Fuel Prices in Braintree

Drivers in Braintree can compare 8 stations with live prices here, with BP, EG and Sainsburys among the bigger names. Across the town's forecourts, unleaded is averaging about 165p per litre.

The cheapest unleaded in town currently starts near 159p per litre. Unleaded currently varies by roughly 13p per litre between the cheapest and dearest forecourts, which is enough to notice on a full tank.

The supermarket sites, including Sainsburys and Tesco, tend to set the floor for prices here. Supermarkets account for 2 of the 8 stations here, with branded and independent sites making up the remainder.

Tesco around Tesco Stores Ltd has been setting the cheapest unleaded price locally of late. Several of the busier sites sit along Coggeshall Road and Rayne Road, so you can check them against each other without leaving your usual route.

On average, unleaded here runs a little under the wider East of England figure. Diesel averages around 188p per litre across the stations listed for Braintree.

Everything within about 8 km of the centre is included, so edge-of-town and retail park sites appear alongside the central forecourts. Prices in Braintree 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.