How to find cheap petrol near me – as fuel prices rise amid cost of living crisis

dailystar.co.uk:

cost of living crisis continues to cause chaos for millions up and down the UK, as hard-up homes feel the pinch on outgoings across the board.Households could pay up to £700 a year more on electricity and gas, but it isn’t just on energy bills where costs have been increasing.Fuel prices in particular have been soaring, so quickly in fact that they have been rising at their fastest rate for 30 years.They rose by 7% in March, the highest rate of inflation since 1982.

In March 2022, the average price of a litre of petrol was 160.2 pence, a shocking increase from the previous March’s rate of 123.7 pence, according to the Office For National Statistics.For diesel, things were even worse with a litre costing 170.5 pence in March 2022 joining petrol for its highest month on record.With this struggle in mind, families have been wondering how best to find the cheapest petrol around to try and keep their personal costs to a minimum.For all those looking to make savings wherever possible, finding the cheapest petrol in your area is vital.

Luckily, a handy online tool has all the information you need to find the best price around. Using a convenient map, PetrolPrices.com offers live pump prices based on your postcode.

The website takes a little bit of setting up. New users will need to enter their email address, a password and username, as well as entering a username they wish to use.Once this is done, simply type in your postcode and the site will populate the map with the location of all the pumps near you, the company that owns them and, crucially, how much they cost per litre.The handy map for geographical location will be on the right-hand side of your screen, while on the left the filling stations it is populated by will be.