THE cost of filling up at Taunton Deane Services is £20 more expensive than at a petrol station a few miles away, according to an investigation by a national newspaper.
Filling the tank of your average family car with unleaded petrol on the M5 outside Taunton puts you back £74.74, while in Wellington it would cost you £54.84 - even though both are Shell outlets.
The Daily Mail says the motorway services are charging 135.9p a litre compared to some some garages across the country pricing petrol at 97.7p a litre. The Shell station in Wellington charges 105.9p.
The Mail's online page says: "The monumental gap in fuel costs is just the latest example of service stations taking motorists for a ride with inflated prices."
Supermarkets such as Morrisons and Asda, which have filling stations in Taunton, charge under £1 a litre.
Oil prices recently dropped markedly - even to below 0p in the USA.
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