Bridport Tourist Information Centre will be reopening its doors on Monday, April 12, welcoming back residents and visitors to the town.

The TIC at the town hall by Bucky Doo Square will be open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 3pm on Saturdays.

Some residents may also have seen a sculpture of the town hall in the window of Bridport TIC over recent weeks.

Tom Barnett, from Beaminster, created the artwork which came about at the Town Hall at 1200 Degrees event, part of workshops and events hosted by Bridport Arts Centre in July 2005.

Children designed, constructed and green-glazed sculptures of buildings from their imaginations. These were fired inside a sculpture of Bridport's iconic town hall on the forecourt outside Bridport Arts Centre.

After the event, no home was secured for the town hall artifact following the firing. Tom has kept it in his various gardens for the last 15 years, but recently became motivated by a house move to find a more suitable home for the artwork.

He is delighted that it has been housed in the town hall building itself and it has had repairs before being delivered to Bridport.

You can find out more about Tom and the sculpture here.

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