Leicester

At the bottom of the local market, unleaded starts around 151p per litre right now. A few outlying forecourts price well above the typical local level, so the average is a better guide here than the extremes.

Supermarket forecourts from Tesco usually anchor the bottom of the local range. 4 of the 65 local forecourts are supermarket-run, and the rest split between branded and independent operators.

Costco has been setting the cheapest unleaded price locally of late. Several of the busier sites sit along Narborough Road and Barkby Thorpe Lane, so you can check them against each other without leaving your usual route.

On average the town runs a touch over the East Midlands norm for unleaded. Diesel averages around 180p per litre across the stations listed for Leicester.

Everything within about 15 km of the centre is included, so edge-of-town and retail park sites appear alongside the central forecourts. Prices in Leicester can move mid-week as well as at weekends, so the ordering above is worth a glance even if you always use the same forecourt.

The table below carries the exact live figures per station, and alerts can flag a drop at the forecourts you actually use.