Cold weather payments: The 34 Leeds and West Yorkshire postcode areas eligible for £25 payment

The UK has experienced a cold start to 2026, with snow and ice affecting parts of the country.

The cold temperatures have triggered cold weather payments for West Yorkshire, with 34 postcode areas now eligible. Here’s all you need to know about cold weather payments, including the postcode areas in West Yorkshire currently eligible for it.

What are cold weather payments?

The cold weather payment is a £25 benefit top-up to help with fuel costs when temperatures are low.

Who is eligible for a cold weather payment?

People are eligible for the cold weather payment if they receive any of the below:

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

How cold does it need to be to receive a cold weather payment?

You must also live in an area which has experienced seven days of zero or below zero temperatures (or forecast to be below freezing for seven days in a row).

When will I receive the cold weather payment?

Those eligible for a cold weather payment will get the payment automatically. It should arrive within 14 working days of the cold period, in the same bank account you receive benefit payments.

West Yorkshire postcodes currently eligible for a cold weather payment

So far, the postcode areas that will receive a cold weather payment in West Yorkshire are:

• BD10 Apperley Bridge, Bradford
• BD11 Adwalton, Bradford
• BD12 Low Moor, Bradford
• BD13 Queensbury, Bradford
• BD14 Clayton, Bradford
• BD15 Allerton, Bradford
• BD16 Bingley
• BD17 Shipley
• BD18 Saltaire, Shipley
• BD2 Eccleshill, Bradford
• BD20 Keighley
• BD21 Hainworth, Keighley
• BD22 Cowling, Keighley
• BD3 Barkerend, Bradford
• BD4 Bierley, Bradford
• BD5 Bankfoot, Bradford
• BD6 Buttershaw, Bradford
• BD7 Great Horton, Bradford
• BD8 Manningham, Bradford
• BD9 Frizinghall, Bradford
• HD3 Huddersfield, Kirklees
• HD7 Huddersfield, Kirklees
• HD8 Kirkburton, Kirklees
• HD9 Holme, Kirklees
• HX1 Halifax, Calderdale
• HX2 Highroad Well, Halifax
• HX3 Hipperholme, Halifax
• HX4 Holywell Green, Halifax
• HX5 Elland, Calderdale
• HX6 Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale
• HX7 Hebden Bridge, Calderdale
• LS21 Otley, Leeds
• LS29 Ilkley, Bradford
• OL14 Todmorden, Calderdale

You can check your eligibility for cold weather payments through GOV.UK’s cold weather payments postcode checker here.