"Postcode lottery" of petrol prices

A survey of petrol prices across the country has found that drivers in the most expensive region pay around £250 more each year to fill up their cars than those in the cheapest area.

The most expensive place to buy petrol is the Shetland Isles at 145.9 pence per litre (ppl). It does seem slightly unfair that the area closest to the oilfields of the North Sea has to pay the highest prices, but it is also one of the most remote places in the UK. The cheapest place is Grampian, in Scotland, at 129.7 ppl.