Fuel brands

Murco petrol and diesel prices

Average prices across 163 Murco forecourts, from the prices every UK filling station must publish under the government’s Fuel Finder scheme.

Murco
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8,148 filling stations
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  • Average unleaded petrol 170.8p 0.7p below the UK average
  • Average diesel 197.1p 1.6p below the UK average
  • Forecourts 163 in the Fuel Finder data
  • Rank for petrol 17 of 31 brands with 10+ forecourts; 1 is cheapest

Murco petrol averages 170.8p a litre, 0.7p below the UK average, making it number 17 of 31 large brands for petrol.

Cheapest and dearest Murco forecourts

Cheapest petrol
Filling station Petrol
Murco Station Garage Thurston Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3QX 161.9p
Murco Woolpit Service Station Bury St. Edmunds, IP30 9QT 161.9p
Murco Sun Garage Bingley, BD16 1SA 162.9p
Murco Abbis Ossett, WF5 0PP 163.9p
Murco Service Station - Jacksons Service Ltd Birmingham, B19 3QG 165.5p
Murco Cleggs Lane Service Station Manchester, M38 9NJ 165.9p
Murco Crankhall Lane Service Station Wednesbury, WS10 0EF 165.9p
Murco Golden Coast Service Station Woolacombe, EX34 7HH 165.9p
Murco Gwalia Garage Carmarthen, SA32 7DR 165.9p
Murco Hatt Service Station Saltash, PL12 6PW 165.9p
Dearest petrol
Filling station Petrol
Murco Tilshead Garage Salisbury, SP3 4SB 189.9p
Murco Costcutter Rye, TN31 7LP 179.9p
Murco A H Blason & Son Northampton, NN6 9DY 178.9p
Murco Sonning Common Garage Ltd Reading, RG4 9SU 176.9p
Murco Saracens Filling Station Ltd Dunmow, CM6 2LT 176.9p
Murco Central Garage Feltwell Thetford, IP26 4AF 176.9p
Murco Ring Street Sturminster Newton, DT10 2NQ 175.9p
Murco Fordingbridge Service Station Fordingbridge, SP6 1AP 175.9p
Murco Holden Renualt Kings Lynn PE33, PE33 9DU 174.9p
Murco M.n.abdullah Trading As Grafton Street Service Station Northampton, NN1 2NW 173.9p

Murco prices by nation

Murco average prices by nation
Nation Forecourts Petrol Diesel
England 132 170.9p 197.2p
Wales 31 169.9p 196.5p

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
Go 162.1p – 33
Solo 162.3p 192.8p 51
Emo 162.3p 192.2p 18
Costco Wholesale 163.8p 190.5p 18
Circle K 164.0p 189.4p 46
Maxol 164.4p 191.8p 94
Applegreen 168.4p 194.4p 13
Asda 169.3p 195.4p 321
Texaco 169.4p 196.7p 476
Harvest Energy 169.5p 198.5p 10
Morrisons 169.7p 196.3p 340
Jet 169.7p 197.0p 309
Sainsbury's 170.0p 196.6p 316
Tesco 170.6p 194.8p 516
Valero 170.7p 199.0p 188
Pace 170.7p 199.4p 52
Murco 170.8p 197.1p 163
The Co-operative 170.8p 197.3p 19
Gulf 171.1p 199.2p 288
Essar 171.2p 197.8p 33
Asda Express 171.6p 197.7p 83
Esso 171.7p 199.1p 1,446
Highland Fuels 171.7p 201.0p 20
TotalEnergies 171.7p 197.8p 20
EG On The Move 171.9p 197.7p 147
Spar 173.7p – 23
BP 174.0p 202.3p 1,032
Shell 174.2p 200.3p 865
Gleaner 175.2p 201.5p 26
Central Convenience 175.2p 201.9p 18
Welcome Break 198.7p 222.7p 40

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

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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 19:32 on 31 October 2026 8,148 filling stations 31 October 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.