Rayleigh

Right now roughly 9p per litre separates the cheapest unleaded from the dearest locally. The supermarket sites, including Sainsburys, tend to set the floor for prices here.

4 of the 34 local forecourts are supermarket-run, and the rest split between branded and independent operators. The low end of the market has recently been held by Sainsburys around Cricketers Retail Park.

Several of the busier sites sit along Burnham Road and London Road, so you can check them against each other without leaving your usual route. The town's unleaded average sits slightly below the East of England norm at the moment.

Diesel averages around 166p per litre across the stations we track in Rayleigh. The comparison covers stations up to roughly 8 km out, which keeps out-of-town supermarkets and bypass sites in the same view as the town centre.

Prices in Rayleigh 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.