Unleaded: 172.9p a litre, 1.2p over the national average, filed Friday 30 October
Super unleaded: 199.9p a litre, filed Monday 26 October
Unleaded within 5 miles
Sainsburys Stanway: 169.9p a litre, 2.9 miles away. 3.0p a litre cheaper: saves £1.65 a tank, and costs about £1.11 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Mfg Stanway: 169.9p a litre, 3.5 miles away. 3.0p a litre cheaper: saves £1.65 a tank, and costs about £1.35 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Stanway Co-op Forecourt: 169.9p a litre, 3.7 miles away. 3.0p a litre cheaper: saves £1.65 a tank, and costs about £1.42 of fuel to get there and back. Worth the trip.
Asda Colchester Express Petrol: 169.9p a litre, 4.4 miles away. 3.0p a litre cheaper: saves £1.65 a tank, and costs about £1.69 of fuel to get there and back. Not worth the trip.
Mfg Feering: 171.9p a litre, 2.1 miles away. 1.0p a litre cheaper: saves 55p a tank, and costs about 82p of fuel to get there and back. Not worth the trip.
Aldford Service Station: 171.9p a litre, 2.7 miles away. 1.0p a litre cheaper: saves 55p a tank, and costs about £1.05 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.