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Cheapest Petrol & Diesel from Preston to Manchester

Route length: 34.6 miles (about 45 min) · Distance from route: 5 miles · 10 stations found

Recently updated prices along this route: petrol from 165.9p/L, diesel from 191.1p/L.

Cheapest: Costco Wholesale Manchester (members only) at 163.9p/L (closed now, price unchanged for 7+ days)

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Save £0.90 vs Preston · price unchanged for 7+ days
Texaco logo
Texaco

Ribbleton Service Station, 315 Ribbleton Lane, PrestonPR1 5EB

164.8p/L
Unleaded
Price unchanged since 08 Sept, 23:39 · verify at the pump
Open 24 hours

Estimated total: £74.39 for 45L, +0.5 mi off route, Route position: 0.8 mi from start

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.

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Costco
Costco Wholesale Manchester

Members only: Costco fuel is only sold to Costco members. You'll need a membership card to fill up here.

Barton Dock Road, Trafford Park, UrmstonM41 7PP

163.9p/L
Unleaded
Price unchanged since 09 Oct, 11:51 · check before you travel
Closed nowOpens Sunday at 07:00

Estimated total: £74.24 for 45L, +1.1 mi off route, Route position: 29.3 mi from start

Texaco logo
Texaco
Limes Service Station

Lime Service Station, Manchester Road, Worsley, WalkdenM28 3NS

166.9p/L
Unleaded
Price unchanged since 09 Oct, 02:11 · check before you travel
Open 24 hours

Estimated total: £75.48 for 45L, +0.8 mi off route, Route position: 23.4 mi from start

On route
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Murco
Cleggs Lane Service Station

Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton, Manchester, New BuryM38 9NJ

167.9p/L
Unleaded
Price unchanged since 13 Oct, 16:27 · check before you travel
Open 24 hours

Estimated total: £75.65 for 45L, +0.2 mi off route, Route position: 22.1 mi from start

Texaco logo
Texaco
Horwich Service Station

427 Chorley New Road, HorwichBL6 6DT

167.9p/L
Unleaded
Price unchanged since 16 Oct, 00:59 · check before you travel
Open 24 hours

Estimated total: £75.92 for 45L, +0.8 mi off route, Route position: 14.8 mi from start

On route
Morrisons logo
Morrisons
MFG Morrisons Eccles

Irwell Place, EcclesM30 0FH

168.9p/L
Unleaded
Price changed 22 Oct, 22:53
Closed nowOpens Sunday at 06:00

Estimated total: £76.11 for 45L, +0.2 mi off route, Route position: 29.6 mi from start

Texaco logo
Texaco
Rishton Lane Service Station

G M Petroleum (Preston) Ltd, Rishton Lane, BoltonBL3 2BR

167.9p/L
Unleaded
Price changed 20 Oct, 07:45
Closed nowOpens Sunday at 07:00

Estimated total: £76.14 for 45L, +1.3 mi off route, Route position: 21.3 mi from start

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Asda
Asda Horwich Superstore

43-53 The Linkway, Middlebrook Retail Park, HorwichBL6 6JA

168.7p/L
Unleaded
Price unchanged since 12 Oct, 19:44 · check before you travel
Open now

Estimated total: £76.22 for 45L, +0.7 mi off route, Route position: 15.4 mi from start

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Essar
Essar Lea Gate Station

Blackpool Rd, PrestonPR4 0XB

165.9p/L
Unleaded
Price changed 24 Oct, 07:10
Open 24 hours

Estimated total: £76.30 for 45L, +3.8 mi off route, Route position: At start

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Essar
S&S station ltd

S & S Service Ltd, Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, WalkdenM38 9AW

168.9p/L
Unleaded
Price unchanged since 07 Sept, 11:36 · verify at the pump
Open 24 hours

Estimated total: £76.36 for 45L, +0.8 mi off route, Route position: 22.2 mi from start

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About the Preston to Manchester drive

The drive from Preston to Manchester is about 35 miles and takes around 45 min without traffic. The 10 stations we list are within 5 miles of the route, near Urmston, Walkden and New Bury, from brands including Texaco, Essar, Costco and Murco. At 35 MPG the trip uses about 4 litres of petrol: about £7.46 at the cheapest recent price anyone can buy along the route (165.9p/L, updated 24 Oct). That's 8.7p a litre cheaper than the UK average of 174.6p/L (GOV.UK, week of 19 Oct).

Preston to Manchester fuel questions

The cheapest recently updated petrol price anyone can buy along the route is 165.9p/L at Essar Lea Gate Station, Preston (updated 24 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, 165.9p/L (updated 24 Oct), a 45-litre fill-up costs about £74.66. The drive itself uses about 4 litres at 35 MPG, about £7.46. 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 165.9p/L and diesel from 191.1p/L along this route, so petrol is 25.2p a litre cheaper. Prices updated 24 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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