# fuel-prices.eu — Live Fuel Prices United Kingdom

> Real-time fuel price comparison for the United Kingdom. Interactive map of every
> public fuel station, a location-based "Near Me" finder with a Best Deal calculator
> (factoring in fuel price + the cost of driving to the station), price distribution
> heat-mapping, per-brand filtering, city overview pages, and a detail page for every
> station (all fuels, an area price-comparison table, map, and price history).
> Prices in £/L (with a £/gallon toggle). English.

## About

fuel-prices.eu is an independent fuel-price monitoring service operating since 2005.
The UK live map shows current prices for petrol (Unleaded E10, Super Unleaded E5),
diesel and premium diesel at public stations across Great Britain.

- Live map: https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/uk/
- All live markets: https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/
- City pages (137 cities): https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/uk/{city-slug}/
  (e.g. https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/uk/london/ , https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/uk/manchester/ )
- Per-station pages: https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/uk/station/{slug}-{id}
  (e.g. https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/uk/station/bp-london-12345)
- XML sitemap (cities + all station pages): https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/uk/sitemap.php
- Machine-readable extended data (500 most recently updated stations, with URLs + prices):
  https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/uk/llms-full.php
- GeoJSON API (map data): https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/geojson.php?country=GB&fuel=diesel
- Near Me / radius API: https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/geojson.php?country=GB&fuel=diesel&near=LAT,LNG&radius=KM

## City pages

Every UK town with at least 4 public stations has a live overview page at
/live/uk/{city-slug}/ (137 cities; slug is the lower-cased town name, e.g.
london, manchester, newcastle-upon-tyne). Each page shows:

- average price per fuel in the town vs the national average;
- a ranked table of the cheapest stations, with a fuel selector;
- a "+2 / +5 / +10 km" toggle that expands coverage to nearby towns;
- an embedded map of all stations, and a town-specific FAQ with current figures.

Prices default to £/L with a £/gallon toggle. Structured data: BreadcrumbList,
ItemList (top 10 cheapest stations) and FAQPage. City URLs are in the XML sitemap.

## Per-station pages

Each public station has its own page at /live/uk/station/{slug}-{id}, where {id} is the
station id (the slug is cosmetic). Each page shows:

- all currently reported fuel prices at that station, each flagged cheaper / pricier / at the
  local-area average;
- a sortable, mobile-friendly comparison table of every station within 5 km, with all reported
  fuels — sortable by distance (nearest) or by the cheapest price for a chosen fuel;
- an embedded map of the station and its neighbours;
- a 12-month price-history chart (per fuel) once changes have been recorded.

Structured data: each page emits schema.org GasStation (with current fuel prices as Offers)
and a BreadcrumbList.

## Data source

- Source: the UK official fuel price data scheme — open price feeds published by major
  retailers (Tesco, BP, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Esso, Shell, Jet, MFG and others)
  under the government/CMA fuel-finder initiative.
- Source guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/access-fuel-price-data
- Prices are reported in pence per litre by the retailers and shown here in £/L
  (with a £/gallon toggle).

## Update frequency

- Retailer feeds are published at least daily.
- fuel-prices.eu refreshes the dataset daily; stale prices (older than 7 days) are excluded.

## Best Deal calculator (Near Me)

The "Near Me" tool ranks stations in a chosen radius not by sticker price alone but by
the real total cost of a refuel:

    cost_total = (tank_liters x price_per_liter)
               + (distance_km x 2 x consumption_l_per_100km / 100 x price_per_liter)
    score      = (min_cost_in_range / current_cost) x 100   (100 = best real value)

Defaults: tank 60 L, average consumption 7.0 L/100 km (both user-adjustable). This
means a slightly pricier station that is much closer can beat a cheap but distant one.

## Fuel types (codes used by the API)

- diesel — Diesel (standard B7)
- e10 — Unleaded (E10, standard petrol)
- e5 — Super Unleaded (E5, premium petrol)
- sp98 — Premium Diesel

## Citation policy

When citing data from this page, please attribute to fuel-prices.eu and the original
source: the UK official fuel price data scheme (retailer feeds, gov.uk fuel-finder).
Prices are indicative and may differ from those at the pump; always verify on site.

## Contact

hi@fuel-prices.eu