A NUMBER of planned power cuts are in place across Cumbria in the week ahead, as engineers work to improve the electricity network in the area.

Here are all of the dates and places planned power cuts will take place throughout the week, according to electricity providers Electricity North West, with postcodes provided so you can check if your home or business will be affected.

Monday, July 29

  • Hunsonby (9 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA10 1NN, CA10 1NJ
  • Hunsonby (13 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA10 1NN
  • Bridekirk (74 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA13 0PN, CA13 0PW, CA13 0PJ, CA13 0PG, CA13 0PQ
  • Embleton (3 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA13 9AP

Tuesday, July 30

  • Holme Low ( 5 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA7 4PQ, CA7 4LG
  • Sebergham (48 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA5 7HN, CA5 7HS, CA5 7DH, CA5 7DE, CA5 7DL, CA5 7DG, CA5 7DJ, CA5 7HA, CA5 7ET, CA5 7HE, CA5 7HD
  • Embleton (2 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA13 9PE

Wednesday, July 31

  • Orton (27 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA10 3OX, CA10 3XS, CA10 3TZ, CA10 3XU
  • Milnthorpe (75 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: LA8 8DG, LA8 8PA, LA8 8NQ, LA8 8PN, LA8 8PL, LA8 8PJ, LA8 8PH, LA8 8PQ, LA8 8NX, LA8 8NZ, LA8 8EN, LA8 8EJ, LA8 8EP, LA8 8DQ, LA8 8DH, LA8 8DF, LA8 8EU
  • Skelton ( 45 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA11 9PZ, CA11 9QF, CA4 0NG, CA4 0QE, CA4 0NF, CA4 0ND, CA4 0NJ
  • Lowther ( 47 properties affected) Postcodes affected: CA10 2HP, CA10 2HS

Thursday, August 1

  • Matterdale (50 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA11 0RX, CA11 0RT, CA11 0RU, CA11 0XB, CA11 0UQ, CA11 0XA, CA11 0XD, CA11 0SQ, CA11 0SG, CA11 0TG
  • Milnthorpe (24 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: LA8 0HY, LA6 2QB, LA8 0HT, LA8 0HU, LA8 0HX
  • Maryport (22 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA15 8PA, CA15 8PD, CA15 8RJ
  • Embleton ( 11 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA13 0JH, CA13 0JG, CA13 0JJ, CA13 0NJ, CA13 0NL, CA13 0JB, CA13 0JQ
  • Skelton (243 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA11 9SE, CA11 9TE, CA10 3BU, CA11 9TA, CA11 9TB, CA11 9SA, CA11 9SQ, CA11 95E, CA11 9SF, CA10 1QF, CA11 9SD, CA11 9SG, CA11 9SX, CA11 9SJ, CA4 0PT, CA11 9SN, CA11 9SS, CA5 7ED, CA11 9SB
  • Haverthwaite (25 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: LA12 8JG, LA12 8JL, LA12 8JP, LA12 8JR
  • Silloth-On-Solway (20 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA7 4NE, CA7 4ND, CA7 4NB
  • Silloth-On-Solway (29 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA7 4NF, CA7 3LE, CA7 3LD, CA7 4NE

Friday, August 2

  • Sedbergh ( 33 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: LA10 5LZ, LA10 5LY, LA10 5ND, LA10 5LX, LA10 5LU, LA10 5LL
  • Cleator Moor ( 5 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA26 3TG
  • Winscales (15 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA26 3UW, CA26 3UD, CA26 3UB

A spokesman for Electricity North West, said: “A lot of the work we do happens in the background and customers aren’t always affected, we even have ‘live lines’ teams who can work on live electricity equipment without turning power off, however, sometimes we do have to turn people’s power off so that our engineers can work on the network safely.

“Planned power cuts allow us to carry out vital work such as maintaining the network, carrying out repairs and installing new connections, which ensures that homes and businesses continue receive the best supply possible in the long term.

“With every planned power cut, we’ll always give at least 10 days’ notice, won’t turn power off before 9am and electricity will be back on before 5pm.

“Unfortunately, not all power cuts are planned and can happen for a variety of reasons with no warning because of the weather, vandalism or even birds hitting overhead lines.

"Our teams are on hand 24/7 365 days a year and should anybody ever need any more information during a power cut, whether planned or not, they can follow Electricity North West on Twitter or Facebook for updates, or call us free on 105.”