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

By Lottie Welch

18th May 2022 | Local News

Dorchester breakfast briefing will keep you updated with what's on today, weather, roadworks and more
Dorchester breakfast briefing will keep you updated with what's on today, 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 some rain and highs of 16 degrees.

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise: 05:17

Sunset: 20:56

Things to do today

In case you missed it

West Dorset MP calls for urgent review into local plan to stop development of 4,000 homes north of Dorchester

Attraction opening times

Dorset Museum: 10:00 - 16:00

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

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

The Teddy Bear Museum: 10:00 - 16:00

The Tutankhamun Exhibition: 10:00 - 16:00

The Dinosaur Museum: 10:00 - 16:00

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

The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum: 10:00 - 17:00

Supermarket opening times

Tesco: 06:00 - 22:00

Co-op: 06:00 - 22:00

Lidl: 08:00 - 22:00

Waitrose: 08:00 - 20:00

Roadworks

  • Dorset Council's programme of surface dressing works has begun. Find out more here
  • Burton Road will be closed Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 3.30pm until June 17 while Dorset Council carries out works
  • Jurassic Fibre will be carrying out works in London Road until May 19

Cinema screenings

Plaza cinema: 

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 14:00, 17:15, 19:30, 20:30

Downton Abbey: A New Era - 13:00, 16:00, 19:00

Firestarter - 13:30, 16:45, 20:00

Operation Mincemeat - 12:30, 15:30 (subtitled)

Odeon:

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 14:00, 15:45, 17:15, 19:00, 20:30

Downton Abbey: A New Era - 13:30, 16:30, 19:30

Fun fact of the day

Branksome Chine is said to have been a regular route for smugglers as they headed inland to the Kinson area.

     

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