Motorway services fuel prices

Every UK motorway service forecourt reporting a price, ranked by how much more it charges than the UK average. Right now that is +19.3p a litre on diesel (+£9.67 on a 50 L fill) and +23.5p a litre on E10 petrol (+£11.76 on a 50 L fill) on average. Official retailer-reported prices, collected every 15 minutes; newest report 27 Sept, 09:34.

Diesel premium
+19.3p
+£9.67 on a 50 L fill · motorway average 218.4p vs UK 199.1p · 109 forecourts
E10 petrol premium
+23.5p
+£11.76 on a 50 L fill · motorway average 197.6p vs UK 174.1p · 110 forecourts
Forecourts
115
with a price reported in the last 7 days

Ranked by the diesel premium, then petrol. Never by who pays us.

How the premium is worked out

The motorway premium league table

reported today · unchanged since the date shown · over 7 days old, not counted. All times UK time.

#ForecourtMotorwayDieselvs UK50 LE10vs UK50 L
1Barton Park Service Area
Richmond
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
2Birch East Service Area
Heywood
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
3Birch West Service West
Heywood
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
4Bridgwater Service Area
Bridgwater
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
5Burton Service Area
Carnforth
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
6Chieveley Service Area
Thatcham
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
7Doncaster Service Area
Doncaster
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
8Donington Park Service Area
Derby
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
9Exeter Service Area
Exeter
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
10Ferrybridge Service Area
Knottingly
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
11Frankley North Service Area
Birmingham,
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
12Frankley South Service Area
Birmingham,
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
13Grantham Service Area
Grantham
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
14Heston East Service Area
Houndslow
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
15Heston West Service Area
Houndslow
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
16Hilton Park North Service Area
Wolverhampton
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
17Hilton Park South Service Area
Wolverhampton
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
18Killington Lake MWSA Connect
Kendal
M6
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
19Kinross Service Area
Kinross
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
20Knutsford North Service Area
Knutsford
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
21Knutsford South Service Area
Knutsford
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
22Lancaster North Service Area
Lancaster
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
23Lancaster South Service Area
Lancaster
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
24Leigh Delamere East Service Area
Chippenham
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
25Leigh Delamere West Service Area
Chippenham
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
26Lymm BP Service Area
Lymm
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
27Medway East Service Area
Gillingham
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
28Medway West Service Area
Gillingham
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
29Pease Pottage Service Area
Crawley
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
30Rugby Service Area
Rugby
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
31Sawtry Service Area
Huntingdon
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
32Severn View Service Area—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
33Southwaite North Service Area
Carlisle
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
34Southwaite South Service Area
Carlisle
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
35Stirling Service Area
Stirling
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
36Swansea Service Area
Swansea
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
37Tebay Services Northbound
Penrith
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
38Tebay Services Southbound
Penrith
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
39Toddington North Service Area
Toddington
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
40Toddington South Service Area
Toddington
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
41Trowell North Service Area
Ilkeston
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
42Trowell South Service Area
Ilkeston
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
43Washington North Service Area
Birtley
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
44Washington South Service Area
Birtley
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
45Wetherby Service Area
Wetherby
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
46Woolley Edge Northservice Area
Wakefield
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
47Woolley Edge South Service Area
Wakefield
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
199.9p
+25.8p+£12.90
48Annandale Water Sfconnect MWSA
Lockerbie
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
49Michaelwood North Sfc MWSA
Dursley
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
50Michaelwood South Connect MWSA
Dursley
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
51Norton Canes Connect MWSA
Cannock
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
52Reading East Connect MWSA
Reading
M4
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
53Reading West Connect MWSA
Reading
M4
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
54Rothersthorpe Northconnectmwsa
Northampton
M1
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
55Rothersthorpe Southconnectmwsa
Northampton
M1
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
56Rownhams East MWSA
Southampton
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
57Rownhams West MWSA
Southampton
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
58Sandbach North Connect MWSA
Sandbach
M6
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
59Sandbach South Connect MWSA
Sandbach
M6
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
60Stafford Connect MWSA
Stone
M6
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
61Watford Gap North Connect MWSA
Northampton
M1
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
62Watford Gap South Connect MWSA
Northampton
M1
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
63Welcome Break Charnock Richard North
Chorley
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
64Welcome Break Charnock Richard South
Chorley
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
65Welcome Break Corley North
Coventry
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
66Welcome Break Corley South
Coventry
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
67Welcome Break Fleet North
Fleet
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
68Welcome Break Fleet South
Fleet
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
69Welcome Break Gordano
Bristol
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
70Welcome Break Hartshead East Forecourt
Brighouse
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
71Welcome Break Hartshead West Forecourt
Brighouse
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
72Welcome Break Hopwood Park
Redditch
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
73Welcome Break Keele North
Newcastle-Under-Lyme
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
74Welcome Break Keele South
Newcastle-Under-Lyme
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
75Welcome Break Leicester Forest East North
Leicester
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
76Welcome Break Leicester Forest East South
Leicester
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
77Welcome Break London Gateway
Mill Hill
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
78Welcome Break Membury East
Hungerford
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
79Welcome Break Membury West
Hungerford
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
80Welcome Break Newport Pagnall South
Newport Pagnell
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
81Welcome Break Newport Pagnell North
Newport Pagnell
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
82Welcome Break Oxford
Waterstock
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
83Welcome Break Rotherham Forecourt
Rotherham
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
84Welcome Break Sedgemoor
Weston Super Mare
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
85Welcome Break Warwick North
Ashorne
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
86Welcome Break Warwick South
Ashorne
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
87Welcome Break Woodall North Forecourt
Woodall
M1
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
88Welcome Break Woodall South Forecourt
Woodall
M1
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
89Winchester North Connect MWSA
Winchester
M3
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
90Winchester South Connect MWSA
Winchester
M3
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
198.9p
+24.8p+£12.40
91Welcome Break Rotherham Truckstop
Rotherham
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40—
92Welcome Break Rothwell
Kettering
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40—
93Welcome Break South Mimms Truckstop
South Mimms
—
219.9p
+20.8p+£10.40—
94Gloucester Services Northbound—
218.9p
+19.8p+£9.90
197.9p
+23.8p+£11.90
95Gloucester Services Southbound
Gloucester
—
218.9p
+19.8p+£9.90
197.9p
+23.8p+£11.90
96Strensham MWSA Connect
Strensham
M5
218.9p
+19.8p+£9.90
197.9p
+23.8p+£11.90
97Welcome Break Abington
Abington
—
215.9p
+16.8p+£8.40
194.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
98Welcome Break Burtonwood
Burtonwood
M62
215.9p
+16.8p+£8.40
194.9p
+20.8p+£10.40
99Leeming Bar Service Area
Bedale
—
214.9p
+15.8p+£7.90
180.9p
+6.8p+£3.40
100Welcome Break Telford
Telford
—
213.9p
+14.8p+£7.40
196.9p
+22.8p+£11.40
101Welcome Break Birchanger
Birchanger Green
—
213.9p
+14.8p+£7.40
191.9p
(over 7 days old, not counted)
not counted
102Skelton Lake Services
Leeds
—
209.9p
+10.8p+£5.40
187.9p
+13.8p+£6.90
103Welcome Break Cardiff
Cardiff Gate
—
205.9p
+6.8p+£3.40
181.9p
+7.8p+£3.90
104Welcome Break Sarn Park
Sarn
—
205.9p
+6.8p+£3.40
181.9p
+7.8p+£3.90
105Shell Cobham
Cobham
M25
204.9p
+5.8p+£2.90
189.9p
(over 7 days old, not counted)
not counted
106Shell Cullompton
Cullompton
M5
201.9p
+2.8p+£1.40
179.9p
+5.8p+£2.90
107Applegreen Lisburn North Services Area
Lisburn
M1 (Northern Ireland)
199.8p
+0.7p+£0.35
172.8p
−1.3p−£0.65
108Applegreen Lisburn South Services Area
Lisburn
M1 (Northern Ireland)
199.8p
+0.7p+£0.35
172.8p
−1.3p−£0.65
109Applegreen Templepatrick Services Area
Templepatrick
M2 (Northern Ireland)
196.8p
−2.3p−£1.15
169.8p
−4.3p−£2.15
110Shell Chesterfield North
Tibshelf
M1
209.9p
(over 7 days old, not counted)
not counted
196.9p
+22.8p+£11.40
111Shell Chesterfield South
Tibshelf
M1
209.9p
(over 7 days old, not counted)
not counted
196.9p
+22.8p+£11.40
112Shell Sedgemoor South
Axbridge
M5
209.9p
(over 7 days old, not counted)
not counted
196.9p
+22.8p+£11.40
113Shell Taunton Deane North
Taunton
M5
209.9p
(over 7 days old, not counted)
not counted
196.9p
+22.8p+£11.40
114Shell Taunton Deane South
Taunton
M5
209.9p
(over 7 days old, not counted)
not counted
196.9p
+22.8p+£11.40
115Shell Hapsford MWSA
Hapsford
M56
201.9p
(over 7 days old, not counted)
not counted
191.9p
+17.8p+£8.90

