{"id":348351,"date":"2026-01-02T16:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/348351\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:04:13","slug":"hundreds-of-postcodes-entitled-to-25-cold-weather-payment-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/348351\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of postcodes entitled to \u00a325 cold weather payment – full list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of postcodes across the UK are due to receive cold weather payments as temperatures plummet to -5C.<\/p>\n

Snowfall is expected across much of the UK in a chilly start to the new year, with multiple ice and weather warnings in place.<\/p>\n

As much as 40cm of snowfall is possible<\/a> in the highest parts of Scotland, with 1-2cm widely expected across affected parts of England, forecasters said.<\/p>\n

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice<\/a> across large parts of England and Wales between midnight and noon on January 2, with nearly 700,000 households eligible for support.<\/p>\n

The freezing weather gripping the UK means some people could qualify for a cold weather payment<\/a> from the government to help pay for heating bills.<\/p>\n

What are cold weather payments, and who is eligible?<\/p>\n

Cold weather payments<\/a> are given to people claiming benefits like universal credit and pension credit<\/a> to help them cope with the additional costs of heating a home in sub-zero temperatures.<\/p>\n

The eligible benefits are:<\/p>\n

Income-based jobseeker\u2019s allowance (JSA)<\/p>\n

Income-related employment and support allowance (ESA)<\/p>\n

Support for mortgage interest (SMI)<\/p>\n

Payments are for households where the average temperature in their area is recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees celsius or below over seven consecutive days.<\/p>\n

Households get \u00a325 for each seven-day period of very cold weather between 1 November 2025 and 31 March 2026.<\/p>\n

How do I claim a cold weather payment?<\/p>\n

If you get a qualifying benefit, the system should add the payment automatically after each seven\u2011day period of very cold weather between 1 November and 31 March.<\/p>\n

The money should reach a qualifying person’s account within about 14 working days of each cold spell and will appear alongside your usual benefit or pension payments.<\/p>\n

If you believe your area had a cold\u2011weather trigger and you meet the benefit conditions but no payment has arrived, contact your local pension centre or Jobcentre Plus.<\/p>\n

If you are on universal credit, you can use your online journal or call the universal credit helpline to report it.<\/p>\n

Unsure if your postcode is eligible? Check using the postcode tracker tool on gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What households are eligible for cold weather payments?<\/p>\n

Around 674,000 people under 18 different postcodes are eligible for cold weather payments over the next week.<\/p>\n

The list of postcodes triggered are:<\/p>\n

North Yorkshire \/ Craven<\/p>\n

BD23 \u2013 Skipton and surrounding villages\u200b<\/p>\n

DL8 \u2013 Leyburn \/ Wensleydale\u200b<\/p>\n

DL11 \u2013 Reeth \/ Swaledale\u200b<\/p>\n

\"Sunset<\/p>\n

Areas of the Yorkshire Dales are experiencing sub-zero temperatures (PA)<\/p>\n

County Durham & Darlington area<\/p>\n

DH6 \u2013 Bowburn \/ Coxhoe area\u200b<\/p>\n

DH7 \u2013 Sacriston \/ Lanchester area\u200b<\/p>\n

DL5 \u2013 Newton Aycliffe\u200b<\/p>\n

DL12 \u2013 Barnard Castle\u200b<\/p>\n

DL13 \u2013 Stanhope \/ upper Weardale\u200b<\/p>\n

DL14 \u2013 Bishop Auckland\u200b<\/p>\n

DL17 \u2013 Ferryhill \/ Chilton\u200b<\/p>\n

TS21 \u2013 Sedgefield \/ west of Stockton\u200b<\/p>\n

TS29 \u2013 Trimdon Station \/ Deaf Hill\u200b<\/p>\n

Cumbria \/ Brecon & mid\u2011Wales fringe<\/p>\n

LD3 \u2013 Brecon and surrounding area (Powys)\u200b<\/p>\n

Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Ely, South Cambs, East Cambs)<\/p>\n

CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5 \u2013 Cambridge city districts\u200b<\/p>\n

CB6, CB7 \u2013 Ely and nearby villages\u200b<\/p>\n

CB10, CB11 \u2013 Saffron Walden area (Essex but in CB area)\u200b<\/p>\n

CB21, CB22, CB23, CB24, CB25 \u2013 South and east Cambridgeshire villages (Linton, Sawston, Cambourne, Cottenham, Bottisham etc.)\u200b<\/p>\n

