A DRIVE-IN cinema is being set up locally to help beat those lockdown blues.

Tickets have just gone on sale for the Summernights Drive-In cinema that is touring the local area.

The pop-up cinema experience will pitch up in Mortimer, Padworth, and Newbury to show a number of films over several nights.

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The website says the drive-in cinema is touring the Thames Valley with dates listed from Friday, July 3, currently through to July 12.

Films include La La Land, Jaws, Mamma Mia!, Back to the Future, and The Lion King.

Drivers can pull up to the field where films will be projected on the big screens, and themed food can also be ordered from an app to your bonnet.

The website also describes a 'in-car silent disco' as well, all while keeping to the appropriate social distancing regulations still in place.

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Locally, the sites listed include Mortimer Fairground, Newbury Rugby Club, and Padworth Village Hall.

For more details about tickets and timings go to summernightsdrive.in