Full list of postcodes getting £25 cold weather payments direct to bank accounts – is your location one of them?

THOUSANDS of hard-up families are due free cash worth £25 as cold weather payments are triggered in hundreds of postcodes.

Eligible households will have the cash paid directly into their bank accounts within 14 days.

Households can get £25 during each seven-day period of low temperatures from now until March 31.Credit: LNP

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hands out the extra cash to certain households struggling to pay their energy bills.

The cold weather payments are made in locations where residents experience continuous below-zero weather.

Households can get £25 during each seven-day period of low temperatures from now until March 31.

Arctic conditions have continued to freeze the nation as temperatures plummeted, with numerous yellow weather warnings for snow and ice issued by the Met Office.

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It comes after health officials issued a red weather warning last week – meaning that vulnerable people could be more at risk with the extreme temperatures.

And heavy snow overnight sent temperatures plummeting to 15°C making the UK colder than Finland.

The DWP confirmed that cold weather payments had been triggered at over 500 postcodes between Monday and Friday last week – meaning thousands more households are owed cash.

We’ve listed all the postcodes that have qualified for a £25 cold weather payment so far below.

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The payment is made automatically, including to those on Universal Credit.

Customers will have the payment credited to their bank account within 14 days of their postcode becoming eligible.

Last year, some areas which experienced extended periods of freezing temperatures and households received three £25 payouts, adding up to £75.

This was because there were three seven-day periods of below-zero temperatures.

Postcodes eligible for £25 cold weather payment

Here’s the full list of postcodes that have qualified for a £25 payment over the 2022-23 winter period so far.

