The cheapest place to get petrol and diesel in Greater Manchester today – Friday, June 5

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The cheapest place to fill up your car with petrol in Greater Manchester today (Friday, June 5) is at a Costco Wholesale garage in Oldham.

According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £7 by filling up at this forecourt – compared to the most expensive petrol station.

The Costco Wholesale garage at The Broadway in Chadderton is charging motorists 147.9p per litre, which means it would cost £96 to fill up an average 55 litre tank. This is based on a feed of live petrol prices which is published by the government.

Here are the cheapest places to top your car with petrol today:

• 147.9p – Costco Wholesale, The Broadway, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL9 8AU
• 147.9p – Costco Wholesale, Barton Dock Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M41 7PP
• 148.9p – Texaco, Horwich Service Station, Bolton, BL6 6DT
• 148.9p – Texaco, Lime Service Station, Manchester, M28 3NS
• 149.7p – Asda, Atherleigh Way, Leigh, WN7 5RZ
• 149.9p – Sainsbury’s, Trinity Street, Bolton, BL3 6DH
• 149.9p – Tesco, Tesco Extra, Leigh, WN7 4BA
• 149.9p – Tesco, Tesco Stores Ltd, Manchester, M46 0AG
• 149.9p – Valero, Stalybridge, Tameside, SK15 1PD
• 149.9p – Texaco, Firwood Service Station, Bolton, BL2 2PE

The most expensive filling station in Greater Manchester is a BP station on Buxton Road in Stockport. The cost of standard petrol at this station is 166.9p, meaning it would cost a total of £102 to fill up an average family car at this forecourt.

For the owners of diesel cars, the cheapest place to fill up is the Valero garage at Stalybridge. The cost of a litre of standard diesel at this forecourt is 169.9p, according to prices supplied by retailers.

Here are the cheapest places to fill up your car with standard diesel today:

• 169.9p – Valero, Stalybridge, Tameside, SK15 1PD
• 170.9p – Costco Wholesale, Barton Dock Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M41 7PP
• 171.9p – Texaco, Lime Service Station, Manchester, M28 3NS
• 173.9p – Gulf-nisa Whitworth Road Stn, Whitworth Road Service Station, Rochdale, OL12 0RA
• 173.9p – Sainsbury’s, 2 Lord Sheldon Way, Ashton-under-lyne, OL6 7UB
• 173.9p – Costco Wholesale, The Broadway, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL9 8AU
• 173.9p – Tesco, Cross Street, Wigan, WN2 3AT
• 173.9p – Tesco, Central Park, Wigan, WN1 1XE
• 174.7p – Asda, Soho Street, Wigan, WN5 0XA
• 174.7p – Asda, Atherleigh Way, Leigh, WN7 5RZ

You can use our interactive widget to find out the price of fuel at the petrol stations near you.

UK drivers are currently paying 158.6p per litre of petrol, while people who own diesel vehicles are paying 183.0p on average.

In Greater Manchester, owners of petrol cars are currently being charged 2.9p less than the national average of 158.6p. Diesel car drivers in the region are paying 3.2p less than the national average.

The cheapest place to buy petrol in the country is at a Circle K garage in Portstewart, County Derry, where a litre of standard petrol is 144.9p. The most expensive petrol station in the country is a Steisean Connaidh Chrosabol garage in Crossapol on the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, where motorists are charged 207.6p a litre.

The prices quoted are for standard grade petrol (E10) and for standard grade diesel (B7).

The figures are supplied by the major retailers under a scheme operated by the government to ensure motorists are given a fair deal at the petrol pumps.