Cheapest petrol and diesel prices in Merseyside this weekend

The cheapest place in Merseyside to fill up your car with petrol is at a Sainsbury's garage in Liverpool.

According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £4.40 by filling up at this forecourt, compared to the most expensive petrol station. The Sainsbury's garage at 112 East Prescot Road, Liverpool is charging motorists 141.9p per litre, which means it would cost £78.05 to fill up an average 55 litre tank.

This is based on a feed of live petrol prices which was set up by the government's Competition and Markets Authority last September. A government body has issued an alert to all motorists concerning the price of fuel.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released new data showing ‘concerning’ information about prices at the pumps across the country.

Dan Turnbull, Senior Director of Markets at the CMA, said: “Drivers are feeling the pinch as fuel prices have been edging up since January. We’re particularly concerned by high margins which indicate weakened competition and are not a good sign for drivers."

The average price for a litre of petrol across the Merseyside region this week is 145.3p. Here are the cheapest places to top your car with petrol in Merseyside:

The most expensive filling station in Merseyside is an Esso station at College Road, Sefton. The cost of standard petrol at this station is 149.9p, meaning it would cost a total of £82.45 to fill up an average family car at this forecourt.

For the owners of diesel cars, the cheapest place to fill up is the Sainsbury's garage in Liverpool. The cost of a litre of standard diesel at this forecourt was 149.9p, according to prices supplied by retailers.

141.9p - Sainsbury's, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
142.8p - Applegreen, 121-129 Great Howard Street, Waterfront North, Liverpool
142.9p - Sainsbury's, Great Homer Street, Everton West, Liverpool
143.9p - Sainsbury's, Rice Lane, Walton, Liverpool
144.7p - Morrisons, Irlam Drive, Whitefield, Knowsley
144.9p - Sainsbury's, Pensby Road, Pensby and Thingwall, Wirral
144.9p - Sainsbury's, 342A Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Wirral
144.9p - Sainsbury's, 152 Kings Road , Bebington, Wirral
144.9p - Esso, Crossens, Meols, Sefton
145.9p - Sainsbury's, Upton By Pass, Greasby, Frankby and Irby, Wirral

Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with standard diesel in Merseyside this weekend:

149.9p - Sainsbury's, 112 East Prescot Road, Sandfield Park, Liverpool
151.9p - Sainsbury's, Great Homer Street, Everton West, Liverpool
151.9p - Texaco, Whiston, Prescot South, Knowsley
151.9p - Sainsbury's, Rice Lane, Walton, Liverpool
152.8p - Applegreen, 121-129 Great Howard Street, Waterfront North, Liverpool
152.9p - Sainsbury's, 152 Kings Road , Bebington, Wirral
152.9p - Texaco, Grand National, Kirkdale East, Liverpool
152.9p - Esso, Crossens, Meols, Sefton
153.9p - Sainsbury's, Pensby Road, Pensby and Thingwall, Wirral
153.9p - Sainsbury's, 342A Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Wirral

UK drivers are currently paying 148.4p per litre of petrol, while people who own diesel vehicles are forking out 156.7p on average. In Merseyside owners of petrol cars are currently being charged 2.2p less than the national average of 148.4p.

Diesel car drivers in Merseyside are paying 2.4p less than the national average. The cheapest place to buy petrol in the country is at a Esso garage in North Yorkshire where a litre of standard petrol is 133.9p. The most expensive petrol station in the country is a Shell garage in Elmbridge where motorists are charged 182.9p a litre.

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