Dorchester breakfast briefing: What's on, opening times, roadworks and more
By Lottie Welch
28th May 2022 | Local News
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 sunny with highs of 18 degrees.
Sunrise and sunset
Sunrise: 05:06
Sunset: 21:09
Things to do today
- An Agatha Christie exhibition is being held at Shire Hall
- A Virus a Day exhibition of textile art is on display at Dorset Museum
- It's Up To Us, an exhibition for Dorset Art Weeks, is being held in Poundbury
- Dorchester Repair Café will be at Shire Hall
- Enjoy choral evensong at St Peter's Church
In case you missed it
Ground-breaking Thomas Hardy exhibition goes on show across four museums
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 - 00:00
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
- Wessex Water will be carrying out works in Peverell Avenue East until May 27
- Jurassic Fibre will be carrying out works in Ice Way today from 9.30am to 3.30pm
Cinema screenings
Plaza cinema:
Downton Abbey: A New Era - 17:00
Everything Everywhere All At Once - 19:00
The Bob's Burgers Movie - 20:30
Top Gun: Maverick - 16:15, 16:30, 20:00 (sold out)
Odeon:
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 17:45
Top Gun: Maverick - 17:15, 19:00, 20:30
Everything Everywhere All At Once - 20:45
Downton Abbey: A New Era - 16:00
Fun fact of the day
Mat Follas had his first restaurant The Wild Garlic in the town square, though in 2013 it was moved to larger premises elsewhere.
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