South Shields

At the bottom of the local market, unleaded starts around 144p per litre right now. Unleaded currently varies by roughly 8p per litre between the cheapest and dearest forecourts, which is enough to notice on a full tank.

The supermarket sites, including Morrisons and Asda, tend to set the floor for prices here. Supermarkets account for 7 of the 30 stations here, with branded and independent sites making up the remainder.

Asda around North Road has been setting the cheapest unleaded price locally of late. Forecourts on Whitley Road and Coronation Street carry much of the passing trade, and their prices often move first.

The town's unleaded average sits slightly below the North East England norm at the moment. Diesel averages around 161p per litre across the stations we track in South Shields.

Everything within about 8 km of the centre is included, so edge-of-town and retail park sites appear alongside the central forecourts. The cheapest station in South Shields is not fixed; the low spot moves between forecourts through the week, so the current ordering matters more than habit.

The table below carries the exact live figures per station, and alerts can flag a drop at the forecourts you actually use.