Easter travel likely to prove costly

Record petrol and diesel prices will mean drivers paying an extra £2 for every 100 miles travelled this holiday weekend compared with Easter last year, the AA said today.
By The Newsroom
Published 21st Apr 2011, 07:00 BST

Average UK pump prices are now at 135.79p a litre for petrol and 141.99p for diesel.

Petrol has risen 2.91p a litre since mid-March 2011, with diesel up 3.01p, while petrol has gone up 14.92p a litre since last Easter and diesel has risen 20.09p.

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The AA added that compared with a year ago, a typical 50-litre tank refill now costs £7.46 more for petrol and £10.05 more for diesel.

Yorkshire and Humberside has the cheapest petrol, at 135.1p a litre on average, and it also has the least-expensive diesel, at 141.5p a litre.

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