Petrol and diesel prices at Hovefield service station
Hovefield service station, SS12 9HZ.
What it is charging
Unleaded: 169.9p a litre, 1.8p under the national average, filed Tuesday 27 October
Super unleaded: 185.9p a litre, filed Tuesday 27 October
Unleaded within 5 miles
Billericay Fuel Express Automat: 167.7p a litre, 4.1 miles away. 2.2p a litre cheaper: saves £1.21 a tank, and costs about £1.56 of fuel to get there and back. Not worth the trip.
EG Basildon Pfs: 168.7p a litre, 1.8 miles away. 1.2p a litre cheaper: saves 66p a tank, and costs about 69p of fuel to get there and back. Not worth the trip.
Threeways Service Station: 168.9p a litre, 1.7 miles away. 1.0p a litre cheaper: saves 55p a tank, and costs about 65p of fuel to get there and back. Not worth the trip.
Mfg Whitmore Way: 168.9p a litre, 2.1 miles away. 1.0p a litre cheaper: saves 55p a tank, and costs about 80p of fuel to get there and back. Not worth the trip.
Mfg Autohalt: 168.9p a litre, 2.9 miles away. 1.0p a litre cheaper: saves 55p a tank, and costs about £1.11 of fuel to get there and back. Not worth the trip.
Mfg Morrisons Canvey Island: 168.9p a litre, 4.8 miles away. 1.0p a litre cheaper: saves 55p a tank, and costs about £1.84 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.