PE19 \u2013 St Neots (Hunts \/ Cambs edge)\u200b<\/p>\n

Essex (Chelmsford, Braintree, Maldon, Uttlesford, Harlow)<\/p>\n

CM1, CM2 \u2013 Chelmsford\u200b<\/p>\n

CM3 \u2013 Rural east of Chelmsford \/ South Woodham Ferrers fringe\u200b<\/p>\n

CM6 \u2013 Great Dunmow (Uttlesford)\u200b<\/p>\n

CM7, CM77 \u2013 Braintree districts\u200b<\/p>\n

CM9 \u2013 Maldon \/ Heybridge\u200b<\/p>\n

CM11, CM12 \u2013 Billericay\u200b<\/p>\n

CM13, CM14, CM15 \u2013 Brentwood\u200b<\/p>\n

CM17, CM18, CM19, CM20 \u2013 Harlow\u200b<\/p>\n

CM21 \u2013 Sawbridgeworth\u200b<\/p>\n

CM22, CM23, CM24 \u2013 Takeley \/ Bishop\u2019s Stortford \/ Stansted Mountfitchet\u200b<\/p>\n

RM4 \u2013 Rural fringe: Havering\u2011atte\u2011Bower \/ Stapleford Abbotts \/ Abridge (Essex\u2013London border)\u200b<\/p>\n

Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire (SG + parts of CM\/MK)<\/p>\n

SG5 \u2013 Hitchin and surrounding villages (Herts\/Beds)\u200b<\/p>\n

SG6 \u2013 Letchworth Garden City\u200b<\/p>\n

SG8 \u2013 Royston and surrounding villages\u200b<\/p>\n

SG10, SG11 \u2013 Much Hadham \/ Standon \/ Puckeridge area\u200b<\/p>\n

SG19 \u2013 Sandy and nearby villages\u200b<\/p>\n

MK40, MK41, MK42 \u2013 Bedford\u200b<\/p>\n

MK43 \u2013 Marston Moretaine \/ Cranfield area\u200b<\/p>\n

MK44 \u2013 North\u2011east Bedford rural\u200b<\/p>\n

MK45 \u2013 Ampthill \/ Flitwick\u200b<\/p>\n

MK46 \u2013 Olney (Bucks\/Beds\/Northants border<\/p>\n

Milton Keynes & north Buckinghamshire<\/p>\n

MK1, MK2, MK3 \u2013 Bletchley districts\u200b<\/p>\n

MK4, MK5, MK6, MK7, MK8, MK9, MK10, MK11, MK12, MK13, MK14, MK15 \u2013 Milton Keynes urban districts\u200b<\/p>\n

MK16 \u2013 Newport Pagnell\u200b<\/p>\n

MK17 \u2013 Woburn Sands and nearby villages\u200b<\/p>\n

MK18 \u2013 Buckingham and villages\u200b<\/p>\n

MK19 \u2013 Hanslope \/ rural north\u2011west of MK\u200b<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Campbell Park in Milton Keynes, where temperatures have dipped below zero (Alamy)<\/p>\n

Northamptonshire<\/p>\n

NN1, NN2, NN3, NN4, NN5 \u2013 Northampton urban area\u200b<\/p>\n

NN6, NN7 \u2013 Rural north and south\u2011west of Northampton\u200b<\/p>\n

NN8 \u2013 Wellingborough\u200b<\/p>\n

NN9 \u2013 Raunds \/ Irthlingborough\u200b<\/p>\n

NN29 \u2013 Wollaston and nearby villages\u200b<\/p>\n

Norfolk (Norwich, King\u2019s Lynn, Breckland, North Norfolk, Great Yarmouth, Waveney)<\/p>\n

NR1, NR2, NR3, NR4, NR5, NR6, NR7 \u2013 Norwich city and suburbs\u200b<\/p>\n

NR8, NR9, NR10 \u2013 Taverham \/ Drayton \/ Hethersett \/ Coltishall belts\u200b<\/p>\n

NR11, NR12, NR13 \u2013 North\u2011east Norfolk \/ Broads villages\u200b<\/p>\n

NR14, NR15 \u2013 Poringland \/ Loddon \/ Long Stratton\u200b<\/p>\n

NR16, NR17, NR18 \u2013 East Harling \/ Attleborough \/ Wymondham area\u200b<\/p>\n

