Welcome to the Chideock and Seatown Community Website. This website belongs to ‘the community’ and is all about Chideock, North Chideock and Seatown. We hope these pages will be of interest to both local residents and visitors to our village.
Chideock is an amazingly busy village with lots of groups that anyone can join and lots of entertainment and events that are happening so please take your time to look through our website – not forgetting our stunning Photo Galleries.
If you are a visitor to this beautiful part of West Dorset please check out our Accommodation Guide.
- CHARLES II – THE TRUTH BEHIND THE ESCAPE FROM OUR SHORELINE
- CHIDEOCK NEWS – SEPT 2026
- ALL ISSUES RELATING TO THE A.35
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 part due to the Melplash Show which attracts over 20,000 visitors. They appear to have seen a little sense at last! Another problem the CPC have been dealing with is in regard to necessary works on Chideock Bridge. We were contacted by Balfour Beaty (managers of the A35 at present) back in June suggesting a date for these works in mid August. This will also involve a traffic light system and the use of two parking spaces in the village car park. After much discussion, persuasion and dogged perseverance by our new Clerk Tom Faulkner the work has now been re scheduled for 1st – 14th September. Whilst this will never be ideal these works are needed both to protect the bridge and alleviate flooding issues. Hopefully, the holiday traffic will have decreased by then and these never ending traffic problems accessing our village will be a lot less. Whilst we do not have a Parish Council Meeting in August please be assured we are working hard on all these issues. The next Chideock Parish Council Meeting will be on 29th September at 7.00pm in the village hall. A Flood Meeting has also been arranged for wednesday 23rd September at 7.00pm in the village hall. Whilst our glorious summer has meant a hosepipe ban – I am sure flood issues will raise their ugly head again and so we must not be lulled into a false sense of security. Lyn Crisp. Chideock Parish Councillor.
Continue reading → - HOSEPIPE BAN FROM 12PM TONIGHT 17TH AUGUST 2026
HOSEPIPE BAN
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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 pools or fountains
Some customers and activities may be exempt from the
ban. For a full list of restrictions and exemptions, scan the
QR code or visit wessexwater.co.uk/hosepipe-ban - Chideock Community Café Held in Chideock Village Hall Friday 21st August 2026
Chideock Community CaféHeld in Chideock Village Hall
Friday 21st August 2026
From 2.30pm until 4.30pm
Come along with friends or to meet some new ones
Everyone is welcome
Tea/Coffee & Cakes/Biscuits available.
We look forward to seeing you
Continue reading → - FILM NIGHT IN THE VILLAGE HALL 15TH SEPTEMBER 2026
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 freedom and the promise of a fortune in buried treasure. With nothing to lose and still in shackles, their hasty run takes them on an incredible journey of awesome experiences and colourful characters. The soundtrack has been described as a lesson in bluegrass music and Rolling Stone said “It’s a wild, whacked-out wonder, Coenheads rejoice”
£5.00 Entry – cash or card payments accepted which includes free Tea/Coffee & Popcorn
Wine by glass or bottle, beer, cider & choc ices on sale during interval.
Continue reading → - CHIDEOCK NEWS – AUGUST 2026
- CHAIR YOGA IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER – VILLAGE HALL CHIDEOCK
- CHIDEOCK NEWS – JULY 2026
- DAWN AND DESTRUCTION OF CHIDEOCK CASTLE – 9TH OCTOBER 2026 CHARMOUTH VILLAGE HALL. – FOR THOSE WHO MISSED THE ONE IN MAY.
