A Swindon suburb has been hit with a power outage leaving several residents without electricity for hours.

An interactive map from Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) shows that a large area of Haydon Wick is currently without power.

There are five postcodes in the affected area and SSEN estimates that around 20 people will be affected by the power cut.

Swindon Advertiser: Live power map of Haydon Wick in Swindon showing the affected area.Live power map of Haydon Wick in Swindon showing the affected area. (Image: SSEN)

The outage was first reported at 1.20pm on Monday afternoon and is not expected to be resolved until 4.30pm.

A spokesperson for SSEN said: “We’re sorry for the loss of supply. We currently have a fault affecting the areas listed.

“Our engineers are on site working hard to get the power back on as quickly as they can.”