdale
151.9p – Sainsbury’s, Rice Lane, Walton

Motorists in the UK currently pay 148.9p per liter of petrol, while those who own diesel vehicles pay an average of 155.4p. In Merseyside, petrol car owners are currently charged 2.8p less than the national average of 148.9p.

Diesel car drivers in Merseyside pay 2.3p less than the national average. The cheapest place to buy petrol in the country is at a Tesco garage in Antrim and Newtownabbey, where a liter of standard petrol costs 139.9p. The most expensive petrol station in the country is a BP garage in West Northamptonshire, where drivers are charged with 173.9 liters pa.

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