Colchester

At the bottom of the local market, unleaded starts around 160p per litre right now. Unleaded currently varies by roughly 6p per litre between the cheapest and dearest forecourts, which is enough to notice on a full tank.

Supermarket forecourts from Tesco usually anchor the bottom of the local range. Supermarkets account for 2 of the 17 stations here, with branded and independent sites making up the remainder.

Ardleigh South Service Station has been setting the cheapest unleaded price locally of late. Several of the busier sites sit along Colchester Road and A120, so you can check them against each other without leaving your usual route.

Average unleaded here tracks the wider East of England figure closely. For diesel, expect an average of roughly 185p per litre locally.

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 Colchester 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.

Use the live table for the exact prices at each site, or set an alert if you would rather be told when your usual stations drop.