McDonald's on St Mary Street in Weymouth is set to close its doors for good next month.

The fast food chain announced it will close the restaurant in the town centre at the end of May.

In a statement, McDonald's said that staff at the restaurant will all be offered jobs at neighbouring restaurants.

A spokesperson for McDonald's said: "We can confirm that our restaurant on St Mary Street in Weymouth will permanently close at the end of next month.

"All of our restaurant crew have been offered the opportunity to be transferred to neighbouring restaurants."

"While we continue to actively grow our estate we do, on occasion, need to consider the future of individual restaurants.

"Sometimes we have to make the difficult decision to close a store, based on a number of factors.

"These can include having opened a new restaurant in the same area 12 months ago."

Following the closure, McDonald's still has two restaurants locally at Jubilee Close Retail Park and the newly-opened restaurant at Souter Way in Weymouth.