A RURAL route on the outskirts of Bridport is set to close next week for one day while work is carried out on the overhead cables.

Openreach will be conducting the work in Higher Street, Bradpole, next Friday, March 18, between 9.30am and 3.30pm.

As a result, Dorset Council says a diversion will be in place via Main Street to Uploders Road onto Spyway Road then via the A35 and A3066 followed by Townsend Way.

Higher Street will be shut for 750 metres between Yellow Lane and Forsters Lane to allow Openreach access to the overhead network.