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Most expensive petrol in UK

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 08:27, 16 April 2010

Updated: 08:27, 16 April 2010

High petrol prices

We've found Britain's highest priced bog standard petrol.

And guess what it's on sale in a village near Ashford.

The John Childs garage in Bridge Road, Brabourne, is selling standard unleaded at a staggering 129.9p a litre.

And, according to fuel price comparison site petrolprices.com, there's nowhere in the UK more expensive.

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A spokeswoman for the garage said: "We are a small company, and set our prices based on what we buy the petrol in at.

"We only buy small quantities at a time which makes it more expensive. We serve a small rural community here."

We were alerted to the price after a poster - using the name Norm - responded to our appeal to find Kent's highest price.

Posters have also reported prices rising at Sainsbury's in Ashford where unleaded jumped 1p to 121.9p yesterday.

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