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

Petrol prices in the Walsall postcode area (WS): up 0.3p this week to 175.7p

Between Monday 5 October 2026 and Sunday 11 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 21 filling stations in the Walsall postcode area (WS) rose 0.3p to 175.7p a litre, while diesel rose 0.5p to 200.6p.

Unleaded average
175.7p
▲ 0.3p since 5 Oct, same 12 stations; 21 in the average
Diesel average
200.6p
▲ 0.5p since 5 Oct, same 14 stations; 18 in the average
Stations that changed a price
21
of 50 seen during the week
Stations with a current price
21
unleaded, 18 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
170.9p
Ablewell Service Station, Walsall (WS1 2EQ)
Most expensive unleaded
179.9p
Shell Fradley North, Lichfield (WS13 8RD)
Cheapest diesel
198.7p
Most expensive diesel
204.9p
Shell Fradley North, Lichfield (WS13 8RD)

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 Walsall postcode area (WS) where unleaded moved most

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

Biggest falls

TownStationsNowWeek
Walsall3175.0p▼ 0.3p

Biggest rises

TownStationsNowWeek
Lichfield4178.3p▲ 1.3p

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The weekly change compares the same 12 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

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

The cheapest unleaded in the Walsall postcode area (WS) on Sunday 11 October 2026 was 170.9p at Ablewell Service Station, Walsall (WS1 2EQ); the most expensive was 179.9p at Shell Fradley North, Lichfield (WS13 8RD), a gap of 9.0p, or £4.50 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 198.7p at Orbital Service Station (WS11 7LH).

Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.4p over the same week, at 174.1p, which puts the Walsall postcode area (WS) 1.6p above the national average.

Among the towns of the Walsall postcode area (WS), unleaded fell most in Walsall (down 0.3p to 175.0p) and rose most in Lichfield (up 1.3p to 178.3p).

"Drivers in the Walsall postcode area (WS) paid 0.3p more for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.15 more than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in the Walsall postcode area (WS) is 9.0p, 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 Walsall postcode area (WS): up 0.3p this week to 175.7p

Between Monday 5 October 2026 and Sunday 11 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 21 filling stations in the Walsall postcode area (WS) rose 0.3p to 175.7p a litre, while diesel rose 0.5p to 200.6p.

The weekly change compares the same 12 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

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

The cheapest unleaded in the Walsall postcode area (WS) on Sunday 11 October 2026 was 170.9p at Ablewell Service Station, Walsall (WS1 2EQ); the most expensive was 179.9p at Shell Fradley North, Lichfield (WS13 8RD), a gap of 9.0p, or £4.50 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 198.7p at Orbital Service Station (WS11 7LH).

Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.4p over the same week, at 174.1p, which puts the Walsall postcode area (WS) 1.6p above the national average.

Among the towns of the Walsall postcode area (WS), unleaded fell most in Walsall (down 0.3p to 175.0p) and rose most in Lichfield (up 1.3p to 178.3p).

"Drivers in the Walsall postcode area (WS) paid 0.3p more for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.15 more than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in the Walsall postcode area (WS) is 9.0p, 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 Walsall postcode area (WS), 5 to 11 October 2026. https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W41/area-ws
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 Walsall postcode area (WS), 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.