Unleaded: 174.9p a litre, 3.2p over the national average, filed Friday 30 October
Diesel: 201.9p a litre, 3.2p over the national average, filed Monday 26 October
Unleaded within 5 miles
Billericay Fuel Express Automat: 167.7p a litre, 2.1 miles away. 7.2p a litre cheaper: saves £3.96 a tank, and costs about 80p of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Toomey Filling Station Basildon: 167.9p a litre, 1.2 miles away. 7.0p a litre cheaper: saves £3.85 a tank, and costs about 45p of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Stanford le hope service station: 167.9p a litre, 4.7 miles away. 7.0p a litre cheaper: saves £3.85 a tank, and costs about £1.79 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Mfg Stanford-le-hope: 167.9p a litre, 4.9 miles away. 7.0p a litre cheaper: saves £3.85 a tank, and costs about £1.87 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
EG Basildon Pfs: 168.7p a litre, 2.5 miles away. 6.2p a litre cheaper: saves £3.41 a tank, and costs about 95p of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Mfg Whitmore Way: 168.9p a litre, 2.4 miles away. 6.0p a litre cheaper: saves £3.30 a tank, and costs about 92p 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.