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The Coronation Street Experience

1 st Apr - 1 st Sep '24

Step into over 60 years of drama

Once the cast and crew head home after a week of filming, we open the doors to the world’s largest single TV working production set, giving fans and visitors the chance to take an exclusive look behind the scenes. Join one of our expert guides and take a tour of Weatherfield and Manchester’s most famous and iconic street. Step into the world of TV and experience Coronation Street like never before!

Experience the laughter, the tears, and the drama as the rich tapestry of Coronation Street’s storytelling comes to life on the big screen . Join expert tour guides for a 90-minute tour around the biggest TV production set of its kind before visiting the brand-new exhibition and see inside replica sets of Roy’s Rolls and The Rovers Return , and discover iconic props. Plus now you can also meet members of your beloved cast with our mystery *Star Tours!

If you are visiting mid-week and can’t get to experience the full tour of The Street, fear not.. for only £7.50pp you can still get your Corrie fix with our brand-new mid-week exhibition.

Coronation Street Tour & Exhibition

Weekends – £35/£38 PP**

• Experience the drama on the big screen – an exclusive compilation of the best moments from 60 years of Coronation Street.
• Step onto the authentic Coronation Street – the world’s largest single TV production site where the dedicated cast and crew film throughout the week.
• Visit iconic locations such as the Rovers Return, The Kabin and Platt’s family home.
• Go inside the interior sets of Prima Doner and Weatherfield police station.
• Step into replicas of famous sets like Rovers Return and Roy’s Rolls in the Coronation Street Exhibition.
• Discover iconic props and costumes from the show’s rich history.

Star Tours – Meet A Cast Member!

Weekends – £55 PP**

• Meet a mystery member of the Coronation Street cast!
• Discover iconic props and costumes from the show’s rich history.  

Coronation Street Exhibition & Cinema

Monday to Friday – £7.50 PP**

• Our brand-new cinema features an exclusive compilation of the best moments from 60 years of Coronation Street footage.
• Step into replicas of famous sets like Rovers Return and Roy’s Rolls.
• Relive classic Corrie moments through our 60-year timeline gallery wall.
• Visit the Coronation Street Gift Shop for a treasure trove of exclusive merchandise, memorabilia, and unique souvenirs.

**Prices may be subject to change check the Coronation Street Experience website for the latest pricing details – www.coronationstreetexperience.co.uk

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Obsessed with Corrie? Here's how you can visit the set of Coronation Street

Ready to tread the cobbles.

Long-term fan of Coronation Street ? Well, did you know that you can actually take a tour of the legendary ITV set? Indeed, head to 'Weatherfield' and you can set foot on Britain's most beloved cobbles to explore and take pictures. Sadly no cast is likely to be there to greet you but you'll be able to stop at some of the street's most famous shops and houses. Here's everything you need to know...

Do I need to book tickets to tour the Coronation Street set?

Yes, you do have to book and it is popular so it's worth doing in advance. You can get tickets here . 

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Can i go at any time.

Unfortunately not as the cast are often filming. The tour run from 9am to 6pm only on certain weekends which tend to be twice per month. 

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How long does it last?

The tour takes 90 minutes.

Do you walk around alone?

No all the tours are guided and they will tell you about the history of the set and how it works. 

Is it the original set?

The original Coronation Street set was originally in central Manchester but moved to Salford in 2018 after a £10 million pound build. It was opened to the public for touring in 2018. 

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What do you see on the tour?

The outside set includes the famous cobbled street plus Rosamund Street and the new extended Victoria Street which was just an imaginary area for viewers when the show was filmed on the old set. It's also got t Roys’ Rolls, Prima Doner and Preston's Petals and the builder’s yard where Tina McIntyre, played by Michelle Keegan, fell to her death in 2014.

Can you go inside? 

No unfortunately you can't stop for a pint at the Rovers - all internal spaces are off-limits. 

How much are tickets?

They are priced at £35. 

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What's the meeting point? 

The official address is: Coronation Street The Tour, The Studios from dock10, MediaCity UK, Salford, Stretford, Manchester M50 2EQ, UK

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Calling all Corrie fans! Coronation Street : The Tour has been transformed with the addition of a brand-new exhibition centre, cinematic experience and on-site café. Highlights include original costumes and iconic props, along with replica interiors of the Rovers Return, The Dobbs’ and Roy’s Rolls, giving fans of the show more of an immersive experience than ever before. We also explore the vibrant city of Liverpool on this fantastic two-day trip.

