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Dover has the highest petrol prices in the country, according to a Sunday Telegraph survey that exposes a North-South divide in fuel prices.

Motorists in the south pay up to £1.98 more to fill up their cars compared with those in northern England and Scotland.

Using the petrol price comparison website petrolprices.com, The Sunday Telegraph compared prices in 20 towns and cities across Britain.

The highest was in Dover, where unleaded petrol costs an average of 111.4p a litre, costing a motorist with an average-sized family car £61.30 to fill its tank.

In Edinburgh the cost was 108.5p a litre, or £59.70 for a tank, a difference of £1.60.

Differences in diesel prices were even greater, with a litre costing an average 118.6p in Edinburgh, compared with 122.2p in Dover – a difference of 3.6p a litre, or £1.98 per tank.

The pattern was repeated elsewhere in the country, with petrol in southern towns and cities costing more than towns in the north.