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.

Sunday, July 21

  • Denton Holme & Morton South, Carlisle (26 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA4 0RT, CA4 0RS, CA4 0RH, CA5 7AS

Monday, July 22

  • Alston Moor (10 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA9 3NA
  • Waberthwaite (5 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: LA19 5XY

Tuesday, July 23

  •  Matterdale (53 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA11 0RZ, CA11 0SB, CA11 0SA, CA11 0SD, CA11 0ND, CA11 0LE, CA11 0LD, CA11 0LF
  • Grange-Over-Sands (17 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: LA11 6BG, LA11 6EX, LA11 6HA
  •  Westlinton (5 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA6 5LR
  • Aspatria (9 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA7 1HL, CA7 1HH
  • Kirkby Lonsdale (4 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: LA2 8LP, LA6 1BE
  • Kirkby Lonsdale (1 property without supply) Postcodes affected: LA2 8LT

Wednesday, July 24

  • Hesket (24 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA4 0PA, CA4 0PD, CA4 0PB, CA4 0PE
  • Skelton (1 property without supply) Postcodes affected: CA4 0QF
  • Silloth-On-Solway (71 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA7 4PN, CA7 4PS, CA7 4PT, CA7 4PE, CA7 4ST, CA7 4SS, CA7 4SP, CA7 4SR, CA7 4SE, CA7 4RR, CA7 4RU
  •  Stapleton (1 property without supply) Postcodes affected: CA6 6JL

Thursday, July 25

  • Cleator Moor (7 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA22 2PH, CA22 2NU
  • Cleator Moor (1 property without supply) Postcodes affected: CA26 3TA

Friday, July 26

  • Dent (26 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: LA10 5TA, LA10 5QH
  • Denton Holme & Morton South (26 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA4 0RT, CA4 0RS, CA4 0RH, CA5 7AS
  • Penrith (596 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA11 9AS, CA11 9AJ, CA11 9AL, CA11 9AN, CA11 9AP, CA11 9AW, CA11 9DH, CA11 9DW, CA11 9DQ, CA11 9AA, CA11 9AB, CA11 9DS, CA11 9DL, CA11 9DN, CA11 9DU, CA11 9DJ, CA11 9DY, CA11 9DZ, CA11 9EA, CA11 9ED, CA11 9EB, CA11 9BT, CA11 9ER, CA11 9EG, CA11 9DX, CA11 9DB, CA11 9DE, CA11 9BE, CA11 9DT, CA11 9DR, CA11 9AD, CA11 9DP, CA11 9EH, CA11 9AX, CA11 9AT, CA11 9BU, CA11 9BJ, CA11 9BS, CA11 9DG, CA11 9GP, CA11 9FG
  •  Parton (53 properties without supply) Postcodes affected: CA28 6NH, CA28 6NF, CA28 6NQ, CA28 6NE, CA28 6ND, CA28 6NG

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.”