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Weekly bulletin, 12 to 18 October 2026. Published Monday 19 October 2026.

Petrol prices in the Chester postcode area (CH): down 0.8p this week to 174.1p

Between Monday 12 October 2026 and Sunday 18 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 32 filling stations in the Chester postcode area (CH) fell 0.8p to 174.1p a litre, while diesel fell 0.3p to 198.9p.

Unleaded average
174.1p
▼ 0.8p since 12 Oct, same 21 stations; 32 in the average
Diesel average
198.9p
▼ 0.3p since 12 Oct, same 24 stations; 35 in the average
Stations that changed a price
37
of 85 seen during the week
Stations with a current price
32
unleaded, 35 for diesel, price changed in the last 7 days, motorway services left out

Cheapest and most expensive

On Sunday 18 October 2026, prices updated within 30 days, judged against their neighbours.

Cheapest unleaded
161.9p
Costco Wholesale Chester, Chester (CH1 6LT)members only
Most expensive unleaded
181.9p
Shell Wirral Way, Birkenhead (CH42 0HA)
Cheapest diesel
191.9p
Costco Wholesale Chester, Chester (CH1 6LT)members only
Most expensive diesel
204.9p
Shell Northop, Mold (CH7 6HB)

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 Chester postcode area (CH) where unleaded moved most

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

Biggest falls

TownStationsNowWeek
Chester6172.1p▼ 1.5p
Wirral4176.5p▼ 0.7p

Biggest rises

TownStationsNowWeek

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The weekly change compares the same 21 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

37 of the 85 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in the Chester postcode area (CH) on Sunday 18 October 2026 was 161.9p at Costco Wholesale Chester, Chester (CH1 6LT), members only; the most expensive was 181.9p at Shell Wirral Way, Birkenhead (CH42 0HA), a gap of 20.0p, or £10.00 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 191.9p at Costco Wholesale Chester, Chester (CH1 6LT), members only.

Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.8p over the same week, at 172.7p, which puts the Chester postcode area (CH) 1.4p above the national average.

Among the towns of the Chester postcode area (CH), unleaded fell most in Chester (down 1.5p to 172.1p), Wirral (down 0.7p to 176.5p).

"Drivers in the Chester postcode area (CH) paid 0.8p less for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.40 less than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in the Chester postcode area (CH) is 20.0p, 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 Chester postcode area (CH): down 0.8p this week to 174.1p

Between Monday 12 October 2026 and Sunday 18 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 32 filling stations in the Chester postcode area (CH) fell 0.8p to 174.1p a litre, while diesel fell 0.3p to 198.9p.

The weekly change compares the same 21 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.

37 of the 85 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in the Chester postcode area (CH) on Sunday 18 October 2026 was 161.9p at Costco Wholesale Chester, Chester (CH1 6LT), members only; the most expensive was 181.9p at Shell Wirral Way, Birkenhead (CH42 0HA), a gap of 20.0p, or £10.00 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 191.9p at Costco Wholesale Chester, Chester (CH1 6LT), members only.

Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.8p over the same week, at 172.7p, which puts the Chester postcode area (CH) 1.4p above the national average.

Among the towns of the Chester postcode area (CH), unleaded fell most in Chester (down 1.5p to 172.1p), Wirral (down 0.7p to 176.5p).

"Drivers in the Chester postcode area (CH) paid 0.8p less for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.40 less than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in the Chester postcode area (CH) is 20.0p, 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 Chester postcode area (CH), 12 to 18 October 2026. https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W42/area-ch
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 Chester postcode area (CH), 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.