Fuel brands
Sainsbury's petrol and diesel prices
Average prices across 315 Sainsbury's forecourts, from the prices every UK filling station must publish under the government’s Fuel Finder scheme.
- Average unleaded petrol 169.0p 2.7p below the UK average
- Average diesel 190.6p 4.0p below the UK average
- Forecourts 315 in the Fuel Finder data
- Rank for petrol 11 of 31 brands with 10+ forecourts; 1 is cheapest
Sainsbury's petrol averages 169.0p a litre, 2.7p below the UK average, making it number 11 of 31 large brands for petrol. Most of its forecourts are at supermarkets.
Cheapest and dearest Sainsbury's forecourts
| Filling station | Petrol |
|---|---|
| Sainsbury's Alperton Wembley, HA0 1PF | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's Ballymena Ballymena, BT42 3AG | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's Bangor Bangor, BT19 7HJ | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's Dewsbury Dewsbury, WF12 8EB | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's Gloucester Quays Gloucester, GL2 5SA | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's Monks Cross York, YO32 9LG | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's Thanet Ramsgate, CT12 5FJ | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's the Moor (Meadowhall North) Sheffield, S9 1EQ | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's Wadsley Bridge (Meadowhall South) Sheffield, S9 1EW | 161.9p |
| Sainsbury's Barnwood Gloucester, GL4 3RT | 162.9p |
| Filling station | Petrol |
|---|---|
| Sainsbury's Talbot Heath Poole, BH12 4BA | 175.9p |
| Sainsbury's Sevenoaks Sevenoaks, TN14 5EG | 175.9p |
| Sainsbury's Newbury Newbury, RG14 5AB | 175.9p |
| Sainsbury's Hoddesdon Hoddesdon, EN11 8HF | 175.9p |
| Sainsbury's Attleborough Attleborough, NR17 2EH | 175.9p |
| Sainsbury's Ashford Bybrook Ashford, TN24 8YN | 175.9p |
| Sainsbury's Upton Wirral, CH49 6QG | 174.9p |
| Sainsbury's Newbury Andover Road Newbury, RG14 6NT | 174.9p |
| Sainsbury's Nairn Nairn, IV12 5QF | 174.9p |
| Sainsbury's Lordshill Southampton, SO16 8HY | 174.9p |
Sainsbury's prices by nation
| Nation | Forecourts | Petrol | Diesel |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 272 | 169.2p | 190.9p |
| Scotland | 24 | 169.1p | 190.2p |
| Wales | 11 | 168.5p | 190.5p |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 163.7p | 183.0p |
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.