Included Excursions

We begin with an en-route visit to Liverpool. From the impressive Liver Building to the renovated Albert Dock, there are plenty of iconic sights to tick off and stories to discover around every corner. Fans of the Beatles can explore some of the locations frequented by the famous band, such as the Cavern Club or why not indulge in a spot of shopping in Liverpool’s Met Quarter?

Coronation Street Experience

Step onto Britain’s most famous street while listening to fascinating filming secrets from the expert studio guides. Be sure to stroll down the cobbles and take a selfie behind the bar as you head behind the scenes to discover the wonders of the production process and take in the iconic locations that have graced our screens for 60 years!

A city steeped in history, culture and attractions, Liverpool is one of the most popular city break destinations in the UK and makes a great destination for a coach break.

Liverpool's most famous sons “The Beatles” are celebrated across the city; from the exhibition in the Albert Dock to the famous Cavern Club where the lads once played, you can map out their incredible journey amongst the vibrancy and history that radiates throughout this city. 

What's Included?

• Return coach travel
• Overnight stay at the Britannia Hotel, Bolton (JG2 rating) with dinner & breakfast
• Admission to The Coronation Street Experience at MediaCityUK, Manchester
• En-route visit to Liverpool

We’ll stay at one of two hotels:

The Britannia Hotel, Bolton

The Britannia Hotel, Bolton is conveniently located for our tour, two miles from Bolton town centre. The comfortable en-suite bedrooms offer tea and coffee-making facilities, hairdryers, phones and TV. The hotel also features a restaurant and free Wi-Fi in public areas.

Airport Inn Manchester Hotel & Spa, Wilmslow

Located close to Manchester Airport in the market town of Wilmslow, this hotel features free Wi-Fi in public areas, a restaurant, bar/lounge and a fantastic leisure club with a heated indoor swimming pool, gym, sauna and squash courts. The well-appointed bedrooms offer a TV, tea and coffee-making facilities and a hairdryer.

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Hotels with a JG2 rating are a mixture of larger hotels and privately owned properties. Décor and furnishings may be simple but are clean and well maintained. All bedrooms have en-suite facilities, TV and may have tea/coffee making facilities. Food may be buffet style in some of the larger hotels. Services may be limited but efficient.

Hotels with a JG3 rating tend to be a more formal style of hotel, often part of a hotel chain, or are very-welcoming family-owned properties. Generally, they offer a greater range of facilities and services, and bedrooms tend to be a little more spacious with additional features. Public areas are larger and include lounge seating, bar and restaurant with good quality food served either buffet style or waiter service.

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Book your place on Coronation Street The Tour for your chance to walk down Weatherfield's hallowed cobbles.

Peek into a star’s dressing room, watch rare footage and reminisce over favourite plots and characters with family and friends.

Explore interior room sets as part of the behind the scenes tour and see where some famous scenes were filmed, revealing insights behind the production.

The highlight of the tour will be the Street itself with time to explore and take an iconic photo outside the Rovers Return, Roy’s Rolls or the Kabin.

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Where is Coronation Street filmed and can you visit the famous set?

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Coronation Street is the longest running television soap opera in the world – having aired over 11,200 episodes across the last 63 years, and serving up plenty of high drama during that time!

The ITV soap focusses on the lives and loves of the residents of Weatherfield, who mostly live on the eponymous Coronation Street and the surrounding area.

Over the years we’ve seen everything from train to tram crashes, explosions, murders, kidnappings, car crashes, robberies and shootings… the list is endless. One thing Corrie is best known for is its ability to seamlessly weave comedy through its tragedy.

It should be no surprise to learn that there are plenty of fans out there who’d love the opportunity to visit Weatherfield for themselves, or perhaps even stop off for a pint in the Rovers.

The question is – just where is the show filmed, where is it set, and can the public visit?

Where is Coronation Street filmed?

For the last 10 years, Coronation Street has been filmed at the show’s purpose-built production base in Trafford Park, Greater Manchester.

The 7.7 acre site is composed of six studios, where the show’s interior scenes are filmed, an ever-growing ‘backlot’ exterior set, and two production hubs which are for office use, dressing rooms, a mail room, props store, costume and makeup storage – and most importantly, the staff canteen!

There’s also a dedicated visitor experience (more on that later).

Before 54,000 cobbles were laid down at the new site, which is nearby to the MediaCity development, home of BBC and ITV in the North, the show was filmed for 53 years at the former Granada Studios in the Castlefield district of Manchester City Centre.

Corrie outgrew Granada’s facilities quite quickly. For the first eight years on air, the entirety of it was filmed inside of their second smallest studio, including all exterior scenes.

