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Weekly bulletin, 28 September to 4 October 2026. Published Monday 5 October 2026.

Petrol prices in the Oldham postcode area (OL): up 0.9p this week to 172.8p

Between Monday 28 September 2026 and Sunday 4 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 34 filling stations in the Oldham postcode area (OL) rose 0.9p to 172.8p a litre, while diesel rose 1.1p to 197.4p.

Unleaded average
172.8p
▲ 0.9p since 28 Sep, same 28 stations; 34 in the average
Diesel average
197.4p
▲ 1.1p since 28 Sep, same 29 stations; 30 in the average
Stations that changed a price
32
of 50 seen during the week
Stations with a current price
34
unleaded, 30 for diesel, price changed in the last 7 days, motorway services left out

Cheapest and most expensive

On Sunday 4 October 2026, prices updated within 30 days, judged against their neighbours.

Cheapest unleaded
165.9p
Costco Wholesale Oldham, Oldham (OL9 8AU)members only
Most expensive unleaded
177.9p
Shell Co-op Eagle, Rochdale (OL11 2LE)
Cheapest diesel
185.9p
Hurst Cross Service Station Limited, Ashton-under-lyne (OL6 8DP)
Most expensive diesel
203.9p
Mfg Springs, Todmorden (OL14 5RS)

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 Oldham postcode area (OL) where unleaded moved most

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

Biggest falls

TownStationsNowWeek

Biggest rises

TownStationsNowWeek
Oldham11172.6p▲ 0.9p
Rochdale8173.0p▲ 0.9p

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The weekly change compares the same 28 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

32 of the 50 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in the Oldham postcode area (OL) on Sunday 4 October 2026 was 165.9p at Costco Wholesale Oldham, Oldham (OL9 8AU), members only; the most expensive was 177.9p at Shell Co-op Eagle, Rochdale (OL11 2LE), a gap of 12.0p, or £6.00 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 185.9p at Hurst Cross Service Station Limited, Ashton-under-lyne (OL6 8DP).

Across the UK, unleaded was up 0.7p over the same week, at 174.7p, which puts the Oldham postcode area (OL) 1.9p below the national average.

Among the towns of the Oldham postcode area (OL), unleaded rose most in Oldham (up 0.9p to 172.6p), Rochdale (up 0.9p to 173.0p).

"Drivers in the Oldham postcode area (OL) paid 0.9p more for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.45 more than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in the Oldham postcode area (OL) is 12.0p, 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 Oldham postcode area (OL): up 0.9p this week to 172.8p

Between Monday 28 September 2026 and Sunday 4 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 34 filling stations in the Oldham postcode area (OL) rose 0.9p to 172.8p a litre, while diesel rose 1.1p to 197.4p.

The weekly change compares the same 28 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

32 of the 50 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in the Oldham postcode area (OL) on Sunday 4 October 2026 was 165.9p at Costco Wholesale Oldham, Oldham (OL9 8AU), members only; the most expensive was 177.9p at Shell Co-op Eagle, Rochdale (OL11 2LE), a gap of 12.0p, or £6.00 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 185.9p at Hurst Cross Service Station Limited, Ashton-under-lyne (OL6 8DP).

Across the UK, unleaded was up 0.7p over the same week, at 174.7p, which puts the Oldham postcode area (OL) 1.9p below the national average.

Among the towns of the Oldham postcode area (OL), unleaded rose most in Oldham (up 0.9p to 172.6p), Rochdale (up 0.9p to 173.0p).

"Drivers in the Oldham postcode area (OL) paid 0.9p more for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.45 more than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in the Oldham postcode area (OL) is 12.0p, 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 Oldham postcode area (OL), 28 September to 4 October 2026. https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W40/area-ol
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-W40/area-ol 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 Oldham postcode area (OL), 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.