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

By Lottie Welch

8th Dec 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 has issued a yellow weather warning for wind and forecasts it will be cloudy with sunny spells and highs of 7 degrees.

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise: 07:58

Sunset: 16:05

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 • The Poundbury Christmas craft trail is taking place until December 23 • Opus Anglicanum presents Medieval Carols at St Mary's Church

In case you missed it

Where's Snowy? Dorchester Super Sleuth returns for Christmas

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 in Williams Avenue until December 8, Casterbridge Road until February 11 and Came View Road until February 23, 2022 • Jurassic Fibre will be carrying out works on the A35 from Sunnyside Farm to the junction with the A37 and B3150 until December 11 • Scottish and Southern Power Distribution will be carrying out works in Salisbury Street until December 9 • Weir View will be closed until December 8 while Scottish and Southern Power Distribution carries out works • Dorset Council will be carrying out works in Sandringham Court until December 10 and on Charminster bypass today • Wessex Water will be carrying out works in Icen Way and Alington Place until December 9 • Dorset Council will be carrying out works on the A37 until December 9

Cinema screenings

Plaza cinema:

A Boy Called Christmas - 12:30, 15:30

Encanto - 13:30, 16:30

Ghostbusters: Afterlife - 13:00, 17:00, 20:30

House of Gucci - 12:00, 16:00, 19:30

No Time to Die - 19:00

Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City - 20:00 Odeon:

Encanto - 16:15

House of Gucci - 16:30, 20:00

Ghostbusters: Afterlife - 17:30, 20:30

No Time To Die - 19:00

Spencer - 15:00

Fun fact of the day

Dorset has more than 10,000 listed buildings

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

Local News

Festivities about to start at Brewery Square

The Tom Brown site
Local News

Nine new homes for Dorchester town site

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.