Weekly bulletin, 21 to 27 September 2026. Published Monday 28 September 2026.

Petrol prices in the UK: up 1.7p this week to 173.7p

Between Monday 21 September 2026 and Sunday 27 September 2026, the average price of unleaded across 5,681 filling stations in the UK rose 1.7p to 173.7p a litre, while diesel rose 2.7p to 199.0p.

Unleaded average

173.7p

▲ 1.7p since 21 Sep, same 5,247 stations; 5,681 in the average

Diesel average

199.0p

▲ 2.7p since 21 Sep, same 6,197 stations; 6,439 in the average

Stations that changed a price

6,449

of 8,060 seen during the week

Stations with a current price

5,681

unleaded, 6,439 for diesel, price changed in the last 7 days, motorway services left out

Cheapest and most expensive

On Sunday 27 September 2026, prices updated within 30 days, judged against their neighbours.

Cheapest unleaded

154.9p

Solo 24 Hr (BT80 8DR)

Most expensive unleaded

230.0p

Thorn House Filling Station, Penrith (CA10 1BL)

Cheapest diesel

175.0p

Papay Community Cooperative, Orkney (KW17 2BU)

Most expensive diesel

238.8p

Steisean Connaidh Chrosabol, Crossapol (PA77 6UP)

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.

Unleaded and diesel prices in the UK, 30 days to 27 Sep

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Towns in the UK where unleaded moved most

Towns with at least three filling stations, first to last day of the week.

Biggest falls

Town	Stations	Now	Week
Chester le Street	3	171.9p	▼ 5.0p
Ryde	3	181.9p	▼ 5.0p
Ossett	3	171.2p	▼ 2.0p

Biggest rises

Town	Stations	Now	Week
Gillingham	9	177.6p	▲ 4.8p
Brackley	3	171.9p	▲ 4.7p
Bideford	4	174.2p	▲ 4.5p

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 12

Altofts Road Service Station, Normanton, WF6 2AY, 25 Sep
Chambers Garage Ltd, Penrith, CA10 2JF, 25 Sep
Lion Garage, Belper, DE56 1AX, 25 Sep
Moorview Garage, Launceston, PL15 8PL, 25 Sep
Trueman's Heath Filling Station, Birmingham, B47 5QB, 25 Sep
Whitfield Service Stataion, Dover, CT16 3LF, 25 Sep
Finmere Sf Connect, Buckingham, MK18 4FH, 24 Sep
Roadside Coventry, Coventry, CV6 7NS, 24 Sep
Vst Epworth Service Station, Doncaster, DN9 1JU, 24 Sep
A J Stokell, Doncaster, DN3 2LU, 23 Sep
Avondale Services, Strathaven, ML10 6JA, 22 Sep
Cscm Holdings Ltd, Newry, BT34 5HP, 22 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.

Ready to copy

The weekly change compares the same 5,247 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

6,449 of the 8,060 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in the UK on Sunday 27 September 2026 was 154.9p at Solo 24 Hr (BT80 8DR); the most expensive was 230.0p at Thorn House Filling Station, Penrith (CA10 1BL), a gap of 75.1p, or £37.55 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 175.0p at Papay Community Cooperative, Orkney (KW17 2BU).

Among the towns of the UK, unleaded fell most in Chester le Street (down 5.0p to 171.9p), Ryde (down 5.0p to 181.9p), Ossett (down 2.0p to 171.2p) and rose most in Gillingham (up 4.8p to 177.6p), Brackley (up 4.7p to 171.9p), Bideford (up 4.5p to 174.2p).

"Drivers in the UK paid 1.7p more for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.85 more than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in the UK is 75.1p, 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 UK: up 1.7p this week to 173.7p

Between Monday 21 September 2026 and Sunday 27 September 2026, the average price of unleaded across 5,681 filling stations in the UK rose 1.7p to 173.7p a litre, while diesel rose 2.7p to 199.0p.

The weekly change compares the same 5,247 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

6,449 of the 8,060 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest diesel was 175.0p at Papay Community Cooperative, Orkney (KW17 2BU).

Source: fuelpricetoday.co.uk, weekly bulletin for the UK, 21 to 27 September 2026. https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W39
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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Free to use, quote and publish, including the chart and the data, with a link to https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W39 or a credit to fuelpricetoday.co.uk. Prices are computed from the Fuel Finder open data published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Questions, a figure for another area, or a quote: contact@fuelpricetoday.co.uk.

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 UK, 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.