UK government launches fuel forecourt price API
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Re: UK government launches fuel forecourt price API
#2Yesterday I had to drive to a nearby town, just 20 minutes away, and noticed that every single petrol station there was a good 5p per litre cheaper than my town. I might plug this into a map.
Re: UK government launches fuel forecourt price API
#3> From 2 February 2026, you must submit fuel price updates within 30 minutes of any change.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/report-your-fuel-prices-and-fore...
So looks as though the requirement to report was only just introduced, hence the considerable missing data.
Edit: BBC reporting here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp80dpzdg37o
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#4Yesterday I had to drive to a nearby town, just 20 minutes away, and noticed that every single petrol station there was a good 5p per litre cheaper than my town. I might plug this into a map.
The variation in even a couple of miles can be pretty big. I almost never go out of my way to visit a cheaper petrol station because that's usually a false economy, but there are definitely some local places that I favour or avoid because they're almost always cheaper/more expensive than the surrounding ones.
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#599% of UK government IT makes you despair and then you get the 1% like this which are gems.
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#6Needs a solver for cost that takes fuel needed, distance to station, fuel economy, and value of the drivers time.
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#8I wonder if the CSV is supposed to list all petrol stations, as currently it only has 4 with city==Edinburgh.
Edit: after asking AI about this I would say the CSV is pretty useless as a comprehensive source of info on UK fuel prices.
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#9Bit better than the original trial of "stick a JSON file somewhere on your website" - neat.
Re: UK government launches fuel forecourt price API
#10> From 2 February 2026, you must submit fuel price updates within 30 minutes of any change. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/report-your-fuel-prices-and-fore... So looks as though the requirement to report was only just introduced, hence the considerable missing data. Edit: BBC reporting here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp80dpzdg37o
> So looks as though the requirement to report was only just introduced
Yeah. It was formally announced in the November 2025 budget and launched today.