Fuel prices in St Helens today, 4 November 2026
Pump prices at 148 petrol stations within 10 miles of St Helens town centre, sorted cheapest first. 15 have prices more than 30 days old, so they're listed last with the date of the last report. The 50 cheapest for unleaded are listed below, and the button under them loads all 148. Prices come from the official retailer price data published under the government's fuel price transparency rules, updated daily from the official Fuel Finder data.
Cheapest and average prices from the 133 stations reporting in the 30 days to 4 November 2026.
Cheapest fuel in St Helens: quick answers
Where is the cheapest petrol in St Helens today?
152.9p a litre for unleaded (E10) at Costco, Andover Road, Haydock, 3.4 miles from the town centre. That is 17.2p under the St Helens average of 170.1p, or about £8.60 on a 50-litre fill.
Where is the cheapest diesel in St Helens?
187.7p a litre for diesel (B7) at Asda, Atherleigh Way, Leigh. The St Helens average for diesel is 196.0p.
Is petrol in St Helens dearer than the UK average?
Unleaded in St Helens averages 170.1p today, 0.9p below the UK average of 171.0p across every station in the data. Diesel averages 196.0p, 2.2p below the UK figure of 198.2p.
Which brand is cheapest for petrol in St Helens?
Among brands with 2 or more stations within 10 miles, Morrisons has the lowest average unleaded price at 167.5p across 8 stations. Shell is the dearest on average at 173.8p.
How current are these prices?
Prices come from the government's Fuel Finder open data, where forecourts must report any change within 30 minutes. We update our copy from that data every day. The pump totem is still the final word.
Every station near St Helens, cheapest unleaded first
Distances measured from St Helens town centre. Data fetched 5 hours ago.
Fuel prices around St Helens: the numbers
Measured across the 133 stations within 10 miles with a price reported in the last 30 days, against every station in the UK data on the same day.
| Unleaded E10 | Diesel B7 | |
|---|---|---|
| St Helens average | 170.1p | 196.0p |
| UK average | 171.0p | 198.2p |
| St Helens against the UK | -0.9p | -2.2p |
| Cheapest station | 152.9p | 187.7p |
| Dearest station | 194.9p | 218.9p |
| Spread, dearest minus cheapest | +42.0p | +31.2p |
| Stations with a price | 129 | 115 |
Brands near St Helens
Brands with 2 or more stations within 10 miles, most stations first. Averages cover the stations in this radius only.
| Brand | Stations | Avg unleaded | Avg diesel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esso | 25 | 170.4p | 197.5p |
| Shell | 18 | 173.8p | 197.8p |
| Asda | 17 | 167.6p | 192.2p |
| BP | 17 | 171.5p | 198.0p |
| Texaco | 14 | 170.2p | 196.1p |
| Tesco | 11 | 168.1p | 192.8p |
| Morrisons | 8 | 167.5p | 194.6p |
| Valero | 6 | 167.9p | 196.2p |
| Eg On The Move | 5 | 171.5p | 197.5p |
| Sainsbury's | 5 | 167.7p | 191.7p |
| Go | 3 | – | – |
| Murco | 2 | 169.9p | 194.4p |
How St Helens prices have moved
Daily average over the last 11 days, St Helens against the UK. Unleaded has moved -2.1p and diesel -0.6p since 25 October 2026.
What this covers: 148 stations within 10 miles of the town centre as given in our town list, which can take in neighbouring towns. Averages are a plain mean of reported prices, so one dear motorway forecourt lifts a small town's figure. Stations that have reported nothing for 30 days are listed with their last price but left out of the averages.
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