UK motorway fuel premium holds at 15.2p a litre
By Anthony Sharkey, Chief Operating Officer, New Reg Limited
Official price data puts unleaded at motorway services 15.2p a litre above the branded forecourt average, with a 48.0p spread between individual sites.
The captive-audience premium at UK motorway services stands at 15.2p per litre for unleaded this week: 177.2p across 163 reporting motorway sites against 162.0p at ordinary branded forecourts.
Dispersion within the motorway estate is wide. The cheapest reporting site is Solo, 254 Frosses Road at 149.9p and the dearest Welcome Break, Hungerford at 197.9p, a 48.0p spread that exceeds the supermarket-to-branded gap seen across the wider market.
For a driver the premium is worth £8.36 on a 55-litre fill. It remains one of the most persistent structural features of UK forecourt pricing, and Promo tracks it continuously as part of its fuel market record.
Disclaimer. Every figure here is computed from official UK government fuel price data (Open Government Licence v3.0) as published by fuel.co.uk, and was correct when this piece was prepared. Pump prices change through the day and may differ by the time you read this. Averages describe groups of forecourts, not every site within a group. This is general information, not financial advice.
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Computed from official UK government fuel price data (Open Government Licence v3.0) via fuel.co.uk.
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