PETROL prices have dropped below 145p per litre for the first time in 18 months.
The average price of a litre of fuel at UK forecourts has dropped to 144.95p according to analysis from Royal Automobile Club (RAC).
Fuel prices reached record highs of around 192p per litre for petrol and 199p per litre for diesel in July 2022, largely due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leading to an increase in the cost of oil.
Prices have not been this low since November 2021 and diesel has reached its cheapest average price since February last year at 154.31p per litre.
We have rounded up the cheapest petrol stations in and around Worcester, according to petrolprices.com as of Tuesday (May 30).
Five cheap petrol stations in and around Worcester
1. Sainsbury's Blackpole, Windermere Drive
Unleaded: 140.9p
Diesel: 146.9p
2. Gulf, Bransford Fuel Express Automat, A4103
Unleaded: 141.7p
Diesel: 146.7p
3. Texaco, Blackpole Service station, Blackpole Road
Unleaded: 141.9p
Diesel:147.9p
4. Texaco, Ombersley Road
Unleaded: 141.9p
Diesel:149.9p
5. Tesco Petrol Station, St Peter's Drive
Unleaded: 142.9p
Diesel:146.9p
Compare petrol prices to last year
Last year in May we put together a list of the top five cheapest places to get petrol in and around Worcester.
Here is the list from Friday, May 27.
1. Sainsbury's Blackpole, Windermere Drive
Unleaded: 167.9p
Diesel: 176.9p
2. Tesco Warndon, Mill Wood Drive
Unleaded: 167.9p
Diesel: 179.9p
3. Tolladine Service Station, Tolladine Road
Unleaded: 167.9p
Diesel: N/A
4. Tesco St Peter's, St Peter's Drive
Unleaded: 167.9p
Diesel: 179.9p
5. Gulf, Bransford Fuel Express Automat, A4103
Unleaded: 166.7p
Diesel: 179.7p
RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: "Seeing the price of unleaded fall back under 145p a litre for the first time in 18 months is good news for the country’s 19 million petrol car drivers.
"This means it’s now nearly £26 cheaper to fill up a family-sized petrol car this summer compared with last year.
"While it’s good news diesel has also dropped below 155p a litre, drivers of the UK’s 12 million diesel cars – and countless businesses who rely on it to fuel their vehicles – should be paying 20p a litre less as its wholesale price is now 4p lower than petrol’s."
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