Chatham

At the bottom of the local market, unleaded starts around 148p per litre right now. The very top of the local range is set by a small number of expensive outliers, and most stations sit much closer together than the headline gap suggests.

The supermarket sites, including Asda, tend to set the floor for prices here. 6 of the 35 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. Forecourts on City Way and Watling Street carry much of the passing trade, and their prices often move first.

Average unleaded here tracks the wider South East England figure closely. Diesel averages around 167p per litre across the stations we track in Chatham.

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 Chatham 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.