Glossary: fuel prices

Terms that appear on the fuel pages of this site, explained in one or two sentences, with the source for technical or legal terms.

Pump price

The retail price per litre charged at the forecourt, already including fuel duty and VAT — the figure drivers actually pay.

Fuel duty

A fixed excise tax charged per litre on petrol and diesel in the UK, set by the Treasury and unchanged regardless of the wholesale oil price.

ULSP / ULSD

Ultra Low Sulphur Petrol and Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel — the standard low-sulphur fuel grades reported in UK government statistics.

Fuel Finder

The UK statutory service, created under the Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025, that is meant to publish near-live, per-station fuel prices — access requires registration and blocked an unauthenticated check while building this page.

Fonte: Fuel Finder — UK Government.

DESNZ

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the UK government department that publishes the Weekly road fuel prices series used on this page.

Fonte: Weekly road fuel prices — DESNZ.

National average

A single UK-wide figure, not a live price at any specific station — useful to judge whether a local price is high or low, not to find the cheapest forecourt nearby.