Petrol prices at the pumps this week in towns including Bury St Edmunds, Sudbury, Stowmarket, Ipswich, Newmarket, Felixstowe, Haverhill and Lowestoft

The average price of fuel at the pumps nationally has dropped slightly this week, at 149.23p unleaded and 157.08p diesel – but are we paying more or less than the average in Suffolk?

SuffolkNews conducted a survey earlier this week, using data from petrolprices.com, to see what drivers in the county are paying at the pumps.

We found that on the whole drivers in the county are getting a better deal than the national picture – but you may have to take a detour to find the cheapest fuel (or avoid the priciest petrol stations in Suffolk).

In Bury St Edmunds, the cheapest place to fill up is ASDA, at 145.7p per litre unleaded/154.7p per litre diesel, closely followed by Tesco and Sainsbury’s at 145.9p/154.9p.

Prices are lower at Shell, in Newmarket Road, which is charging 151.9p/159.9p this week, but it is still the priciest filling station in town.

The Murco in Woolpit sells some of the cheapest fuel in the county, as the Old Stowmarket Road station is charging 140.9p/147.9p.

In the Brandon area, drivers will pay 149.9p/158.9p at BP in London Road and 145.9p/158.9p at BP in Weeting.

In Mildenhall, Jet North Terrace, is charging 147.9p/154.9p, compared to the costlier Shell station on the Fiveways roundabout, which is charging 155.9p/164.9p.

The Esso is the cheapest Barton Mills/Fiveways petrol station, at 154.9p/162.9p.

Drivers in Newmarket can expect to pay 147.9p/154.9 at the town’s Tesco. Prices at other filling stations in the Newmarket area range from Tesco prices up to the 156.9p/165.9p charged by Shell Newmarket, in High Street.

Haverhill Sainsbury’s petrol station is charging 148.9p/152.9p, no proces were listed this week at Jet, in Manor Road, Haverhill, while Sturmer Road Esso and Murco Duddery Hill are both charging 148.9p/153.9p.

Fuel at Murco Stradishall costs 148.9p/155.9p and at Pace, in Wickhambrook, it costs 149.9p/156.9p.

Over in Stowmarket, Tesco is charging 143.9p/152.9p, Esso 147.9p/154.9p and the Tothill BP 150.9p/157.9p.

Co-op, in Stowupland, matches Tesco prices at 143.9p/152.9p, but the Norwich Road Shell, in Needham Market, is the most expensive petrol station in the area at 158.9p/167.9p.

In the Ipswich area, prices range from 140.9p/150.9p at Harvest Energy Bourne Bridge service station and 142.9/151.9p at Sainsbury’s Warren Heath, up to 157.9p/165.9p at Shell Orwell Bridge Road.

A good place to fill up is at Esso Capel service station, on the A12, which is currently charging 139.9p/147.9p, making it one of the cheapest stations in the county.

The Jet A12 northbound (Capelgate) is 144.9p/149.9p, with the BP Bentley service station opposite charging 149.9p/156.9p.

Heading to the Beccles area, Tesco Beccles and Morrisons are coming in cheapest, at 147.9p/154.9p, while Shell Beccles is the costliest at 152.9p/162.9p.

In Lowestoft, Pace Carlton Colville is charging 146.5p/151.5p, BP Kirkley Run is charging 146.9p/155.9p, ASDA and Morrisons prices are pegged at 147.7p/154.7p and Shell, in High Street, and Esso Oulton Broad Express are both charging 149.9p/155.9p.

In Felixstowe, Esso Co-op, in High Road West, and Morrisons are the cheapest in town this week at 146.9p/153.9p – with the Shell services, at Felixstowe docks, more expensive at 155.9p/167.9p.

In Woodbridge, the cheapest petrol is at Gulf Melton Road, where unleaded is 152.9p/162.9p.

Shell stations on the A12 at Woodbridge have dropped their prices this week and are charging 154.9p/161.9p, but drivers might be better off popping up the road to Tesco Extra Martlesham, where fuel is cheaper at 143.9p/152.9p.

In Leiston, Esso Waterloo Avenue is charging 145.9p/151.9p this week, while in Framlingham, the Co-op and Gulf stations are both charging 145.7p/153.7p.

Drivers in Brome can expect to pay 152.1p/160p at the Gulf Devils Handbasin Garage, while the BP in Brockford is charging 148.9p and 155.9p.

Data was not available for Tesco petrol station in Sudbury, so Sainsbury’s could be the cheapest place in town to fill up, at 146.9p/154.9p. Esso, in Northern Road, and BP Solar Service Station are both charging 147.9p/155.9p.

And finally, up the road in Hadleigh the Jet garage is charging 149.9p/156.9p.