Health & Wellbeing
In-depth features on health and wellbeing, alternative therapies, green issues – and much more besides!
» Read me
What’s On
Your guide to local events and gigs, plus our previews of local music and drama.
News
Your guide to key local issues affecting Dorchester. It’s your town – keep in touch with the latest news.
» Read me
About Us
Keep in touch – read the Voice!
Dorchester is one of the most creative, switched on, environmentally-aware towns in England. The town offers a wide choice of alternative therapists, and independent retailers, including health food stores and gourmet shops selling fresh local produce – much of it organic. Dorchester also has a vibrant arts scene, both in the town itself and the surrounding villages – and some great local pubs and restaurants. So if you want to know what bands are playing and like to live a greener, healthier lifestyle, look no further.
Where to find the Dorchester Voice
Back issuesWhere to get the Voice
If you can’t get hold of a copy of the Voice (they go fast!) you can pick one up from the Tourist Information Centre in Dorchester Library, Charles Street car park; Owen & Simpson in Antelope Walk; Trinity Street – the Co-op, Shoetrees shoe repairs, Down to Earth whole foods, the Plaza cinema; South Street – Dodgsons ironmongery and Mortimers bakery; and Tesco in Weymouth Avenue. Other stockists include Adams Newsagents, Maud Rd; One Stop Shop, Kings Road, Fordington; Poundbury Post Office, Butter Market Square; many local cafés and independent retailers, and shops and pubs in local villages.
Events
Coming up this week:
Bargains galore at Maiden Newton garage sale
A garage sale is to be held around Maiden Newton on Sunday, April 29 from...Don’t miss open day at Highwood Gardens, Charborough Park
An open day is being held at Highwood Gardens, Charborough Park (Drax Estate) on Saturday...Choir brings Hardy poems home to Stinsford
History and romance are sure to hang heavy in the air at a concert of...Morality tale from Dorchester Drama at Shire Hall
Dorchester’s Shire Hall stood at the centre of local law and government for over 200...Discover the history of the fire service
The Fire Service is the subject of Alan House’s lecture to the Dorset Industrial Archaeology...
Latest News
What’s hot this week:
Help bag a share of Tesco’s fund for county hospital charity fund
Dorset County Hospital Charity is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco...Residents to vote on Piddle Valley Neighbourhood Plan
The Piddle Valley could have a Neighbourhood Plan if residents give it the go ahead....All change as 9 Dorset councils cease to exist from April 2019
Dorset’s nine existing local councils will cease to exist from April next year, to be...Wolfeton House heritage ‘at risk’ in new town expansion scheme
Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey, has joined the growing campaign to stop a...The Voice: 5 years of backing Dorchester
This issue of the Dorchester Voice marks the fifth anniversary of our launch as the...