Unleaded: 174.9p a litre, 3.2p over the national average, filed Thursday 29 October
Unleaded within 5 miles
Bucks Horn Oak Service Station: 170.9p a litre, 3.1 miles away. 4.0p a litre cheaper: saves £2.20 a tank, and costs about £1.20 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Mfg Sleaford: 171.9p a litre, 3.8 miles away. 3.0p a litre cheaper: saves £1.65 a tank, and costs about £1.48 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Sainsburys Alton: 172.9p a litre, 3.1 miles away. 2.0p a litre cheaper: saves £1.10 a tank, and costs about £1.21 of fuel to get there and back. Not worth the trip.
Mfg Alton: 173.9p a litre, 3.3 miles away. 1.0p a litre cheaper: saves 55p a tank, and costs about £1.30 of fuel to get there and back. Not 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.