Petrol prices in Middlesbrough 'are some of the cheapest in the UK'

Middlesbrough’s petrol prices are some of the cheapest in the UK according to a price comparison website.

Figures released exclusively to The Gazette by PetrolPrices.com shows that the average price of unleaded petrol in Middlesbrough was 105.7p per litre as of last Thursday.

The average price of diesel fuel in the city was 113.3p per litre.

Both of these prices are well below the UK average of 107.5p for unleaded and 114.8p for diesel.

This is also a lot cheaper than fuel across many of the UK’s major towns and cities with a litre of unleaded fuel in Chester costing an average of 109p per litre, 3.3p more.

Fuel in Middlesbrough was also slightly cheaper than in Newcastle and Sunderland where a litre of unleaded petrol would set you back 106.6p and 106.8p respectively on average.

With the price of oil falling rapidly in recent weeks discrepancies in fuel prices are rising across the UK as some petrol stations lower the price of their fuel faster than others.

According to PetrolPrices.com the cheapest individual petrol station was charging 99.7p for a litre of unleaded petrol last Thursday while diesel went as low as 107.9p.

At the other end of the scale some undisclosed stations were selling unleaded fuel for as much as 123.9 pence per litre and diesel for 129.9p.

Assuming an engine size of 50 litres this means that there was a £12.10 price difference in buying a full tank of unleaded fuel at the cheapest station compared to the most expensive.

Place - Unleaded per litre - Diesel per litre

Chester - 109p - 116.6p

Buckingham - 108.9p - 116.1p

London - 108.4p - 115.2p

Belfast - 108.3p - 115p

Huddersfield - 107.6p - 114.2p

Reading - 107.5p - 114.6p

UK - 107.5p - 114.8p

Coventry - 107.5p - 114.8p

Cardiff - 107.4p - 114.2p

Glasgow -107.4p - 114.2p

Swansea -107.2p - 113.9p

Manchester - 107.1p - 114.2p

Birmingham - 107p - 114.4p

Sunderland - 106.8p - 113.8p

Liverpool - 106.7p - 113.6p

Newcastle upon Tyne - 106.6p - 114p

Wrexham - 106.3p - 114p

Middlesbrough - 105.7p - 113.3p

Edinburgh - 105.4p - 112.5p