Fuel prices at motorway services
Right now, unleaded at motorway services has a median of 195.9p a litre, 21.0p more than the 174.9p typical of a forecourt off the motorway that isn’t a supermarket. Diesel at motorway services has a median of 217.9p a litre, 18.0p more than the 199.9p typical of a forecourt off the motorway that isn’t a supermarket. Pick a motorway for every services on it and the cheaper forecourts nearby.
- M1 — London Gateway, Toddington, Newport Pagnell, Northampton (Rothersthorpe), Watford Gap, Leicester Forest East, Donington Park, Trowell, Tibshelf, Woodall, Rotherham, Woolley Edge, Skelton Lake
- M2 — Medway (J4–5)
- M3 — Fleet, Winchester
- M4 — Heston, Reading, Chieveley, Membury, Leigh Delamere, Magor, Cardiff Gate, Cardiff West, Sarn Park, Swansea, Pont Abraham
- M5 — Frankley, Strensham, Gloucester, Michaelwood, Gordano, Sedgemoor, Bridgwater, Taunton Deane, Tiverton, Cullompton, Exeter
- M6 — Rugby, Corley, Hilton Park, Stafford, Keele, Sandbach, Knutsford, Lymm, Charnock Richard, Lancaster, Burton-in-Kendal, Killington Lake, Tebay, Southwaite, Todhills
- M6 Toll — Norton Canes (T6–T7)
- M8 — Harthill (J4–5)
- M9 — Stirling (J9)
- M11 — Birchanger Green (J8)
- M18 — Doncaster North (J5)
- M20 — Maidstone, Folkestone (Stop 24)
- M23 — Pease Pottage (J11)
- M25 — Clacket Lane, Cobham, South Mimms, Thurrock
- M27 — Rownhams (J3–4)
- M40 — Beaconsfield, Oxford, Cherwell Valley, Warwick
- M42 — Hopwood Park, Tamworth
- M48 — Severn View (J1)
- M54 — Telford (J4)
- M56 — Chester (J14)
- M61 — Rivington (J6–8)
- M62 — Burtonwood, Birch, Hartshead Moor, Ferrybridge
- M74 — Bothwell, Hamilton, Abington
- M90 — Kinross (J6)
- A1(M) — Baldock, Peterborough, Blyth, Wetherby, Leeming Bar, Barton Park, Washington
- A74(M) — Annandale Water, Gretna Green
- M1 (Northern Ireland) — Lisburn
- M2 (Northern Ireland) — Templepatrick
Frequently Asked Questions
How much more is fuel at motorway services?
Unleaded has a median of 195.9p a litre at forecourts the Government's feed flags as motorway services, against 174.9p at forecourts off the motorway that aren't supermarkets: 21.0p more. Diesel has a median of 217.9p a litre at forecourts the Government's feed flags as motorway services, against 199.9p at forecourts off the motorway that aren't supermarkets: 18.0p more.
Which service areas are included?
Signed service areas on motorways, including the A1(M) and A74(M), matched to their road by hand. Forecourts at a junction roundabout and services on A-roads are left out, even where the Government's feed flags them as motorway services. The national medians quoted above use the feed's own flag, so they include those sites.