Cold weather payments triggered in hundreds of postcodes – Full list

It's cold out there

Most of the UK's major cities are enduring the bitter cold, with the mercury hitting as low as -7C in Manchester in the early hours of Monday morning.

Yellow warnings for snow and ice are in place across much of the UK.

With the cold weather looking to hang about for a few days still, many areas in England and Wales have entered eligibility for cold weather payments.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) runs a scheme to help out in these cold periods, giving £25 to qualifying households.

The payment is only triggered following a seven-day period where the average temperature is consistently below zero degrees.

An estimated 674,000 households across over 441 postcode areas can now expect a payment.

These areas are split across the UK, covering northern and southern areas of England and Wales.

Those eligible are people who have:

• Pension Credit
• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Universal Credit
• Support for Mortgage Interest

If you are eligible, you will receive the payment automatically.

If you have a baby or if a child under 5 comes to live with you will need to tell Jobcentre Plus if you get Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) or income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).

The full list of affected postcodes between the period 30 December 2025 to 4 January 2026 is as follows:

• CA9: Alston
• CA10: Penrith
• CA11: Penrith
• CA12: Keswick
• CA16: Appleby-in-Westmorland
• CA17: Kirkby Stephen
• DG14: Annan
• LA8: Kendal
• LA9: Kendal
• LA10: Sedbergh
• LA21: Grange-over-Sands
• LA22: Ambleside
• LA23: Windermere
• LL20: Llangollen
• LL21: Corwen
• LL23: Bala
• NE19: Wooler
• NE47: Hexham
• NE48: Bardon Mill
• NE49: Haltwhistle
• TD9: Hawick
• AL1: St Albans
• AL2: St Albans
• AL3: St Albans
• AL4: St Albans
• AL5: Harpenden
• AL6: Welwyn
• AL7: Welwyn Garden City
• AL8: Welwyn Garden City
• AL9: Hatfield
• AL10: Hatfield
• BB4: Rossendale
• BB8: Colne
• BB9: Nelson
• BB10: Burnley
• BB11: Burnley
• BB12: Burnley
• BB18: Barnoldswick
• BD1: Bradford
• BD2: Bradford
• BD3: Bradford
• BD4: Bradford
• BD5: Bradford
• BD6: Bradford
• BD7: Bradford
• BD8: Bradford
• BD9: Bradford
• BD10: Bradford
• BD11: Bradford
• BD12: Bradford
• BD13: Queensbury
• BD14: Clayton
• BD15: Allerton
• BD16: Bingley
• BD17: Shipley
• BD18: Shipley
• BD19: Cleckheaton
• BD20: Keighley
• BD21: Keighley
• BD22: Keighley
• BN5: Henfield
• BN6: Hassocks
• BN44: Steyning
• CB8: Newmarket
• CB9: Haverhill
• CO1: Colchester
• CO2: Colchester
• CO3: Colchester
• CO4: Colchester
• CO5: Colchester
• CO6: Colchester
• CO7: Colchester
• CO8: Bures
• CO9: Halstead
• CO10: Sudbury
• CO11: Manningtree
• CO12: Harwich
• CO13: Frinton-on-Sea
• CO14: Walton-on-the-Naze
• CO15: Clacton-on-Sea
• CO16: Clacton-on-Sea
• DE4: Matlock
• DE6: Ashbourne
• DE45: Bakewell
• EN6: Potters Bar
• GU5: Guildford
• GU6: Cranleigh
• HD3: Huddersfield
• HD7: Huddersfield
• HD8: Huddersfield
• HD9: Holmfirth
• HP1: Hemel Hempstead
• HP2: Hemel Hempstead
• HP3: Hemel Hempstead
• HP4: Berkhamsted
• HP5: Chesham
• HP6: Amersham
• HP7: Amersham
• HP8: Chalfont St Giles
• HP9: Beaconsfield
• HP10: High Wycombe
• HP11: High Wycombe
• HP12: High Wycombe
