Unleaded: 171.9p a litre, 0.2p over the national average, filed Wednesday 28 October
Diesel: 196.9p a litre, 1.8p under the national average, filed Saturday 24 October
Super unleaded: 192.9p a litre, filed Wednesday 28 October
Super diesel: 217.9p a litre, filed Saturday 24 October
Unleaded within 5 miles
Billericay Fuel Express Automat: 167.7p a litre, 3.8 miles away. 4.2p a litre cheaper: saves £2.31 a tank, and costs about £1.44 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
EG Basildon Pfs: 168.7p a litre, 1.8 miles away. 3.2p a litre cheaper: saves £1.76 a tank, and costs about 69p of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Threeways Service Station: 168.9p a litre, 1.1 miles away. 3.0p a litre cheaper: saves £1.65 a tank, and costs about 42p of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Mfg Whitmore Way: 168.9p a litre, 2.4 miles away. 3.0p a litre cheaper: saves £1.65 a tank, and costs about 92p of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Mfg Autohalt: 168.9p a litre, 3.2 miles away. 3.0p a litre cheaper: saves £1.65 a tank, and costs about £1.22 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Hovefield service station: 169.9p a litre, 0.7 miles away. 2.0p a litre cheaper: saves £1.10 a tank, and costs about 27p 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.