Weekly bulletin, 5 to 11 October 2026. Published Monday 12 October 2026.

Petrol prices in the UK: down 0.4p this week to 174.1p

Between Monday 5 October 2026 and Sunday 11 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 3,397 filling stations in the UK fell 0.4p to 174.1p a litre, while diesel fell 0.5p to 199.1p.

Unleaded average

174.1p

▼ 0.4p since 5 Oct, same 2,329 stations; 3,397 in the average

Diesel average

199.1p

▼ 0.5p since 5 Oct, same 2,285 stations; 3,403 in the average

Stations that changed a price

3,934

of 8,107 seen during the week

Stations with a current price

3,397

unleaded, 3,403 for diesel, price changed in the last 7 days, motorway services left out

Cheapest and most expensive

On Sunday 11 October 2026, prices updated within 30 days, judged against their neighbours.

Cheapest unleaded

157.9p

Maxol Bryansburn, Bangor (BT20 3RQ)

Most expensive unleaded

209.9p

Mackenzie Stores, Portree (IV51 9JS)

Cheapest diesel

175.0p

Papay Community Cooperative, Orkney (KW17 2BU)

Most expensive diesel

234.9p

Mackenzie Stores, Portree (IV51 9JS)

The last 30 days

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Unleaded and diesel prices in the UK, 30 days to 11 Oct

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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
Rayleigh	3	175.6p	▼ 3.3p
Burnley	3	170.7p	▼ 3.0p
Paignton	3	171.4p	▼ 3.0p

Biggest rises

Town	Stations	Now	Week
Dudley	5	177.7p	▲ 4.2p
Wakefield	5	175.1p	▲ 2.0p
Slough	4	175.9p	▲ 1.5p

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 11

Welford Garage, Stratford-upon-avon, CV37 8PT, 8 Oct
Bell Lane Service Station, Bury, BL9 6HH, 7 Oct
Central Garage, Kiveton Park, S26 6RD, 7 Oct
Isbister Bros Limited, Stromness, KW16 3LT, 7 Oct
Preseli Service Station, Narberth, SA67 7PD, 7 Oct
Aberlour Filling Station, Aberlour, AB38 9PB, 6 Oct
Atholl Filling Station, Isle of Skye, IV55 8WA, 6 Oct
Garswood, Wigan, WN4 0TU, 6 Oct
Go Bowring, Liverpool, L14 3PA, 6 Oct
Mcc, Ballycastle, BT54 6QY, 6 Oct
Braemar Filling Station, Aberdeenshire, AB35 5YQ, 5 Oct

Stopped reporting 5

Crossburn Filling Station, Peebles, EH45 8ED, 9 Oct
Tarleton Service Station, Preston, PR4 6UD, 9 Oct
Preseli Service Station Limited, Narberth, SA67 7PD, 8 Oct
Meldrum Motors Ltd, Oldmeldrum Inverurie, AB51 0EX, 7 Oct
Braemar Filling Station, Aberdeenshire, AB35 5YQ, 6 Oct

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 2,329 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

3,934 of the 8,107 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in the UK on Sunday 11 October 2026 was 157.9p at Maxol Bryansburn, Bangor (BT20 3RQ); the most expensive was 209.9p at Mackenzie Stores, Portree (IV51 9JS), a gap of 52.0p, or £26.00 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 Rayleigh (down 3.3p to 175.6p), Burnley (down 3.0p to 170.7p), Paignton (down 3.0p to 171.4p) and rose most in Dudley (up 4.2p to 177.7p), Wakefield (up 2.0p to 175.1p), Slough (up 1.5p to 175.9p).

"Drivers in the UK paid 0.4p less for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.20 less than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in the UK is 52.0p, 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 UK: down 0.4p this week to 174.1p

Between Monday 5 October 2026 and Sunday 11 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 3,397 filling stations in the UK fell 0.4p to 174.1p a litre, while diesel fell 0.5p to 199.1p.

The weekly change compares the same 2,329 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

3,934 of the 8,107 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, 5 to 11 October 2026. https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W41
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 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.