State of the pump · week 02 of 2026
Petrol down 0.3p to 129.5p, diesel up 0.3p to 138.8p: 5 to 11 January 2026
Petrol ended the week at 129.5p a litre on average across UK forecourts, down 0.3p on the week before. Diesel ended at 138.8p, up 0.3p. The figures come from 39 forecourts. Supermarkets were 0.6p a litre cheaper than other forecourts for petrol.
petrol
Cheapest towns
Most expensive towns
Cheapest forecourts
| 1 | Sainsbury's Ballymena 4 Braidwater Retail Park, Ballymena | 124.0p |
| 2 | Sainsbury's Braintree Mount Road, Braintree | 124.0p |
| 3 | Sainsbury's Apsley Mill London Road, Hemel Hempstead | 125.0p |
| 4 | Sainsbury's Aylesbury Gatehouse 23 Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury | 125.0p |
| 5 | Sainsbury's Hadleigh Road 40 Hadleigh Road, Ipswich | 126.0p |
| 6 | Sainsbury's Hamilton 5 Douglas Park Lane, Hamilton | 126.0p |
| 7 | Sainsbury's Wolverhampton Raglan Street, Wolverhampton | 126.0p |
| 8 | Calderview Service Station Calder View Petrol Station, Leeds | 128.0p |
| 9 | Sainsbury's Balsall Common Kenilworth Road, Balsall Common | 128.0p |
| 10 | Sainsbury's Hampden Park Broadwater Way, Eastbourne | 128.0p |
Steadiest towns
No town average went up this week.
Steadiest towns
No town average came down this week. These are the towns that moved least.
Regions and nations
Counties: cheapest and most expensive
Brands (20+ forecourts)
| 1 | Sainsbury's | 129.0p | 29 |
diesel
Cheapest towns
Most expensive towns
Cheapest forecourts
| 1 | Sainsbury's Ballymena 4 Braidwater Retail Park, Ballymena | 133.0p |
| 2 | Sainsbury's Braintree Mount Road, Braintree | 134.0p |
| 3 | Sainsbury's Apsley Mill London Road, Hemel Hempstead | 135.0p |
| 4 | Sainsbury's Pensby Road Thingwall Pensby Road, Wirral | 135.0p |
| 5 | Sainsbury's Blackpool Buchanan Street, Blackpool | 136.0p |
| 6 | Sainsbury's Currie Lanark Road West, Edinburgh | 136.0p |
| 7 | Sainsbury's Hadleigh Road 40 Hadleigh Road, Ipswich | 136.0p |
| 8 | Sainsbury's Scunthorpe Doncaster Road, Scunthorpe | 136.0p |
| 9 | Sainsbury's Wolverhampton Raglan Street, Wolverhampton | 136.0p |
| 10 | Sainsbury's East Mayne Cricketers Retail Park, Basildon | 137.0p |
Steadiest towns
No town average went up this week.
Steadiest towns
No town average came down this week. These are the towns that moved least.
Regions and nations
Counties: cheapest and most expensive
Brands (20+ forecourts)
| 1 | Sainsbury's | 138.1p | 31 |
How it is worked out: a week runs Monday to Sunday. "End of the week" is the Sunday average across forecourts with a price reported in the previous 30 days. Changes compare with the Sunday before. Towns need 5 forecourts to be listed, counties 10, and brands 20. Source: UK Government Fuel Finder (Open Government Licence v3.0) via PumpIndex. Quote freely with a link; contact us for the underlying data.