Herne Bay

At the bottom of the local market, unleaded starts around 153p per litre right now. Unleaded currently varies by roughly 5p per litre between the cheapest and dearest forecourts, which is enough to notice on a full tank.

Supermarket forecourts from Sainsburys and Tesco usually anchor the bottom of the local range. 3 of the 7 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 Reeves Way. Several of the busier sites sit along Thanet Way and Kings Road, so you can check them against each other without leaving your usual route.

On average, unleaded here runs a little under the wider South East England figure. For diesel, expect an average of roughly 173p per litre locally.

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. The cheapest station in Herne Bay 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.