Longton

At the bottom of the local market, unleaded starts around 149p per litre right now. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive unleaded in town is around 11p per litre at the moment.

The supermarket sites, including Tesco and Morrisons, tend to set the floor for prices here. 8 of the 31 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 Wolstanton Retail Park. Several of the busier sites sit along Wolstanton Retail Park and A500, so you can check them against each other without leaving your usual route.

The local unleaded average sits well below the West Midlands number, so filling up locally usually beats waiting for somewhere else in the region. Diesel averages around 168p per litre across the stations listed for Longton.

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 Longton 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.