10 forecourts have no diesel or E10 price reported in the last 7 days

Listed apart and left out of the figures above: a price may still be right, but we cannot say it is current.

Listed as motorway services, not confirmed

These describe themselves as motorway services, but we could not confirm they are a formal motorway service area, so they are not in the table or the averages.

By motorway, where the listing says

33 of 125 forecourts name their motorway in their own listing, and they are grouped here. The other 92 do not (“Chieveley Service Area”), and we would rather leave them ungrouped than guess, so these groups are not complete lists of each motorway’s services.

Questions about motorway fuel prices

How much more does fuel cost at motorway services?

On average, right now, +19.3p a litre on diesel (+£9.67 on a 50 L fill) and +23.5p a litre on E10 petrol (+£11.76 on a 50 L fill) more than the UK average, across the 115 motorway service forecourts with a price reported in the last 7 days.

Which motorway services charge the most for diesel?

Barton Park Service Area, at 219.9p a litre, reported 24 Sept, 14:38: +20.8p above the UK average of 199.1p. Several forecourts may share the same price; the full table below shows every one.

Which motorway services are cheapest?

For diesel, Applegreen Templepatrick Services Area at 196.8p (−2.3p against the UK average). For E10 petrol, Applegreen Templepatrick Services Area at 169.8p (−4.3p).

How is the motorway premium worked out?

For each forecourt and fuel, its current pump price minus the UK average for that fuel, both in pence a litre. The UK average is the mean of every UK forecourt's current price, recalculated after each collection. The 50 L figure is that difference multiplied by 50. A price not reported for over 7 days is shown but not counted.

Is it worth leaving the motorway to buy fuel?

Sometimes. The saving is the premium times the litres you buy, but the detour costs fuel and time, and some junctions add several miles. The route planner works out whether a stop off the motorway pays for your car on your route.

How often are these prices updated?

Forecourts must report a price change within 30 minutes under the UK's statutory price reporting scheme, and we collect every 15 minutes. A price that has not changed keeps its original report time, so an older time usually means an unchanged price, not missing data.