Weekly bulletin, 14 to 20 September 2026. Published Monday 21 September 2026.
Petrol prices in the Kirkwall postcode area (KW): up 2.4p this week to 176.1p
Between Monday 14 September 2026 and Sunday 20 September 2026, the average price of unleaded across 10 filling stations in the Kirkwall postcode area (KW) rose 2.4p to 176.1p a litre, while diesel rose 3.1p to 200.4p.
Cheapest and most expensive
On Sunday 20 September 2026, prices updated within 30 days, judged against their neighbours.
The last 30 days
Daily averages, in pence per litre. Right-click the image to save it; it is free to publish with a link.
Towns in the Kirkwall postcode area (KW) where unleaded moved most
Towns with at least three filling stations, first to last day of the week.
Biggest falls
| Town | Stations | Now | Week |
|---|
Biggest rises
| Town | Stations | Now | Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wick | 3 | 173.9p | ▲ 3.0p |
Stations that joined or went silent this week
Stations that reported their first price during the week, and stations whose last price came before or during it and that have been silent for 7 days or more since.
Started reporting 1
- Papay Community Cooperative, Orkney, KW17 2BU, 17 Sep
Stopped reporting 0
None so far.
A station that stops reporting has not necessarily closed. The full lists: new stations and stations no longer reporting.
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The weekly change compares the same 8 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.
12 of the 26 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.
The cheapest unleaded in the Kirkwall postcode area (KW) on Sunday 20 September 2026 was 171.9p at Allan's of Gillock Ltd, Wick (KW1 5XG); the most expensive was 189.0p at Bettyhill General Merchants (KW14 7SP), a gap of 17.1p, or £8.55 on a 50-litre tank.
The cheapest diesel was 175.0p at Papay Community Cooperative, Orkney (KW17 2BU).
Across the UK, unleaded was up 2.3p over the same week, at 172.3p, which puts the Kirkwall postcode area (KW) 3.8p above the national average.
Among the towns of the Kirkwall postcode area (KW), unleaded rose most in Wick (up 3.0p to 173.9p).
"Drivers in the Kirkwall postcode area (KW) paid 2.4p more for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £1.20 more than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in the Kirkwall postcode area (KW) is 17.1p, so where you fill up still matters more than when." said Jacky A., editor of fuelpricetoday.co.uk.
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Petrol prices in the Kirkwall postcode area (KW): up 2.4p this week to 176.1p Between Monday 14 September 2026 and Sunday 20 September 2026, the average price of unleaded across 10 filling stations in the Kirkwall postcode area (KW) rose 2.4p to 176.1p a litre, while diesel rose 3.1p to 200.4p. The weekly change compares the same 8 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it. 12 of the 26 stations seen during the week changed at least one price. The cheapest unleaded in the Kirkwall postcode area (KW) on Sunday 20 September 2026 was 171.9p at Allan's of Gillock Ltd, Wick (KW1 5XG); the most expensive was 189.0p at Bettyhill General Merchants (KW14 7SP), a gap of 17.1p, or £8.55 on a 50-litre tank. The cheapest diesel was 175.0p at Papay Community Cooperative, Orkney (KW17 2BU). Across the UK, unleaded was up 2.3p over the same week, at 172.3p, which puts the Kirkwall postcode area (KW) 3.8p above the national average. Among the towns of the Kirkwall postcode area (KW), unleaded rose most in Wick (up 3.0p to 173.9p). "Drivers in the Kirkwall postcode area (KW) paid 2.4p more for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £1.20 more than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in the Kirkwall postcode area (KW) is 17.1p, so where you fill up still matters more than when." said Jacky A., editor of fuelpricetoday.co.uk. Source: fuelpricetoday.co.uk, weekly bulletin for the Kirkwall postcode area (KW), 14 to 20 September 2026. https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W38/area-kw Prices are pence per litre, computed from the government's Fuel Finder open data. Free to use with a link to the source.
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How the figures are computed
Each average is the mean of the prices changed in the last 7 days at the filling stations of the Kirkwall postcode area (KW), motorway services left out and prices more than 25p from the day's median discarded. The cheapest and most expensive stations are judged against the stations within 10 km, so that a typing error cannot top the list. The week runs from Monday to Sunday. Details on how this site works.