Weekly bulletin, 12 to 18 October 2026. Published Monday 19 October 2026.
Petrol prices in England: down 0.7p this week to 173.2p
Between Monday 12 October 2026 and Sunday 18 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 2,651 filling stations in England fell 0.7p to 173.2p a litre, while diesel fell 0.9p to 198.6p.
Cheapest and most expensive
On Sunday 18 October 2026, prices updated within 30 days, judged against their neighbours.
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 England where unleaded moved most
Towns with at least three filling stations, first to last day of the week.
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 3
- Junction 23 Lorry Park Ltd, Loughborough, LE12 9BS, 16 Oct
- Bishopswood Filling Station, Ross-on-wye, HR9 5QX, 13 Oct
- Gotherington Cross Service Station, GL52 8SA, 12 Oct
Stopped reporting 0
None so far.
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 1,628 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.
3,329 of the 6,228 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.
The cheapest unleaded in England on Sunday 18 October 2026 was 161.9p at Costco Wholesale Haydock, Haydock (WA11 9FA), members only; the most expensive was 209.0p at Island Carriers, Isles of Scilly (TR21 0JY), a gap of 47.1p, or £23.55 on a 50-litre tank.
The cheapest diesel was 183.7p at Eg Bootle Pfs, Liverpool (L30 6UZ).
Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.8p over the same week, at 172.7p, which puts England 0.5p above the national average.
Among the towns of England, unleaded fell most in Dudley (down 7.7p to 174.5p), Wakefield (down 6.5p to 170.2p), Farnborough (down 2.7p to 172.6p) and rose most in Grimsby (up 5.8p to 170.6p), Hereford (up 2.0p to 175.1p), Amersham (up 1.0p to 173.9p).
"Drivers in England paid 0.7p less for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.35 less than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in England is 47.1p, 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 England: down 0.7p this week to 173.2p Between Monday 12 October 2026 and Sunday 18 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 2,651 filling stations in England fell 0.7p to 173.2p a litre, while diesel fell 0.9p to 198.6p. The weekly change compares the same 1,628 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it. 3,329 of the 6,228 stations seen during the week changed at least one price. The cheapest unleaded in England on Sunday 18 October 2026 was 161.9p at Costco Wholesale Haydock, Haydock (WA11 9FA), members only; the most expensive was 209.0p at Island Carriers, Isles of Scilly (TR21 0JY), a gap of 47.1p, or £23.55 on a 50-litre tank. The cheapest diesel was 183.7p at Eg Bootle Pfs, Liverpool (L30 6UZ). Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.8p over the same week, at 172.7p, which puts England 0.5p above the national average. Among the towns of England, unleaded fell most in Dudley (down 7.7p to 174.5p), Wakefield (down 6.5p to 170.2p), Farnborough (down 2.7p to 172.6p) and rose most in Grimsby (up 5.8p to 170.6p), Hereford (up 2.0p to 175.1p), Amersham (up 1.0p to 173.9p). "Drivers in England paid 0.7p less for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.35 less than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in England is 47.1p, 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 England, 12 to 18 October 2026. https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W42/england 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 England, 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.