The cheapest place to get petrol and diesel in Greater Manchester today – Monday, 18 April

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The cheapest place in Greater Manchester to fill up your car with petrol is at a Costco Wholesale garage in Stretford.

According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £12 by filling up at this forecourt – compared to the most expensive petrol station.

The Costco Wholesale garage on Barton Dock Road in Trafford Park 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.

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

• 147.9p – Costco Wholesale, Barton Dock Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M41 7PP
• 147.9p – Costco Wholesale, The Broadway, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL9 8AU
• 148.9p – Texaco, Horwich Service Station, Bolton, BL6 6DT
• 148.9p – Texaco, Lime Service Station, Manchester, M28 3NS
• 149.9p – Tesco, Tesco Extra, Leigh, WN7 4BA
• 149.9p – Tesco, Tesco Stores Ltd, Manchester, M46 0AG
• 149.9p – Tesco, Mansell Way, Bolton, BL6 6JS
• 149.9p – Asda, Brackley Street, Bolton, BL4 9DT
• 149.9p – Valero, Stalybridge, Tameside, SK15 1PD
• 149.9p – Sainsbury’s, Parsonage Retail Park, Leigh, WN7 5SJ

The most expensive filling station in Greater Manchester is a Shell station on Dunham Road in Altrincham. The cost of standard petrol at this station is 165.9p, meaning it would cost a total of £108 to fill up an average family car at this forecourt.

For the owners of diesel cars, the cheapest place to fill up is also the Costco Wholesale garage in Trafford Park. The cost of a litre of standard diesel at this forecourt is 174.9p, according to prices supplied by retailers.

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

• 174.9p – Costco Wholesale, Barton Dock Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M41 7PP
• 175.9p – Texaco, Lime Service Station, Manchester, M28 3NS
• 176.9p – Costco Wholesale, The Broadway, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL9 8AU
• 177.9p – Esso, 240 Warrington Road, Wigan, WN3 6PF
• 177.9p – Tesco, Tesco Stores Ltd, Stalybridge, SK15 2BJ
• 177.9p – Tesco, Tesco Extra, Leigh, WN7 4BA
• 177.9p – Tesco, Tesco Stores Ltd, Manchester, M46 0AG
• 177.9p – Asda, Brackley Street, Bolton, BL4 9DT
• 177.9p – Valero, Stalybridge, Tameside, SK15 1PD
• 177.9p – Tesco, Manchester Rd, Manchester, M43 6TQ

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

UK drivers are currently paying 158.8p per litre of petrol, while people who own diesel vehicles are paying 188.0p on average.

In Greater Manchester, owners of petrol cars are currently being charged 3.4p less than the national average of 158.8p. Diesel car drivers in the region are paying 4.3p less than the national average.

The cheapest place to buy petrol in the country is at a Blakenhall Service Station garage in Wolverhampton, where a litre of standard petrol is 147.6p. The most expensive petrol station in the country is an Esso garage in Warrington, where motorists are charged 184.9p 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.