Pitsea

At the bottom of the local market, unleaded starts around 148p per litre right now. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive unleaded in town is around 12p per litre at the moment.

The supermarket sites, including Tesco and Sainsburys, tend to set the floor for prices here. Supermarkets account for 5 of the 29 stations here, with branded and independent sites making up the remainder.

EG around Summerhill Service Station has been setting the cheapest unleaded price locally of late. Forecourts on Cranfield Park Road and Arterial Road carry much of the passing trade, and their prices often move first.

Unleaded here currently averages several pence under the wider East of England figure. Diesel averages around 172p per litre across the stations listed for Pitsea.

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 Pitsea 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.