Fuel brands

Essar petrol and diesel prices

Average prices across 32 Essar forecourts, from the prices every UK filling station must publish under the government’s Fuel Finder scheme.

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8,070 filling stations
Methodology
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  • Average unleaded petrol 171.6p 0.1p below the UK average
  • Average diesel 194.1p 0.5p below the UK average
  • Forecourts 32 in the Fuel Finder data
  • Rank for petrol 20 of 31 brands with 10+ forecourts; 1 is cheapest

Essar petrol averages 171.6p a litre, 0.1p below the UK average, making it number 20 of 31 large brands for petrol.

Cheapest and dearest Essar forecourts

Cheapest petrol
Filling station Petrol
Essar Tgc - Openshaw Manchester, M11 1GR 164.9p
Essar Parc Bach Ltd Benllech, LL74 8PU 166.9p
Essar Ledbury Road Services Tewkesbury, GL20 6HP 167.0p
Essar London Garage Service Station Caernarfon, LL55 4DE 167.9p
Essar Market Garage Henley-In-Arden, B95 5BH 167.9p
Essar Maghull Service Station Liverpool, L31 2HA 168.9p
Essar Monarch Garage Burnley, BB10 4SN 168.9p
Essar Prysor Service Station Ltd Blaenau Ffestiniog, LL41 4TW 168.9p
Essar S&S Station Ltd Manchester, M38 9AW 168.9p
Essar Chivers Corner Garage Camarthenshire, SA16 0BS 169.9p
Dearest petrol
Filling station Petrol
Essar R H Bunner & Son Ltd Montgomery, SY15 6RA 183.5p
Essar Morfa Garage Harlech, LL46 2UW 178.9p
Essar J S Holmes Ltd Wisbech, PE13 4RQ 175.9p
Essar Thrapston Kettering, NN14 4PB 175.9p
Essar Wharley End Bedford, MK43 0AW 175.7p
Essar Station Garage Stores Ltd Evesham, WR12 7DE 174.9p
Hrm Motors Essar Ely, CB6 3LP 174.9p
Essar Broad Oak Garage Hereford, HR2 8QU 173.9p
Essar A.d.jones & Co Y Bala, LL23 7UD 173.9p
Essar Prestons Garages Ltd Chelmsford, CM1 3EH 172.9p

Essar prices by nation

Essar average prices by nation
Nation Forecourts Petrol Diesel
England 21 171.4p 193.0p
Wales 11 172.0p 195.9p

A dash means fewer than three forecourts with a current price.

Fuel brands compared, cheapest petrol first

Average prices by brand
Brand Petrol Diesel Forecourts
Costco Wholesale 162.5p 184.1p 18
Go 164.9p 189.1p 32
Maxol 165.8p 188.7p 93
Solo 166.0p 190.3p 51
Emo 167.5p 190.8p 18
Circle K 167.7p 189.8p 44
Tesco 168.4p 190.3p 509
Asda 168.4p 191.0p 321
The Co-operative 168.4p 190.3p 19
Morrisons 168.5p 191.6p 339
Sainsbury's 169.0p 190.6p 315
Applegreen 169.0p 192.3p 13
Jet 169.8p 192.7p 302
Murco 170.3p 193.1p 159
Texaco 170.6p 193.8p 486
TotalEnergies 170.9p 193.8p 15
Valero 171.0p 194.2p 166
Pace 171.0p 193.7p 51
EG On The Move 171.5p 194.4p 147
Essar 171.6p 194.1p 32
Gulf 172.1p 195.4p 279
Asda Express 172.1p 194.7p 84
Esso 172.4p 196.0p 1,429
Spar 172.5p 194.6p 23
Harvest Energy 173.3p 197.5p 13
Gleaner 173.5p 197.6p 27
Highland Fuels 173.7p 195.7p 21
Central Convenience 173.7p 196.9p 18
BP 174.7p 197.6p 1,030
Shell 175.3p 197.9p 872
Welcome Break 187.2p 208.4p 40

Averages count each forecourt once. A brand with many motorway or rural sites will look dearer than one mostly in towns.

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
Forecourt prices Fuel Finder open data Fuel Finder statutory scheme
ONS Postcode Directory Office for National Statistics
Prices at 16:47 on 16 September 2026 8,070 filling stations 16 September 2026
  • Averages use unleaded (E10) and standard diesel (B7) prices at open forecourts, leaving out prices unchanged for over two weeks or far from every other forecourt.
  • Brands are as each forecourt reports them to Fuel Finder; some dealer-run sites carry an oil company’s brand.

Source: Fuel Finder, the UK government’s statutory fuel price scheme.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.