Petrol and diesel prices at Basildon Service Station Ltd
Basildon Service Station Ltd, CM13 3EN. A motorway service area, where you have no choice.
What it is charging
Unleaded: 179.9p a litre, 8.2p over the national average, filed Monday 26 October
Unleaded within 5 miles
Toomey Filling Station Basildon: 167.9p a litre, 3.7 miles away. 12.0p a litre cheaper: saves £6.60 a tank, and costs about £1.41 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Asda Hornchurch Express Petrol: 168.9p a litre, 4.1 miles away. 11.0p a litre cheaper: saves £6.05 a tank, and costs about £1.57 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Harrow Service Station: 169.9p a litre, 4.7 miles away. 10.0p a litre cheaper: saves £5.50 a tank, and costs about £1.81 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
South Ockendon Esso Express: 170.9p a litre, 3.5 miles away. 9.0p a litre cheaper: saves £4.95 a tank, and costs about £1.35 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Mfg Faringdon: 171.9p a litre, 4.4 miles away. 8.0p a litre cheaper: saves £4.40 a tank, and costs about £1.71 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
On a 55-litre tank at 40mpg. The distance is straight-line rather than by road, so a real trip is longer than the one costed here.