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Shell petrol and diesel prices

Average prices across 872 Shell 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 175.3p 3.6p above the UK average
  • Average diesel 197.9p 3.3p above the UK average
  • Forecourts 872 in the Fuel Finder data
  • Rank for petrol 30 of 31 brands with 10+ forecourts; 1 is cheapest

Shell petrol averages 175.3p a litre, 3.6p above the UK average, making it number 30 of 31 large brands for petrol. 17 are at motorway services, where prices are usually higher.

Cheapest and dearest Shell forecourts

Cheapest petrol
Filling station Petrol
Cornerlane Shell Self Serve Ltd Leigh, WN7 5PY 160.9p
Shell Nelson Nelson, BB9 7AJ 163.9p
Shell Little Waitrose Cheltenham Cheltenham, GL51 7AY 163.9p
Shell Waitrose Cheltenham Cheltenham, GL50 3QW 163.9p
Shell Kings Lane St Neots, PE19 1JZ 164.9p
Shell Co-op New York Road North Tyneside, NE27 0QH 164.9p
Shell Corby Corby, NN17 2UL 164.9p
Shell Jennyfield Harrogate, HG1 2BX 164.9p
Shell Valley Parade Service Station Bradford, BD8 7DT 164.9p
Shell Asda Fenton Express Petrol Stoke-On-Trent, ST4 2LT 165.9p
Dearest petrol
Filling station Petrol
Shell Cairn Lodge Services Lanark, ML11 0RJ 194.9p
Shell Magna Swadlincote, DE12 7AP 192.9p
Shell Welcome Break Telford Telford, TF11 8TG 191.9p
Shell Taunton Deane South Taunton, TA3 7PF 191.9p
Shell Taunton Deane North Taunton, TA3 7PF 191.9p
Shell Sedgemoor South Axbridge, BS26 2UF 191.9p
Shell Chesterfield South Tibshelf, DE55 5TZ 191.9p
Shell Chesterfield North Tibshelf, DE55 5TZ 191.9p
Shell Fairfield Service Station EH52, EH52 5BQ 191.9p
Shell Asda Heartlands Express Petrol Bathgate, EH47 0HT 191.9p

Shell prices by nation

Shell average prices by nation
Nation Forecourts Petrol Diesel
England 786 175.2p 197.8p
Scotland 63 176.1p 198.8p
Wales 23 176.3p 197.7p

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.
How we calculate these figures All data sources

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.