Petrol prices have reached record highs, new figures show.

The average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts on Tuesday was 170.4p according to data firm Experian Catalist, the first time it has exceeded the 170p mark.

Diesel meanwhile reached a record high of 181.4p per litre.

With that in mind, we have rounded up the cheapest petrol stations in and around Worcester, according to petrolprices.com as of 11am on Friday, May 27.

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Five cheapest petrol stations in and around Worcester

5. Sainsbury's Blackpole, Windermere Drive 

Unleaded: 167.9p

Diesel: 176.9p

Super unleaded: N/A

Premium diesel: N/A

4. Tesco Warndon, Mill Wood Drive 

Unleaded: 167.9p

Diesel: 179.9p

Super unleaded: 174.9p

Premium diesel: N/A

3. Tolladine Service Station, Tolladine Road

Unleaded: 167.9p

Diesel: N/A

Super unleaded: N/A

Premium diesel: N/A

2. Tesco St Peter's, St Peter's Drive

Unleaded: 167.9p

Diesel: 179.9p

Super unleaded: 171.9p

Premium diesel: N/A

1. Gulf, Bransford Fuel Express Automat, A4103

Unleaded: 166.7p

Diesel: 179.7p

Super unleaded: N/A

Premium diesel: N/A

'Milestone of misery'

Over the past 12 months, petrol has become around 41p more expensive per litre, adding around £23 to the cost of filling a typical 55-litre family car.

RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said the price of petrol has reached “another unfortunate landmark”.

“While wholesale prices may have peaked for the time being last week, they are still worryingly high, which means there’s no respite from the record-high pump prices which are so relentlessly contributing to the cost-of-living crisis,” he said.

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AA fuel price spokesman Luke Bosdet said petrol has passed “yet another milestone of misery along the road of record pump prices”.

He added that there is “still quite some variation in pump prices among fuel stations in most areas”, and it is “particularly galling” when supermarkets of the same brand charge “significantly more” at one superstore compared with another in the same region.