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

Petrol prices in South Shields: unchanged this week at 170.6p

Between Monday 5 October 2026 and Sunday 11 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 3 filling stations in South Shields held at 170.6p a litre, while diesel held at 194.9p.

Unleaded average
170.6p
unchanged since 5 Oct, same 2 stations; 3 in the average
Diesel average
194.9p
unchanged since 5 Oct, same 1 station; 1 in the average
Stations that changed a price
3
of 6 seen during the week
Stations with a current price
3
unleaded, 1 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
168.9p
Moorlane Service Station, South Shields (NE34 6BZ)
Most expensive unleaded
174.9p
Boldon Lane Service Station, South Shields (NE34 0NB)
Cheapest diesel
194.9p
Moorlane Service Station, South Shields (NE34 6BZ)
Most expensive diesel
199.9p
Ridgeway Service Station, South Shields (NE34 8AQ)

The last 30 days

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

3 of the 6 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in South Shields on Sunday 11 October 2026 was 168.9p at Moorlane Service Station, South Shields (NE34 6BZ); the most expensive was 174.9p at Boldon Lane Service Station, South Shields (NE34 0NB), a gap of 6.0p, or £3.00 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 194.9p at Moorlane Service Station, South Shields (NE34 6BZ).

Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.4p over the same week, at 174.1p, which puts South Shields 3.5p below the national average.

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Petrol prices in South Shields: unchanged this week at 170.6p

Between Monday 5 October 2026 and Sunday 11 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 3 filling stations in South Shields held at 170.6p a litre, while diesel held at 194.9p.

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

3 of the 6 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in South Shields on Sunday 11 October 2026 was 168.9p at Moorlane Service Station, South Shields (NE34 6BZ); the most expensive was 174.9p at Boldon Lane Service Station, South Shields (NE34 0NB), a gap of 6.0p, or £3.00 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 194.9p at Moorlane Service Station, South Shields (NE34 6BZ).

Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.4p over the same week, at 174.1p, which puts South Shields 3.5p below the national average.

Source: fuelpricetoday.co.uk, weekly bulletin for South Shields, 5 to 11 October 2026. https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W41/town-south-shields
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-W41/town-south-shields 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 South Shields, 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.