Dorchester breakfast briefing: What's on, weather, roadworks and more

By Lottie Welch

17th Nov 2021 | Local News

Dorchester breakfast briefing: What's on, weather, roadworks and more
Dorchester breakfast briefing: What's on, weather, roadworks and more

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 cloudy with sunny spells and highs of 11 degrees.

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise: 07:29

Sunset: 16:19

Things to do today

• Explore the colourful world of David McKee at theElmer and Friends exhibition in Dorset Museum • FAUNA: Art of the Wild is taking place at Sculpture by the Lakes • Barbican Quartet will be performing at Dorset Musuem

In case you missed it

Here's where and when you can park for free in Dorchester

Attraction opening times

Dorset Museum: 09:00 - 16:30

Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum: 10:00 - 16:00

The Keep Military Museum: 10:00 - 16:30

The Teddy Bear Museum: CLOSED

The Tutankhamun Exhibition: CLOSED

The Dinosaur Museum: CLOSED

The Terracotta Warriors Museum: 10:00 - 16:00

The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum: CLOSED

Supermarket opening times

Tesco: 06:00 - 00:00

Co-op: 06:00 - 22:00

Lidl: 08:00 - 22:00

Waitrose: 08:00 - 20:00

Roadworks

• Friary Lane will be closed from the junction with B3150 High East Street for around 30 metres until December 17 due to scaffolding • Dorset Council will be carrying out works on Buckingham Way on November 17 and Clarence Road until November 19 • Flooding works are being carried out in Portesham until December 18 • Network Rail will be carrying out works in Damers Road until November 18 • Wessex Water will be carrying out works in Edward Road until November 17 • SGN will be carrying out works on Came View Road until February 23, 2022

Cinema screenings

Plaza cinema:

Eternals - 12:30, 16:15 (subtitled), 20:00

Mothering Sunday - 13:00, 15:45, 19:30

No Time to Die - 15:15, 19:00

Spencer - 14:30, 17:30, 20:30 Odeon:

Eternals - 17:00, 20:30

Spencer - 14:15, 20:00

Dune - 16:30

No Time to Die - 15:30, 19:00

Fun fact of the day

Dorset derives its name from the county town of Dorchester, named Durnovaria by the Romans Don't forget to sign up to our newsletter below! You can submit your own news straight to Dorchester Nub News by using the 'Nub It' button on our home page. This can also be done for events on our What's On page and businesses, groups and organisations on our Local Listings page , also by using the 'Nub It' button. Please like and follow our online newspaper on your favourite social media channel. You can find us @DorchesterNubNews on Facebook and @DorchesterNub Twitter.

     

New dorchester Jobs Section Launched!!
Vacancies updated hourly!!
Click here: dorchester jobs

Share:

Related Articles

The scene in North Square.
Local News

Crews dealt with North Square flat fire

New leader Nick Ireland address council for the first time.
Local News

New leader outlines priorities for change and says county is undergoing a 'Nature Emergency'

Sign-Up for our FREE Newsletter

We want to provide Dorchester with more and more clickbait-free local news.
To do that, we need a loyal newsletter following.
Help us survive and sign up to our FREE weekly newsletter.

Already subscribed? Thank you. Just press X or click here.
We won't pass your details on to anyone else.
By clicking the Subscribe button you agree to our Privacy Policy.