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Cheapest Petrol & Diesel from London to Gatwick Airport

Route length: 54.6 miles (about 1 hr 15 min) · Distance from route: 5 miles · 10 stations found

Recently updated prices along this route: petrol from 162.9p/L, diesel from 191.9p/L.

Cheapest: Woodhatch Service Station at 157.9p/L (closed now, price unchanged for 30+ days)

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Save £5.40 vs London · price unchanged for 30+ days
Asda logo
Asda
Asda Leyton Mills Superstore

Marshall Road, LeytonE10 5NH

162.9p/L
Unleaded
Price changed 23 Oct, 16:26
Open now

Estimated total: £74.62 for 45L, +3.1 mi off route, Route position: 6.8 mi from start

Staying on the route? Jet The Highway Service Station comes to £76.47, £1.85 more than the top pick (+3.1 mi off route).

Stations along this route

10 total

How route value is measured: estimated total = 45L at pump price + round-trip detour fuel at 35 MPG.

Travel time is not included in route ranking. Low-confidence prices are excluded from route ranking.

Cheapest on route
Independent logo
Independent
Woodhatch Service Station

2 Dovers Green Road, ReigateRH2 8BS

157.9p/L
Unleaded
Price unchanged since 30 Apr, 18:07 · verify at the pump
Closed nowOpens Sunday at 07:00

Estimated total: £72.43 for 45L, +3.3 mi off route, Route position: 53.4 mi from start

TotalEnergies logo
TotalEnergies
Stc Service Station

197-205 Leytonstone Road, Stratford, LondonE15 1LN

162.9p/L
Unleaded
Price unchanged since 10 Sept, 15:12 · verify at the pump
Closed nowOpens Sunday at 07:00

Estimated total: £74.49 for 45L, +2.8 mi off route, Route position: 6.8 mi from start

On route
Jet logo
Jet
The Highway Service Station

102-106 The Highway, LondonE1W 2BU

169.9p/L
Unleaded
Price unchanged since 16 Sept, 14:11 · verify at the pump
Open 24 hours

Estimated total: £76.47 for 45L, On route, Route position: 3.6 mi from start

Jet logo
Jet
Jet Service Station Thamesmead

Jet, Thamesmead Service Station 1-3, Bostall Hill, LondonSE2 0RB

167.9p/L
Unleaded
Price unchanged since 15 Sept, 10:22 · verify at the pump
Open 24 hours

Estimated total: £76.50 for 45L, +2.1 mi off route, Route position: 14.4 mi from start

Jet logo
Jet
Greenman Service Station

13-18 Hollybush Hill, LondonE11 1PP

165.9p/L
Unleaded
Price changed 23 Oct, 22:17
Open 24 hours

Estimated total: £76.56 for 45L, +4.4 mi off route, Route position: 7.3 mi from start

On route
Jet logo
Jet
MFG Well Hall

7-9 Tudor Parade, LondonSE9 6SX

169.9p/L
Unleaded
Price changed 23 Oct, 23:38
Open 24 hours

Estimated total: £76.57 for 45L, +0.2 mi off route, Route position: 11.9 mi from start

On route
Sainsbury's logo
Sainsbury's
Sainsburys Eltham

1A Philipot Path, LondonSE9 5DL

169.9p/L
Unleaded
Price changed 23 Oct, 08:37
Closed nowOpens Sunday at 09:00

Estimated total: £76.62 for 45L, +0.4 mi off route, Route position: 12.2 mi from start

Asda logo
Asda
Asda Swanley Express Petrol

73-75 High Street, SwanleyBR8 8AF

169.9p/L
Unleaded
Price changed 23 Oct, 18:40
Open now

Estimated total: £76.78 for 45L, +0.7 mi off route, Route position: 25.1 mi from start

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About the London to Gatwick Airport drive

The drive from London to Gatwick Airport is about 55 miles and takes around 1 hr 15 min without traffic. The 10 stations we list are within 5 miles of the route, near Reigate, Leyton and Swanley, from brands including Jet, Asda, Independent and TotalEnergies. At 35 MPG the trip uses about 7 litres of petrol: about £11.55 at the cheapest recent price anyone can buy along the route (162.9p/L, updated 23 Oct). That's 11.7p a litre cheaper than the UK average of 174.6p/L (GOV.UK, week of 19 Oct).

London to Gatwick Airport fuel questions

The cheapest recently updated petrol price anyone can buy along the route is 162.9p/L at Asda Leyton Mills Superstore, Leyton (updated 23 Oct). Stations with older prices, or members-only ones, can be cheaper still: the list above ranks every station by what a fill-up costs, detour included, and shows how old each price is.

At the cheapest recent price anyone can buy along the route, 162.9p/L (updated 23 Oct), a 45-litre fill-up costs about £73.31. The drive itself uses about 7 litres at 35 MPG, about £11.55. Your own car may use more or less, so change the tank size and MPG in the route options to fit it.

No. Petrol is from 162.9p/L and diesel from 191.9p/L along this route, so petrol is 29p a litre cheaper. Prices updated 23 Oct.

Most prices come from the UK Fuel Finder scheme, which petrol stations use to report their prices. Each station shows when its price last changed, so if it has been a while, check the price at the pump.

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