Europe's fuel prices soar but still beat UK

Britons taking motoring holidays abroad to escape high petrol prices in the UK will find fuel costs have rocketed on the continent too.

But despite 12-month rises of more than 20 per cent in some countries, fuel prices in Europe are still, mainly, lower than in Britain, a survey by Post Office Travel Money found.

Comparing the UK with 13 other European countries, the survey showed that five had cheaper petrol than the UK and all but Norway had less-expensive diesel.

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While the average UK price of a litre of petrol – based on prices towards the end of May 2010 – was around 122p, the Luxembourg average was 107p. In addition, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, and Ireland

all had cheaper petrol than the

UK.

Norway, at 148p a litre, had the dearest petrol, with the Netherlands (145p), Denmark (137p) and Belgium (136p) also proving expensive.

Luxembourg had the cheapest diesel, at 91p, with the UK figure being 123p. The figure for Norway – the most-expensive diesel country - was 135p.