Unleaded: 176.9p a litre, 5.2p over the national average, filed Sunday 25 October
Unleaded within 5 miles
Sainsburys Stanway: 169.9p a litre, 1.9 miles away. 7.0p a litre cheaper: saves £3.85 a tank, and costs about 73p of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Mfg Stanway: 169.9p a litre, 2.5 miles away. 7.0p a litre cheaper: saves £3.85 a tank, and costs about 96p of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Stanway Co-op Forecourt: 169.9p a litre, 2.6 miles away. 7.0p a litre cheaper: saves £3.85 a tank, and costs about £1.00 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Asda Colchester Express Petrol: 169.9p a litre, 3.3 miles away. 7.0p a litre cheaper: saves £3.85 a tank, and costs about £1.27 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Aldford Service Station: 171.9p a litre, 1.8 miles away. 5.0p a litre cheaper: saves £2.75 a tank, and costs about 70p of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Mfg Feering: 171.9p a litre, 2.9 miles away. 5.0p a litre cheaper: saves £2.75 a tank, and costs about £1.13 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.