A STRETCH of road near Bishops Lydeard just over a mile long will be closed for ten hours a day over a 12-day period.

The 1,855-metre length of Cothlestone Road, in the parish of Cothelstone, will be closed to traffic from its junction with Toulton Road between 8am and 6pm from November 1-12.

The closure will allo BT Open Reach to carry out cabling works.