I mapped the latest UK fuel prices by county

  • Hacker News

I built this using the official UK government forecourt fuel price feed. The map aggregates the latest petrol and diesel prices by county, with filters for fuel type and metric. Clicking a county shows the cheapest forecourt, average price, spread, and station count. The feed...

  • Published: Apr 28, 2026
  • First seen: Apr 28, 2026

AI Summary

I built this using the official UK government forecourt fuel price feed. The map aggregates the latest petrol and diesel prices by county, with filters for fuel type and metric. Clicking a county shows the cheapest forecourt, average price, spread, and station count. The feed...

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Why it matters

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Key Features

  • Primary public product URL is https://fuelfox.uk/regional.
  • Description: I built this using the official UK government forecourt fuel price feed. The map aggregates the latest petrol and diesel prices by county, with filters for fuel type and metric. Clicking a county shows the cheapest fo....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "I mapped the latest UK fuel prices by county".
  • Source description: I built this using the official UK government forecourt fuel price feed. The map aggregates the latest petrol and diesel prices by county, with filters for fuel type and metric. Clicking a county shows the cheapest fo....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-28).
  • Primary public product URL is https://fuelfox.uk/regional.
  • Description: I built this using the official UK government forecourt fuel price feed. The map aggregates the latest petrol and diesel prices by county, with filters for fuel type and metric. Clicking a county shows the cheapest fo....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "I mapped the latest UK fuel prices by county".

Why Now

I mapped the latest UK fuel prices by county is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently low (41/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.

Community Signals

Trend score

45.5

24h momentum

Rising

Hacker News points

3

Rising

Facts / Signals / Inference / Unknowns

Facts

  • Listed on Hacker News as "I mapped the latest UK fuel prices by county".
  • Source description: I built this using the official UK government forecourt fuel price feed. The map aggregates the latest petrol and diesel prices by county, with filters for fuel type and metric. Clicking a county shows the cheapest fo....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-28.
  • Description: I built this using the official UK government forecourt fuel price feed. The map aggregates the latest petrol and diesel prices by county, with filters for fuel type and metric. Clicking a county shows the cheapest fo....
  • Primary public product URL is https://fuelfox.uk/regional.

Signals

  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-28).
  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Inference

Trust data is still pending

The evidence pipeline has not produced enough structured trust blocks for this product yet.

Unknowns

  • Documentation is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • No tagline is stored on the current product record.
  • Pricing details are not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.

Evidence Snapshots

I mapped the latest UK fuel prices by county

Listed on Hacker News as "I mapped the latest UK fuel prices by county".

I mapped the latest UK fuel prices by county official profile

Primary public product URL is https://fuelfox.uk/regional.

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