Fuel brands
Sainsbury's petrol and diesel prices
Average prices across 316 Sainsbury's forecourts, from the prices every UK filling station must publish under the government’s Fuel Finder scheme.
- Average unleaded petrol 170.0p 1.5p below the UK average
- Average diesel 196.6p 2.1p below the UK average
- Forecourts 316 in the Fuel Finder data
- Rank for petrol 13 of 31 brands with 10+ forecourts; 1 is cheapest
Sainsbury's petrol averages 170.0p a litre, 1.5p below the UK average, making it number 13 of 31 large brands for petrol. Most of its forecourts are at supermarkets.
Cheapest and dearest Sainsbury's forecourts
| Filling station | Petrol |
|---|---|
| Sainsbury's Bangor Bangor, BT19 7HJ | 159.9p |
| Sainsbury's Coleraine Coleraine, BT51 3QQ | 160.9p |
| Sainsbury's Dungannon Dungannon, BT71 4NA | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's Holywood Exchange Belfast, BT3 9EJ | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's Watchmoor Park Camberley, GU15 3YN | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's Apsley Mill Hemel Hempstead, HP3 9QZ | 162.9p |
| Sainsbury's Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland, DL14 9AE | 162.9p |
| Sainsbury's Keighley Keighley, BD21 3RU | 162.9p |
| Sainsbury's Wantage Wantage, OX12 9AJ | 162.9p |
| Sainsbury's Ballymena Ballymena, BT42 3AG | 163.9p |
| Filling station | Petrol |
|---|---|
| Sainsbury's Newbury Newbury, RG14 5AB | 177.9p |
| Sainsbury's Thorley Bishop's Stortford, CM23 4EG | 176.9p |
| Sainsbury's Pinhoe Road Exeter, EX1 3PF | 176.9p |
| Sainsbury's Newbury Andover Road Newbury, RG14 6NT | 176.9p |
| Sainsbury's Harlow Harlow, CM20 2AG | 176.9p |
| Sainsbury's Ashford Bybrook Ashford, TN24 8YN | 176.9p |
| Sainsbury's Worle Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 6BL | 175.9p |
| Sainsbury's Telford Telford, TF3 4AG | 175.9p |
| Sainsbury's Nairn Nairn, IV12 5QF | 175.9p |
| Sainsbury's Isle of Wight Newport, PO30 5ZB | 175.9p |
Sainsbury's prices by nation
| Nation | Forecourts | Petrol | Diesel |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 273 | 170.1p | 196.9p |
| Scotland | 24 | 170.1p | 195.2p |
| Wales | 11 | 169.8p | 197.9p |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 161.7p | 187.4p |
A dash means fewer than three forecourts with a current price.
Fuel brands compared, cheapest petrol first
| Brand | Petrol | Diesel |
|---|---|---|
| Go | 162.1p | – |
| Solo | 162.3p | 192.8p |
| Emo | 162.3p | 192.2p |
 Costco Wholesale | 163.8p | 190.5p |
 Circle K | 164.0p | 189.4p |
| Maxol | 164.4p | 191.8p |
 Applegreen | 168.4p | 194.4p |
 Asda | 169.3p | 195.4p |
 Texaco | 169.4p | 196.7p |
| Harvest Energy | 169.5p | 198.5p |
 Morrisons | 169.7p | 196.3p |
 Jet | 169.7p | 197.0p |
| Sainsbury's | 170.0p | 196.6p |
 Tesco | 170.6p | 194.8p |
 Valero | 170.7p | 199.0p |
| Pace | 170.7p | 199.4p |
| Murco | 170.8p | 197.1p |
 The Co-operative | 170.8p | 197.3p |
 Gulf | 171.1p | 199.2p |
 Essar | 171.2p | 197.8p |
| Asda Express | 171.6p | 197.7p |
 Esso | 171.7p | 199.1p |
| Highland Fuels | 171.7p | 201.0p |
 TotalEnergies | 171.7p | 197.8p |
| EG On The Move | 171.9p | 197.7p |
 Spar | 173.7p | – |
| BP | 174.0p | 202.3p |
| Shell | 174.2p | 200.3p |
| Gleaner | 175.2p | 201.5p |
| Central Convenience | 175.2p | 201.9p |
 Welcome Break | 198.7p | 222.7p |
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
| 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.