Revealed: the cheapest places to buy petrol in Wigan as prices start to fall

We have collated a list of the cheapest places across the borough to fill up – and nearly all of them are selling fuel for several pence per litre less than they were four weeks ago.

Prices have soared since the beginning of the conflict in the Middle East, peaking at 159.53p on May 28.

But RAC’s Fuel Watch says the average price of a litre of petrol in the UK is now 155.45p.

Supermarket filling stations are offering petrol at an average of 152.7p, while at motorway services the price rises to 176.93p.

Earlier this month, RAC’s head of policy Simon Williams said: “Fuel prices continue to fall on the back of oil being under $100 for the last nine trading days. The average price of petrol has dropped nearly 2p a litre (1.6p) to 157.93p since peaking on May 28 at 159.53p. The diesel story is even better with the average price reducing by 11p (10.62p) to 180.92p since April 15 (191.54p), its lowest since the end of March but still 39p higher than when the war started.

"RAC analysis of wholesale market data shows drivers should expect prices to keep on falling. Unleaded ought to come down by another 4p at least while diesel should drop even further, by possibly as much as 8p.

"This is a crucial period for retailers as the Competition and Markets Authority is monitoring how quickly pump prices fall in response to lower wholesale costs. Its latest report showed retailers hadn't altered their pricing strategies when the price of oil shot up, but it did note margins were still at historically high levels. Its latest report only covered the first two months of the war which is important as diesel peaked on the wholesale market in early to mid-April, whereas petrol hit its wholesale high in late May."

Using data from petrolprices.com, these are the cheapest places to fill up in and around Wigan as of Wednesday, June 17.