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

By Lottie Welch

15th 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 forecasts it will be cloudy with highs of 11 degrees.

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise: 08:05

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

In case you missed it

Dorchester's community fridge saves 2,500kg of food going to waste

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 Casterbridge Road until February 11 and Came View Road until February 23, 2022 • Scottish and Southern Power Distribution will be carrying out works in Salisbury Street until December 14 • Openreach will be carrying out works in Edward Road and Alexandra Road until December 15 • Wessex Water will be carrying out works in London Road until December 16

Cinema screenings

Plaza cinema:

Clifford The Big Red Dog - 13:30, 16:30

Spider-Man: No Way Home - 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00 (sold out), 19:30 (sold out), 20:00 (sold out)

West Side Story - 11:00, 15:00, 19:00

Odeon:

Spider-Man: No Way Home: 13;15, 16:45, 19:45, 20:15

West Side Story - 12:45, 16:15

Clifford The Big Red Dog - 14:00, 16:30

Royal Opera: Tosca - 19:15

Fun fact of the day

Milton Abbas was the first planned village of its kind in Britain. Lord Milton re-homed his tenants in order to remove the 'eyesore' of the original village from the views from his mansion

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