Dorchester breakfast briefing: What's on, weather, roadworks and more
By Lottie Welch
17th Oct 2021 | Local News
Start your day with Dorchester Nub News' breakfast briefing.
Find weather, things to do, opening times, roadworks and more.
Weather
The Met Office predicts the weather will be sunny and overcast at times with highs of 16 degrees.
Sunrise and sunset
Sunrise: 07:36
Sunset: 18:13Things to do today
• Dorchester car boot is open every Sunday in Weymouth Avenue from 7am to 12.30pm • Budapest Café Orchestra is performing at St Marys ChurchIn case you missed it
Two green areas in Dorchester receive Green Flag Awards
Attraction opening times
Dorset Museum: 10:00 - 16:00
Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum: ClosedThe Keep Military Museum: Closed
The Teddy Bear Museum: ClosedThe Tutankhamun Exhibition: 10:00 - 16:00
The Dinosaur Museum: 10:00 - 16:00The Terracotta Warriors Museum: 10:00 - 16:00
The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum: 11:00 - 17:00Supermarket opening times
Tesco: 10:00 - 16:00Co-op: 10:00 - 16:00
Lidl: 10:00 - 16:00Waitrose: 10:00 - 16:00
Roadworks
• Came View Close - Dorset Council is carrying out works until October 21
• The A356 Dorchester Road between Maiden Newton towards Frampton will be closed until October 21 for surfacing works. The diversion is via the A35 and A3066
• Dorset Council is carrying out works on Syward Road until October 26 and traffic controls will be in place
• Wessex Water is carrying out works on Manor Road and Lucetta Lane until October 19
• The A35 from the east end of the Puddletown bypass to the junction with the B3390 the road will be closed while Openreach carries out works until October 19
• Salisbury Street will be closed until October 25 while SGN carries out works
• Dorset Council will be carrying out works in North Street, Charminster, until November 5
Cinema screenings
Ron's Gone Wrong - 10:45 (sensory), 13:15, 16:00
The Addams Family 2 - 10:00, 10:30, 17:00, 19:45Venom: Let There Be Carnage - 12:45, 16:00, 19:15
No Time to Die - 13:00, 16:30, 17:45, 20:00The Addams Family 2 - 10:30, 13:15
Ron's Gone Wrong - 10:15, 12:45, 15:15Halloween Kills - 21:15
Venom: Let There Be Carnage - 15:30, 18:00, 20:30Space Jam: A New Legacy: 10:00
Fun fact of the day
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.
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