{"id":358356,"date":"2026-01-08T05:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/358356\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T05:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:10:15","slug":"over-a-million-homes-entitled-to-25-cold-weather-payment-full-list-of-postcodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/358356\/","title":{"rendered":"Over a million homes entitled to \u00a325 cold weather payment \u2013 full list of postcodes"},"content":{"rendered":"

One million homes are set to receive a \u00a325 cold weather payment as temperatures plunge below zero.<\/p>\n

Snow is expected to continue to fall across parts of the UK tomorrow, with multiple weather warnings in place.<\/p>\n

Britons have experienced the coldest night this winter to date, with temperatures falling to as low as -10.9C, which was recorded at Shap in Cumbria.<\/p>\n

Storm Goretti<\/a> is expected to bring heavy snow to UK on Thursday with fresh Met Office weather warnings issued for snow and ice<\/a> across large parts of England and Wales, with further warnings in place until Friday.<\/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

On Wednesday, the DWP released a new set of postcodes eligible for the payment, meaning homes in 697 postal areas in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive the cash.<\/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 an area where the temperature is zero degrees or lower for seven consecutive days.<\/p>\n

Those eligible claim:<\/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

Payments have been triggered in 697 postcodes across parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland as temperatures drop to zero degrees or below.<\/p>\n

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

Cumbria<\/p>\n

Carlisle & North Cumbria: CA1, CA2, CA3, CA4, CA5, CA6, CA7, CA8<\/p>\n

Scottish Border (overlaps Dumfries & Galloway): DG16<\/p>\n

Dorset<\/p>\n

Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch area: BH1\u2013BH25 (covering Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, and parts of East Dorset).<\/p>\n

East Dorset\/Wimborne area: BH31<\/p>\n

Dorchester & West Dorset: DT1, DT2<\/p>\n

North Dorset \/ Hampshire border: SP6 (Fordingbridge area)<\/p>\n

Cheshire & South Manchester fringe<\/p>\n

Crewe & Nantwich: CW1\u2013CW5<\/p>\n

Sandbach to Middlewich area: CW10\u2013CW11<\/p>\n

Northwich & Winsford area: CW8\u2013CW9<\/p>\n

Congleton area (Cheshire East): CW12<\/p>\n

Tarporley area: CW6\u2013CW7<\/p>\n

\"CHESHIRE,<\/p>\n

Temperatures have plummeted in Cheshire (Getty)<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester & Lancashire<\/p>\n

Manchester & Salford: M1\u2013M90 (range includes city centre, south Manchester, Trafford, Salford).<\/p>\n

Rochdale & Oldham: OL1\u2013OL12, OL15\u2013OL16<\/p>\n

Chorley (partly Lancashire): PR7<\/p>\n

Stockport & Cheshire East<\/p>\n

Stockport & South Manchester area: SK1\u2013SK9, SK10\u2013SK12, SK14\u2013SK16<\/p>\n

Warrington & Cheshire WestStaffordshire<\/p>\n

Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle-under-Lyme: ST1\u2013ST7<\/p>\n

Stafford & surrounding districts: ST12\u2013ST21<\/p>\n

Stone, Rugeley, etc: ST15\u2013ST19<\/p>\n

Warwickshire \/ West Midlands edge<\/p>\n

Shipston-on-Stour area: CV36<\/p>\n

Gloucestershire & North Cotswolds<\/p>\n

North Cotswolds (Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow, Chipping Campden): GL54, GL55, GL5<\/p>\n

Oxfordshire (north & west)<\/p>\n

Chipping Norton & Banbury area: OX7, OX15, OX16, OX17<\/p>\n

\"Line<\/p>\n

Line of trees silhouetted by winter sun in Oxfordshire, after heavy flooding (Planet One Photos\/UCG\/Universal via Getty)<\/p>\n

Worcestershire (edge of Cotswolds)Powys (Mid Wales)<\/p>\n

Llandrindod Wells & surrounding area: LD1, LD2, LD4, LD5, LD6, LD7, LD8<\/p>\n

Carmarthenshire<\/p>\n

Llandovery & Llangadog: SA19, SA20<\/p>\n

Shropshire<\/p>\n

Shrewsbury area: SY1\u2013SY6<\/p>\n

Oswestry & Welsh border: SY10\u2013SY13, SY1<\/p>\n

\"Clee<\/p>\n

Freezing temperatures make icy road conditions treacherous for motorists in Shropshire. (Alamy)<\/p>\n

Telford & WrekinRutland \/ LeicestershireNorthamptonshire<\/p>\n

Kettering & Corby area: NN14\u2013NN18<\/p>\n

Cambridgeshire \/ Peterborough<\/p>\n

Peterborough area: PE1\u2013PE9<\/p>\n

Fenland \/ Huntingdonshire area: PE15\u2013PE29<\/p>\n

Cambridgeshire villages: PE26\u2013PE28<\/p>\n

Northern Ireland (Down)<\/p>\n

County Down: BT24\u2013BT34 (covers Ballynahinch, Dromore, Banbridge, Newcastle and surrounding towns)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One million homes are set to receive a \u00a325 cold weather payment as temperatures plunge below zero. Snow…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,1309,103300,103301,309,59,1666,6215,56,54,55,7160,137702,1310],"class_list":{"0":"post-358356","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-england","13":"tag-gb","14":"tag-getty-images","15":"tag-pension-credit","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom","19":"tag-universal-credit","20":"tag-wales-and-northern-ireland","21":"tag-weather-warnings"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358356","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=358356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}