Author Archive | Lyn

The next phase of works has now been confirmed to take place between Thursday 17 September and Friday 2 October. These dates have been approved by the relevant authorities.   The current expected arrangements are as follows:   Thursday 17 and Friday 18 September: Overnight closures of the A35 to install the traffic management required […]

I have my Parish Councillor hat on! Good news – The roadworks/traffic lights at Broadmead scheduled for next week, i.e. ending on 28th August have been cancelled until further notice. This is in part due to continuous efforts by Chideock Parish Council in pointing out the problems it is causing to our village and in […]

HOSEPIPE BAN IN YOUR AREA For the first time in 50 years, we’ve introduced a temporary hosepipe ban for households in the Wessex Water region following months of unprecedented dry weather. Please do not use a hosepipe for activities including: • Watering plants • Cleaning vehicles, windows, walls or patios • Filling swimming pools, paddling […]

  CHIDEOCK HALL FILM NIGHT Tuesday 15th September   –     7.00pm for 7.30pm     Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labour sentence in Mississippi.  He scams his way off the chain gang with simple Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and maladjusted Pete (John Turturro), then the trio sets out to pursue […]

Phase 3 works will begin overnight on Thursday 11 June and Friday 12 June 2026. These works require short overnight total carriageway closures of the A35 so that traffic management equipment can be safely changed and the next stage of works can begin. On Thursday 11 June, the A35 will be fully closed overnight (from 8pm Thursday to […]