Wickford

Unleaded currently varies by roughly 15p per litre between the cheapest and dearest forecourts, which is enough to notice on a full tank. The supermarket sites, including Sainsburys and Asda, tend to set the floor for prices here.

Supermarkets account for 5 of the 25 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.

Several of the busier sites sit along Radford Way and Burnham Road, so you can check them against each other without leaving your usual route. The local unleaded average sits well below the East of England number, so filling up locally usually beats waiting for somewhere else in the region.

For diesel, expect an average of roughly 173p 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 Wickford 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.