NR19, NR20 \u2013 Dereham and rural surrounds\u200b<\/p>\n

NR22, NR23 \u2013 Walsingham \/ Wells\u2011next\u2011the\u2011Sea area\u200b<\/p>\n

NR24, NR25 \u2013 Melton Constable \/ Holt \/ Blakeney\u200b<\/p>\n

NR28 \u2013 North Walsham\u200b<\/p>\n

NR29 \u2013 Martham \/ north of Great Yarmouth\u200b<\/p>\n

NR30, NR31 \u2013 Great Yarmouth \/ Gorleston\u200b<\/p>\n

NR32, NR33 \u2013 Lowestoft (Suffolk)\u200b<\/p>\n

NR34 \u2013 Beccles (Suffolk\/Norfolk border)\u200b<\/p>\n

NR35 \u2013 Bungay (Suffolk\/Norfolk border)\u200b<\/p>\n

PE30, PE31, PE32, PE33, PE34, PE35, PE36, PE37, PE38 \u2013 King\u2019s Lynn, Hunstanton, Swaffham, Downham Market and surrounding Norfolk villages<\/p>\n

\"Tawny<\/p>\n

A tawny owl roosting in freezing Norwich (Getty)<\/p>\n

Suffolk \/ Norfolk fringe (Thetford, Brandon, Mildenhall)<\/p>\n

IP24 \u2013 Thetford (Breckland, Norfolk, close to Suffolk border)\u200b<\/p>\n

IP25 \u2013 Watton (Breckland)\u200b<\/p>\n

IP26 \u2013 Mundford and villages\u200b<\/p>\n

IP27 \u2013 Brandon (Suffolk\/Norfolk border)\u200b<\/p>\n

IP28 \u2013 Mildenhall \/ Lakenheath (Suffolk)\u200b<\/p>\n

PE12, PE13, PE14 \u2013 Long Sutton \/ Holbeach \/ Wisbech and Fens (Lincs\/Cambs\/Norfolk fringes)\u200b<\/p>\n

North\u2011East England (Northumberland \/ Tyne Valley)<\/p>\n

NE18 \u2013 Stamfordham area (Northumberland)\u200b<\/p>\n

South Wales \u2013 Cardiff, Valleys, Gwent<\/p>\n

CF37, CF38 \u2013 Pontypridd \/ Tonteg \/ Llantwit Fardre (Rhondda Cynon Taf)\u200b<\/p>\n

CF39, CF40, CF41, CF42, CF43 \u2013 Porth, Tonypandy, Pentre, Treorchy, Ferndale (Rhondda Cynon Taf)\u200b<\/p>\n

CF44, CF45 \u2013 Aberdare \/ Mountain Ash (Rhondda Cynon Taf)\u200b<\/p>\n

CF46 \u2013 Treharris (Merthyr Tydfil \/ Caerphilly border)\u200b<\/p>\n

CF47, CF48 \u2013 Merthyr Tydfil districts\u200b<\/p>\n

CF81, CF82 \u2013 Bargoed \/ Ystrad Mynach (Caerphilly)\u200b<\/p>\n

CF83 \u2013 Caerphilly and Bedwas area\u200b<\/p>\n

NP4 \u2013 Pontypool (Torfaen)\u200b<\/p>\n

NP11 \u2013 Risca \/ Abercarn (Caerphilly)\u200b<\/p>\n

NP12 \u2013 Blackwood (Caerphilly)\u200b<\/p>\n

NP13 \u2013 Abertillery (Blaenau Gwent)\u200b<\/p>\n

NP22 \u2013 Tredegar (Blaenau Gwent)\u200b<\/p>\n

NP23 \u2013 Ebbw Vale (Blaenau Gwent)\u200b<\/p>\n

NP24 \u2013 New Tredegar (Caerphilly\/Blaenau Gwent)\u200b<\/p>\n

NP44 \u2013 Cwmbran (Torfaen)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of postcodes across the UK are due to receive cold weather payments as temperatures plummet to -5C.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,1309,103300,103301,56750,59,41038,6215,2940,56,54,55,7160,1310,134565],"class_list":{"0":"post-348351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-cold-weather","10":"tag-cold-weather-payment","11":"tag-cold-weather-payments","12":"tag-employment-and-support-allowance","13":"tag-gb","14":"tag-income-support","15":"tag-pension-credit","16":"tag-the-met-office","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom","20":"tag-universal-credit","21":"tag-weather-warnings","22":"tag-yellow-weather-warning"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}