Albemarie – DH1-7, DH9, DL4-5, DL14-17, NE1-13, NE15-18, NE20-21, NE23, NE25-46, SR1-7, TS21, TS28-29
Almondsbury – BS1-11, BS13-16, BS20-24, BS29-32, BS34-37, BS39-41, BS48-49, GL11-13, NP16, NP26
Andrewsfield – CB1-5, CB10-11, CB21-25, CM1-9, CM11-24, CM77, CO9, RM4, SG8-11
Bainbridge – BD23-24, DL8, DL11-13
Benson – HP5-23, HP27, OX9,OX10,OX33, OX39,OX44, OX49, RG9, SL7-9
Bingley – BB4, BB8-12, BB18, BD1-22, HD3, HD7-9, HX1-7, LS21, LS29, OL13-14, S36
Boscombe Down -BA12, RG28, SO20-23,SP1-5, SP7, SP9-11
Bramham – HG1–5, LS1-20, LS22-28, YO1, YO8, YO10, YO19, YO23-24, YO26, YO30-32, YO41-43, YO51, YO60-61
Brize Norton – OX1-6, OX8, OX11-14, OX18, OX20, OX25-29, SN7
Capel Curig – LL24-25, LL41.
Carlise – CA1-8, DG12, DG16
Charlwood – BN5-6, BN44, GU5-6, ME6, ME14-20, RH1-20, TN1-20, TN22, TN27
Charterhall – NE71.
Chivenor – EX23, EX31-34, EX39.
Coleshill – B1-21, B23-38, B40, B42-50, B60-80, B90-98, CV1-12, CV21-23, CV31-35, CV3 CV47, DY1-14, LE10, WS1-15, WV1-16
Dunkeswell Aerodrome – DT6-8, EX13-15, TA21.
Exeter Airport – EX1-12, EX24, TQ1-6, TQ9, TQ12, TQ14
Fylingdales – YO13, YO18, YO21-22, YO62
Hawarden Airport – CH1-8, LL11-14, SY14
Hereford – GL1-6, GL10, GL14-20, GL50-53, HR1-9, NP7-8, NP15, NP25, SY8, WR1-11, WR13-15
Herstmonceux – BN7-8, BN20-24, BN26-27, TN21, TN31-40.
Hurn – BH1-25, BH31, DT1-2, DT11, SP6
Keele – CW1-3, CW5, CW 12, ST1-8, ST11-12, ST14-21
Lake Vrnwy – LL20-21, LL23, SY10, SY15-17, SY19, SY21-22
Leconfield – DN14, HU1-20, YO11-12, YO14-17, YO25.
Leek Thorncliffe – DE4, DE45, S32-33, SK13, SK17, SK22-23, ST9-10, ST13
Leeming – DL1-DL3, DL6,DL7, DL9, DL10, TS9, S16 YO7
Libanus – NP4, NP11-13, NP22-24, NP44, SA9
Liscombe – EX16, EX35-36, TA22, TA24.
Little Rissington – CV36, GL54-56, OX7, OX15-17, WR12
Llysdinam – LD1-2, LD4-8, SA19-20, SY7, SY9, SY18
Marham – CB6-7, IP24-28, PE12-14, PE30-38
Morpeth, Cockle Park – NE22, NE24, NE61-70.
Nottingham – CV13, DE1-3, DE5-7, DE11-15, DE21-24, DE55-56, DE65, DE72-75, LE1-9, LE11-14, LE16-19, LE65, LE67, NG1-22, NG25, NG31-34
Odiham – GU1-4, GU7-35, GU46-47, GU51-52, RG1-2, RG4-8, RG10, RG12, RG14, RG18-27, RG29-31, RG40-42, RG45, SL1-2, SL4-6, SO24
Pembury Sands – SA1-8, SA14-18, SA31-34, SA61-63, SA66-73
Redesdale – CA9, DH8, NE19, NE47-49
Rochdale – L0-9, M24, M26, OL1-12, OL15-16,SK15
Rostherne – CW4, CW6-11, M1-9, M11-23, M25, M27-35, M38, M40-41, M43-46, M50, M90, PR7, SK1-12, SK14, SK16, WA1-16, WN1-8
Rothamsted – AL1-10, EN6, HP1-4, LU1-7, SG1-4, SG12-14, WD3-7, WD17-19, WD23-25
Shap – CA10-12, CA16-17, LA8-10, LA21-23
Shawbury – SY1-6, SY11-13, TF1-13
Sheffield – DN1–8, DN11-12,HD1-2, HD4-6, S1-14, S17-18, S20-21, S25-26, S35, S40-45, S60-66, S70-75, S80-81, WF1-17.
Stonyhurst – BB1-3, BB5-7, LA2, LA6-7, PR6
Stowe – NN1-7 NN11-13, MK18
Tibenham – NR1-35
Trawsgoed – LL35-40, SY20, SY23-25
Waddington – DN9-10, DN13, DN15-22, DN31-41, LN1-13, NG23-24, PE10-11, PE20-25.
Walney Island – LA1, LA3-5, LA11-20
Wattisham – CB8-9, CO1-8, CO10-16, IP1-23, IP29-33
Westonbirt – BA1-3, BA11, BA13-15, GL7-9, RG17, SN1-6, SN8-16, SN25-26
Wittering – LE15, NN14-18, PE1-9, PE15-17, PE26-29
Woburn – MK1-17, MK19, MK40-46, NN8-10, NN29, PE19, SG5-7, SG15-19
Yeovilton – BA4-10, BA16, BA20-22, BS25-28, DT9-10, SP8, TA1-20, TA23

Who is eligible for cold weather payments?

Households are eligible for the extra cash if they are getting the following:

Depending on your specific circumstances, you may also need to meet one or more of the following additional criteria:

Have a disability or be in receipt of pension premium
Have a child who is disabled
Be in receipt of child tax credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
Have a severe or enhanced disability premium
Be in receipt of a limited capability for work amount
Have a child under five living with you

You can find out more about eligibility on the government’s website.

Getting the cold weather payment doesn’t affect any other benefits you get.

If you’re eligible, you should get the payments automatically within 14 days, into the same account where you get your benefit payments.

But if you think you should get the payment and haven’t, then contact your pension centre or Jobcentre Plus office, or call the Universal Credit helpline on 0800 328 5644.

You can find out more about eligibility on the government’s website.

Getting the cold weather payment doesn’t affect any other benefits you get.

If you’re eligible, you should get the payments automatically within 14 days, into the same account where you get your benefit payments.

But if you think you should get the payment and haven’t, then contact your pension centre or Jobcentre Plus office, or call the Universal Credit helpline on 0800 328 5644.