• HP13: High Wycombe
• HP14: High Wycombe
• HP15: Hazlemere
• HP16: Great Missenden
• HP17: Aylesbury
• HP18: Aylesbury
• HP19: Aylesbury
• HP20: Aylesbury
• HP21: Aylesbury
• HP22: Aylesbury
• HP23: Tring
• HP27: Princes Risborough
• HX1: Halifax
• HX2: Halifax
• HX3: Halifax
• HX4: Halifax
• HX5: Elland
• HX6: Sowerby Bridge
• HX7: Hebden Bridge
• IP1: Ipswich
• IP2: Ipswich
• IP3: Ipswich
• IP4: Ipswich
• IP5: Ipswich
• IP6: Ipswich
• IP7: Ipswich
• IP8: Ipswich
• IP9: Ipswich
• IP10: Ipswich
• IP11: Felixstowe
• IP12: Woodbridge
• IP13: Woodbridge
• IP14: Stowmarket
• IP15: Aldeburgh
• IP16: Leiston
• IP17: Saxmundham
• IP18: Southwold
• IP19: Halesworth
• IP20: Harleston
• IP21: Eye
• IP22: Diss
• IP23: Eye
• IP29: Bury St Edmunds
• IP30: Bury St Edmunds
• IP31: Bury St Edmunds
• IP32: Bury St Edmunds
• IP33: Bury St Edmunds
• LS21: Otley
• LS29: Ilkley
• LU1: Luton
• LU2: Luton
• LU3: Luton
• LU4: Luton
• LU5: Dunstable
• LU6: Dunstable
• LU7: Leighton Buzzard
• ME6: Snodland
• ME14: Maidstone
• ME15: Maidstone
• ME16: Maidstone
• ME17: Maidstone
• ME18: West Malling
• ME19: West Malling
• ME20: Aylesford
• OL13: Bacup
• OL14: Todmorden
• OX9: Thame
• OX10: Wallingford
• OX33: Oxford
• OX39: Chinnor
• OX44: Oxford
• OX49: Watlington
• RG9: Henley-on-Thames
• RH1: Redhill
• RH2: Reigate
• RH3: Betchworth
• RH4: Dorking
• RH5: Ockley
• RH6: Horley
• RH7: Lingfield
• RH8: Oxted
• RH9: Godstone
• RH10: Crawley
• RH11: Crawley
• RH12: Horsham
• RH13: Horsham
• RH14: Billingshurst
• RH15: Burgess Hill
• RH16: Haywards Heath
• RH17: Haywards Heath
• RH18: Forest Row
• RH19: East Grinstead
• RH20: Pulborough
• S32: Hope Valley
• S33: Hope Valley
• S36: Sheffield
• SG1: Stevenage
• SG2: Stevenage
• SG3: Knebworth
• SG4: Hitchin
• SG5: Hitchin
• SG6: Letchworth Garden City
• SG7: Baldock
• SG8: Royston
• SG9: Buntingford
• SG10: Much Hadham
• SG11: Ware
• SG12: Ware
• SG13: Hertford
• SG14: Hertford
• SG15: Arlesey
• SG16: Henlow
• SG17: Shefford
• SG18: Biggleswade
• SG19: Sandy
• SK13: Glossop
• SK17: Buxton
• SK22: High Peak
• SK23: High Peak
• SL7: Marlow
• SL8: Bourne End
• SL9: Gerrards Cross
• ST8: Stoke-on-Trent
• ST9: Stoke-on-Trent
• ST10: Stoke-on-Trent
• ST11: Stoke-on-Trent
• ST13: Leek
• SY10: Oswestry
• SY15: Montgomery
• SY16: Newtown
• SY17: Caersws
• SY19: Shropshire
• SY21: Welshpool
• SY22: Shropshire
• TN1: Tunbridge Wells
• TN2: Tunbridge Wells
• TN3: Tunbridge Wells
• TN4: Tunbridge Wells
• TN5: Wadhurst
• TN6: Crowborough
• TN7: Hartfield
• TN8: Edenbridge
• TN9: Tonbridge
• TN10: Tonbridge
• TN11: Tonbridge
• TN12: Tonbridge
• TN13: Sevenoaks
• TN14: Sevenoaks
• TN15: Sevenoaks
• TN16: Westerham
• TN17: Cranbrook
• TN18: Cranbrook
• TN19: Etchingham
• TN20: Mayfield
• TN22: Uckfield
• TN27: Ashford
• WD3: Rickmansworth
• WD4: Kings Langley
• WD5: Abbots Langley
• WD6: Borehamwood
• WD7: Radlett
• WD17: Watford
• WD18: Watford
• WD19: Watford
• WD23: Bushey
• WD24: Watford
• WD25: Watford
• BD23: Skipton
• BD24: Settle
• CB1: Cambridge
• CB2: Cambridge
• CB3: Cambridge
• CB4: Cambridge
• CB5: Cambridge
• CB6: Ely
• CB7: Ely
• CB10: Saffron Walden
• CB11: Saffron Walden
• CB21: Cambridge
• CB22: Cambridge
• CB23: Cambridge
• CB24: Cambridge
• CB25: Cambridge
• CF37: Pontypridd
• CF38: Pontypridd
• CF39: Porth
• CF40: Tonypandy
