Cheapest petrol in Greater Manchester by borough

The UK languishes near the bottom of a ranking of European countries for action taken to ease the burden of high fuel prices. Only Luxembourg has done less than the UK government out of 13 European nations that have cut petrol taxes since prices began to soar in March, according to the RAC.

The 5p per litre reduction implemented by the UK in March is dwarfed by fuel tax cuts enjoyed by drivers in countries such as Germany (25.1p per litre), Italy (21.2p per litre), Portugal (16.2p per litre), the Netherlands (14.7p per litre) and Ireland (14.5p per litre).

UK petrol prices finally started falling in recent days after pressure on retailers to reflect a drop in wholesale costs which began seven weeks ago. But the UK still has a higher average petrol price of 186p per litre than all European Union members except Finland (190p) and Denmark (also 186p).

The Manchester Evening News has compiled a list of the cheapest petrol pumps in each borough of Greater Manchester. The data is sourced from PetrolPrices.com, which covers major service stations including brands like BP, Shell, and Texaco as well as supermarkets, smaller chains and independent stations.

The website combines price data from Catalist with its own crowdsource data, which comes from website users and forecourt owners. The site says it hopes to have "the most up to date and reliable price data across the industry".

Cheapest Unleaded petrol pumps across Greater Manchester

Bolton

1. Asda Bolton, 171.7p

2. Sainsburys Bolton, 172.9p

3. Shell Tonge Moor Road, 172.9p

4. Morrisons Bolton Atlas, 173.7p

5. Morrisons Bolton Dawes, 176.7p

Bury

1. Asda Radcliffe, 172.7p

2. Asda Pilsworth Automat, 174.7p

3. Tesco Bury, 174.9p

4. Esso Brandlesholme Road, 176.7p

5. Morrisons Whitefield, 178.7p

Manchester

1. Asda Eastlands, 174.7p

2. Asda Harpurhey, 174.7p

3. Tesco Salford Extra, 174.9p

4. Asda Hulme, 175.7p

5. Sainsburys Salford, 175.9p

Oldham

1. Costco Oldham, 169.7p

2. Asda Chadderton, 173.7p

3. Sainsburys Oldham, 175.9p

4. Morrisons Oldham, 176.9p

5. Gulf St John Street, 178.9p

Rochdale

1. Asda Rochdale, 173.7p

2. Texaco Bury Road, 176.9p

3. Shell Yorkshire Street, 177.9p

4. Texaco Bolton Road, 177.9p

5. Morrisons Rochdale, 179.7p

Salford

1. Tesco Salford Extra, 174.9p

2. Sainsburys Salford, 175.9p

3. BP Wellington Road, 177.9p

4. Texaco Broughton Lane, 179.7p

5. Texaco Salford, Castle Irwell Service Station, 179.9p

Stockport

1. Asda Reddish Automat, 172.7p

2. Morrisons Cheadle Heath, 178.7p

3. Morrisons Bredbury, 178.7p

4. Sainsburys Hazel Grove, 178.9p

5. Texaco Sandy Lane, 179.9p

Tameside

1. Asda Ashton-under-Lyne Automat, 173.7p

2. Sainsburys Ashton Moss, 173.9p

3. Sainsburys Denton, 174.9p

4. Morrisons Dunkinfield, 176.7p

5. Morrisons Denton, 176.7p

Trafford

1. Asda Sale Marsland Road, 174.7p

2. Tesco Manor Avenue Sale Express, 174.9p

3. Tesco Baguley Extra, 174.9p

4. Texaco Sale, 181.9p

5. Shell Urmston, Stretford Road, 183.9p

Wigan

1. Asda Wigan Automat, 174.7p

2. Esso Warrington Road, 174.7p

3. Sainsburys Wigan, 177.9p

4. Shell Warrington Road, Goose Green Service Station, 178.9p

5. Shell Wigan Road, Boars Head Service Station, 179.9p

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