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

By Lottie Welch

29th 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 highs of 5 degrees.

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise: 07:47

Sunset: 16:08

Things to do today

• Explore the colourful world of David McKee at theElmer and Friends exhibition in Dorset Museum • The Moreton Walled Gardens Christmas trial continues • Explore Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens while they are illuminated

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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 • Flooding works are being carried out in Portesham until December 18 • SGN will be carrying out works on Came View Road until February 23, 2022 • Openreach will be carrying out works on Came Park Road to Main Road Broadmayne until December 1 • The road through Pallington will be closed. A diversion route will be signposted via Milson Lane, Athelhampton Road, Dorchester Road, B3390 and Waddock Cross • Dorset Council will be carrying out works in Prince of Wales Road • Jurassic Fibre will be carrying out works on the A35 from Sunnyside Farm to the junction with the A37 and B3150 until December 11 • Openreach will be carrying out works on New Road from the A37 Charminster bypass roundabout to the Lower Burton junction until November 30 and on Grosvenor Crescent until November 30

Cinema screenings

Plaza cinema:

A Boy Called Christmas - 17:15

Encanto - 13:00, 16:15

Ghostbusters: Afterlife - 11:30 (babies), 15:45 (subtitled), 19:45

House of Gucci - 12:00, 14:45, 19:15

King Richard - 13:45, 20:15

No Time to Die - 18:45 Odeon:

House of Gucci - 16:30, 20:00

Encanto - 15:15

Ghostbusters: Afterlife - 17:45, 20:30

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

Fun fact of the day

The highest point in Dorset is Lewesdon Hill near Lyme Regis at 279m above sea level; Golden Cap is the highest point of the Dorset and South of England coasts at 191 metres above sea level

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