• CF41: Pentre
• CF42: Treorchy
• CF43: Ferndale
• CF44: Aberdare
• CF45: Mountain Ash
• CF46: Treharris
• CF47: Merthyr Tydfil
• CF48: Merthyr Tydfil
• CF81: Bargoed
• CF82: Ystrad Mynach
• CF83: Caerphilly
• CM1: Chelmsford
• CM2: Chelmsford
• CM3: Chelmsford
• CM4: Ingatestone
• CM5: Ongar
• CM6: Dunmow
• CM7: Braintree
• CM8: Witham
• CM9: Maldon
• CM11: Billericay
• CM12: Billericay
• CM13: Brentwood
• CM14: Brentwood
• CM15: Brentwood
• CM16: Epping
• CM17: Harlow
• CM18: Harlow
• CM19: Harlow
• CM20: Harlow
• CM21: Sawbridgeworth
• CM22: Bishop’s Stortford
• CM23: Bishop’s Stortford
• CM24: Stansted
• CM77: Great Dunmow
• CO9: Halstead
• DH1: Durham
• DH6: Durham
• DH7: Durham
• DH8: Consett
• DH9: Stanley
• DL4: Shildon
• DL5: Newton Aycliffe
• DL8: Leyburn
• DL11: Richmond
• DL12: Barnard Castle
• DL13: Bishop Auckland
• DL14: Bishop Auckland
• DL15: Crook
• DL16: Spennymoor
• DL17: Ferryhill
• IP24: Thetford
• IP25: Thetford
• IP26: Thetford
• IP27: Brandon
• IP28: Mildenhall
• LD3: Brecon
• MK1: Milton Keynes
• MK2: Milton Keynes
• MK3: Milton Keynes
• MK4: Milton Keynes
• MK5: Milton Keynes
• MK6: Milton Keynes
• MK7: Milton Keynes
• MK8: Milton Keynes
• MK9: Milton Keynes
• MK10: Milton Keynes
• MK11: Milton Keynes
• MK12: Milton Keynes
• MK13: Milton Keynes
• MK14: Milton Keynes
• MK15: Milton Keynes
• MK16: Newport Pagnell
• MK17: Milton Keynes
• MK18: Buckingham
• MK19: Milton Keynes
• MK40: Bedford
• MK41: Bedford
• MK42: Bedford
• MK43: Bedford
• MK44: Bedford
• MK45: Bedford
• MK46: Olney
• NE18: Morpeth
• NE19: Wooler
• NE20: Newcastle upon Tyne
• NE44: Prudhoe
• NE45: Stocksfield
• NE46: Corbridge
• NE47: Hexham
• NE48: Bardon Mill
• NE49: Haltwhistle
• NN1: Northampton
• NN2: Northampton
• NN3: Northampton
• NN4: Northampton
• NN5: Northampton
• NN6: Northampton
• NN7: Northampton
• NN8: Wellingborough
• NN9: Wellingborough
• NN10: Rushden
• NN11: Daventry
• NN12: Towcester
• NN13: Brackley
• NN29: Wellingborough
• NP4: Pontypool
• NP11: Newport
• NP12: Blackwood
• NP13: Abertillery
• NP22: Tredegar
• NP23: Ebbw Vale
• NP24: New Tredegar
• NP44: Cwmbran
• NR1: Norwich
• NR2: Norwich
• NR3: Norwich
• NR4: Norwich
• NR5: Norwich
• NR6: Norwich
• NR7: Norwich
• NR8: Norwich
• NR9: Norwich
• NR10: Norwich
• NR11: Norwich
• NR12: Norwich
• NR13: Norwich
• NR14: Norwich
• NR15: Norwich
• NR16: Norwich
• NR17: Attleborough
• NR18: Wymondham
• NR19: Dereham
• NR20: Dereham
• NR21: Fakenham
• NR22: Wells-next-the-Sea
• NR23: Wells-next-the-Sea
• NR24: Melton Constable
• NR25: Holt
• NR26: Sheringham
• NR27: Cromer
• NR28: North Walsham
• NR29: Great Yarmouth
• NR30: Great Yarmouth
• NR31: Great Yarmouth
• NR32: Lowestoft
• NR33: Lowestoft
• NR34: Beccles
• NR35: Bungay
• PE12: Spalding
• PE13: Wisbech
• PE14: Wisbech
• PE19: St Neots
• PE30: King’s Lynn
• PE31: King’s Lynn
• PE32: King’s Lynn
• PE33: King’s Lynn
• PE34: King’s Lynn
• PE35: Sandringham
• PE36: Hunstanton
• PE37: Swaffham
• PE38: Downham Market
• RM4: Romford
• SG5: Hitchin
• SG6: Letchworth Garden City
• SG7: Baldock
• SG8: Royston
• SG9: Buntingford
• SG10: Much Hadham
• SG11: Ware
• SG15: Arlesey
• SG16: Henlow
• SG17: Shefford
• SG18: Biggleswade
• SG19: Sandy
• TS21: Stockton-on-Tees
• TS28: Wingate
• TS29: Trimdon Station

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