Margate

Unleaded currently varies by roughly 9p per litre between the cheapest and dearest forecourts, which is enough to notice on a full tank. Supermarket forecourts from Tesco and Asda usually anchor the bottom of the local range.

Supermarkets account for 3 of the 14 stations here, with branded and independent sites making up the remainder. Asda around Tothill Street has been setting the cheapest unleaded price locally of late.

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

For diesel, expect an average of roughly 164p 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.

If you drive through Margate regularly, note that the price ordering below changes often enough that last month's cheapest stop may not be this week's. The table below carries the exact live figures per station, and alerts can flag a drop at the forecourts you actually use.