Atherton

At the bottom of the local market, unleaded starts around 145p per litre right now. Unleaded currently varies by roughly 13p per litre between the cheapest and dearest forecourts, which is enough to notice on a full tank.

The supermarket sites, including Tesco and Asda, tend to set the floor for prices here. 9 of the 42 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 Asda around Atherleigh Way. Several of the busier sites sit along Brackley Street and Middlebrook Retail Park, so you can check them against each other without leaving your usual route.

The local unleaded average sits well below the North West England number, so filling up locally usually beats waiting for somewhere else in the region. Diesel averages around 169p per litre across the stations listed for Atherton.

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. If you drive through Atherton regularly, note that the price ordering below changes often enough that last month's cheapest stop may not be this week's.

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.