Fuel brands
Esso petrol and diesel prices
Average prices across 1,429 Esso forecourts, from the prices every UK filling station must publish under the government’s Fuel Finder scheme.
- Average unleaded petrol 172.4p 0.7p above the UK average
- Average diesel 196.0p 1.4p above the UK average
- Forecourts 1,429 in the Fuel Finder data
- Rank for petrol 23 of 31 brands with 10+ forecourts; 1 is cheapest
Esso petrol averages 172.4p a litre, 0.7p above the UK average, making it number 23 of 31 large brands for petrol. 19 are at motorway services, where prices are usually higher.
Cheapest and dearest Esso forecourts
| Filling station | Petrol |
|---|---|
| Esso Capel Service Station Ipswich, IP9 2JT | 158.9p |
| Esso Asda Alperton Express Petrol Wembley, HA0 1JQ | 159.9p |
| Esso Hedworth Services Jarrow, NE32 4SL | 161.5p |
| Esso Asda North End S/Stn Express Petrol Preston, PR1 6UY | 161.9p |
| Esso Asda Simonside Express Petrol South Shields, NE34 9QE | 161.9p |
| Esso Asda St Matthews Express Petrol Jarrow, NE32 5YX | 161.9p |
| Esso Asda Trent Express Petrol Stoke-On-Trent, ST2 9DG | 163.9p |
| Northview Service Station Esso Houghton Le Spring, DH4 5NW | 163.9p |
| Esso Asda Centurion Express Petrol Tamworth, B78 1SS | 164.9p |
| Esso Asda Hollin Bank Express Petrol Nelson, BB9 7SH | 164.9p |
| Filling station | Petrol |
|---|---|
| Esso Asda Tamworth Express Petrol Tamworth, B77 5PS | 199.9p |
| Esso Asda Stafford South Express Petrol Stone, ST15 0XE | 199.9p |
| Esso Asda Scotch Corner Express Petrol Richmond, DL10 6NT | 199.9p |
| Esso Asda Cherwell Valley Express Petrol Bicester, OX27 7RD | 199.9p |
| Esso Asda Bothwell Express Petrol Bothwell, G71 8BG | 198.9p |
| Esso Tebay Services Southbound Penrith, CA10 3SB | 194.9p |
| Esso Tebay Services Northbound Penrith, CA10 3SB | 194.9p |
| Esso Gloucester Services Southbound Gloucester, GL4 0WW | 193.9p |
| Esso Gloucester Services Northbound GL4, GL4 0DN | 193.9p |
| Esso Asda Markham Vale Express Petrol Long Duckmanton, S44 5HB | 191.9p |
Esso prices by nation
| Nation | Forecourts | Petrol | Diesel |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,250 | 172.4p | 195.9p |
| Scotland | 111 | 172.8p | 196.9p |
| Wales | 68 | 173.1p | 195.8p |
A dash means fewer than three forecourts with a current price.
Fuel brands compared, cheapest petrol first
| Brand | Petrol | Diesel |
|---|---|---|
 Costco Wholesale | 162.5p | 184.1p |
| Go | 164.9p | 189.1p |
| Maxol | 165.8p | 188.7p |
| Solo | 166.0p | 190.3p |
| Emo | 167.5p | 190.8p |
 Circle K | 167.7p | 189.8p |
 Tesco | 168.4p | 190.3p |
 Asda | 168.4p | 191.0p |
 The Co-operative | 168.4p | 190.3p |
 Morrisons | 168.5p | 191.6p |
 Sainsbury's | 169.0p | 190.6p |
 Applegreen | 169.0p | 192.3p |
 Jet | 169.8p | 192.7p |
| Murco | 170.3p | 193.1p |
 Texaco | 170.6p | 193.8p |
 TotalEnergies | 170.9p | 193.8p |
 Valero | 171.0p | 194.2p |
| Pace | 171.0p | 193.7p |
| EG On The Move | 171.5p | 194.4p |
 Essar | 171.6p | 194.1p |
 Gulf | 172.1p | 195.4p |
| Asda Express | 172.1p | 194.7p |
| Esso | 172.4p | 196.0p |
 Spar | 172.5p | 194.6p |
| Harvest Energy | 173.3p | 197.5p |
| Gleaner | 173.5p | 197.6p |
| Highland Fuels | 173.7p | 195.7p |
| Central Convenience | 173.7p | 196.9p |
| BP | 174.7p | 197.6p |
| Shell | 175.3p | 197.9p |
 Welcome Break | 187.2p | 208.4p |
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
| 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.