With the continued cost-of-living crisis that has seen the price of goods, energy costs and petrol prices skyrocket, homeowners are keen to save any money where they can.
After it was announced that gas and electric bills will soar over winter this year and into 2023, any savings on petrol could make the difference for some when it comes to everyday costs.
Earlier this year, the cost of petrol rose to a 30 year high – with some fuel stations selling petrol for over £2 per litre, while diesel was even more expensive.
Read more: Is this the cheapest price for fuel in the whole of the North East?
In Bishop Auckland, the Etherley Moor Jet garage on the B6282 has hit headlines over the last couple of months for undercutting big supermarket chains and other independent garages and offering customers petrol and diesel for a massively reduced rate.
Currently, the independent G.W Holmes & Son filling station is offering petrol for 159.7p and diesel for 174.7p – eclipsing other rivals near Bishop Auckland and County Durham as a whole.
Despite being the cheapest out of all of the garages in the North East, according to Petrolprices.co.uk, there are several that have also managed to undercut or get near to the 160.0p mark.
Dalehead Garage in Hawes, North Yorkshire is the second cheapest at 160.0p, while Oakley Service Station on Staindrop Road is third at 160.9p.
After trawling all of the petrol prices in the North East, here is what The Northern Echo has found:
Bishop Auckland (including Newton Aycliffe and Crook)
- Jet B6282 (Etherley Moor) – petrol: 159.7p, diesel: 174.7p
- Jet Staindrop Road – petrol: 160.9p, diesel: 175.9p
- Gulf Park Head Road – petrol: 165.7p, diesel: 179.7p
- Sainsburys Bishop Auckland – petrol: 165.9p, diesel: 175.9p
- Jet Shildon – petrol: 165.9p, diesel: 179.9p
Middlesbrough (includes Stockton and Yarm)
- Esso Birchington Avenue (Easton) – petrol: 164.9p, diesel: 178.9p
- ASDA Middlesbrough – petrol: 166.7p, diesel: 179.7p
- Tesco Eston Cleveland Extra – petrol: 166.9p, diesel: 179.9p
- Shell High Street (Gem Lodge Eston) – petrol: 166.9p, diesel: 180.9p
- Sainsburys Middlesbrough – petrol: 167.9p, diesel: 180.9p
Darlington
- Sainsburys Darlington – petrol: 168.9p, diesel: 181.9p
- Shell Woodland Road – petrol: 168.9p, diesel: 182.9p
- Shell Newton Aycliffe – petrol: 168.9p, diesel: 182.9
- Morrisons Darlington – petrol: 169.7p, diesel: 182.7p
- ASDA Darlington – petrol: 169.7p, diesel: 181.7p
Durham (including Chester-le-Street)
- Gulf A690 (Bells Hill) – petrol: 165.9p, diesel: 179.9p
- Gulf Durham (Red Tiles) – petrol: 165.9p, diesel: 179.9p
- Shell A690 – petrol: 167.9p, diesel: 183.9p
- BP Alma Place (Dragonville) – petrol: 167.9p, diesel: 182.9p
- Esso Durham (St Giles) – petrol: 168.9p, diesel: 182.9p
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