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

Petrol prices in Hemel Hempstead: up 0.7p this week to 173.1p

Between Monday 28 September 2026 and Sunday 4 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 9 filling stations in Hemel Hempstead rose 0.7p to 173.1p a litre, while diesel rose 1.7p to 200.0p.

Unleaded average
173.1p
▲ 0.7p since 28 Sep, same 7 stations; 9 in the average
Diesel average
200.0p
▲ 1.7p since 28 Sep, same 7 stations; 8 in the average
Stations that changed a price
8
of 11 seen during the week
Stations with a current price
9
unleaded, 8 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
164.9p
V G Merchants Limited, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 9BE)
Most expensive unleaded
175.9p
Shell Bourne End, Hemel Hempstead (HP1 2SB)
Cheapest diesel
194.9p
V G Merchants Limited, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 9BE)
Most expensive diesel
202.9p
Mfg Apsley, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 9SP)

The last 30 days

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The weekly change compares the same 7 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

8 of the 11 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in Hemel Hempstead on Sunday 4 October 2026 was 164.9p at V G Merchants Limited, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 9BE); the most expensive was 175.9p at Shell Bourne End, Hemel Hempstead (HP1 2SB), a gap of 11.0p, or £5.50 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 194.9p at V G Merchants Limited, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 9BE).

Across the UK, unleaded was up 0.7p over the same week, at 174.7p, which puts Hemel Hempstead 1.6p below the national average.

"Drivers in Hemel Hempstead paid 0.7p more for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.35 more than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in Hemel Hempstead is 11.0p, 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 Hemel Hempstead: up 0.7p this week to 173.1p

Between Monday 28 September 2026 and Sunday 4 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 9 filling stations in Hemel Hempstead rose 0.7p to 173.1p a litre, while diesel rose 1.7p to 200.0p.

The weekly change compares the same 7 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

8 of the 11 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in Hemel Hempstead on Sunday 4 October 2026 was 164.9p at V G Merchants Limited, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 9BE); the most expensive was 175.9p at Shell Bourne End, Hemel Hempstead (HP1 2SB), a gap of 11.0p, or £5.50 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 194.9p at V G Merchants Limited, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 9BE).

Across the UK, unleaded was up 0.7p over the same week, at 174.7p, which puts Hemel Hempstead 1.6p below the national average.

"Drivers in Hemel Hempstead paid 0.7p more for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.35 more than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in Hemel Hempstead is 11.0p, 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 Hemel Hempstead, 28 September to 4 October 2026. https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W40/town-hemel-hempstead
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 Hemel Hempstead, 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.