The Exchange is on the site of the former livestock market in Sturminster Newton. It has become an important self-funding events venue in North Dorset and serves as a meeting place for many local groups.
Upcoming Events
Friday 13th June 2025 @ 16:00 at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton
Michael Langridge, in conversation with Dr Tracy Hayes, talks about his latest novel, ‘A Casterbridge Tale’. Set in Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, it is a crime novel featuring Detective Inspector Hawkins, a principal character from his highly acclaimed first novel ‘A Second Mrs Clare’. In ‘A Casterbridge Tale’. Hawkins must negotiate his way between his duty and his conscience, jeopardising his career and his life as he tracks down the instigators of a brutal and outrageous crime.