The houses were merely wooden façades, which were later erected outside in a yard in 1968. If you’ve ever visited Manchester before, you’ll know that the weather isn’t great – and they had to rebuild the houses in brick.

At this point, the viaduct (now home to the famous Bistro) was authentic, albeit unused. By 1982, they rebuilt the set again on a much grander scale, this time including Rosamund Street.

Where is Coronation Street based?

In 1995, Coronation Street creator Tony Warren said that the infamous street is ‘four miles in any one direction from Manchester .’

When planning the show before it hit our screens, he and designer Denis Parkin visited the Ordsall area of Salford and based the set design on the long-demolished Archie Street.

In more recent years, we’ve seen real life Salford locations replaced with fictional counterparts – for example, Salford Quays became Weatherfield Quays.

Some of the new Manchester @BeeNetwork signage now on the set of #Corrie 👀 pic.twitter.com/VCmTaQNgl1 — Shaun (@ShaunInBrum) April 29, 2024

Weatherfield has its own council, hospital and police force, yet Salford City Council bins adorn its set, and even the bus stop maps show it as part of the wider city.

A recent post on X/Twitter from a Corrie tour guide show the fictional tram stop, on Victoria Street, as being near to the main campus of Salford University.

Is the Granada Studios Tour still operative?

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In February, Peter Ash, who plays Paul Foreman, shared a sweet throwback pic of him visiting the Street with family in the late 80s .

Due to the popularity of their programmes, Granada Television launched their very own studios tour in 1988, which allowed fans to walk the hallowed cobbles. There was a variety of other attractions on site, including a New York themed street, a recreation of Downing Street and a 3D cinema.

It was an epic day out, with the star attraction being able to sup a pint of Newton and Ridley best bitter in a licensed replica of the Rovers Return. Using a chroma-key (green screen) back drop, you could also film your very own scene with Betty Turpin (Betty Driver) and Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs).

By 1999, following a disastrous installation of Skytrak, the world’s first flying roller coaster that very quickly was put out of operation, and amid falling visitor numbers, it was decided to close the GST.

This allowed ITV to expand the Coronation Street set again to include Victoria Street, and for the next fifteen years it was impossible to snap a selfie outside of The Kabin or pose in front of the factory.

However, with the soap relocating in 2014, it was decided to throw open the doors for one last hurrah before the studios were redeveloped.

Guests who visited prior to closure in December 2015 could tour dressing rooms, see famous props and costumes from across the years and walk around a studio, which featured a number of interior sets.

One of these was of course, the pub, and once again superfans could pretend to pull a pint before walking out onto the backlot set and exploring it to their heart’s content.

Can I visit the current Coronation Street studios?

You’re in luck – yes! As I mentioned earlier, a dedicated visitor experience has been built on site at the current studios, and is open to guests 7 days a week.

Be warned though, there are 3 separate experiences which vary in price, and in what you can see on the day. It’s also a completely different experience to the Granada Studios Tour, so if you popped by in the 90s or 10 years ago, you might want to check it out again.

Not only that, but last year the experience grew to include a cinema and exhibition.

Coronation Street Experience ticket differences

• £7.50 weekday experience: This includes access to the cinema and exhibition floor, where you can pose behind the bar of the Rovers Return and see costumes and props. There is also a gift shop and café on site.
• £35 to £38 weekend tour and experience: All of the above is included in this ticket, but you also get a guided tour of the show’s exterior backlot set, which isn’t open to visitors during the week.
• £55 weekend star tour and experience: If you fancy splashing the cash, you can do all of the above, plus meet a member of cast at the end of your tour for a selfie and an autograph.

If you plan on having a nosey at the set on a weekday, you’ll find that access to the backlot is off limits due to filming commitments. However, you can still watch a highlights reel of classic moments, plus marvel at old props and costumes from years gone by.

There’s also replicas of the Rovers Return, Roy’s Rolls and No. 9 Coronation Street, home to the Dobbs family.

Whilst no real beer will come out of the taps as you pretend to pull a pint, as the former duty manager of the experience, I can confirm that this is an avenue that operators Continuum Attractions have planned to explore for quite some time – so keep an eye out.

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Weekend visitors can expect all of the above, but this time see the entirety of the outdoor set.

Don’t expect to be able to free roam for the entirety of your 90 minute walk as you’re guided in groups of up to 50 by an expert tour guide (and they really are blooming fabulous). You’ll still get plenty of time for your pictures and to nosey through letterboxes though and some extra minutes on Coronation Street itself.

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It should also be noted that the tours do not include access to the six interior studios, but some of the external buildings, such as Prima Doner, are actually used for filming and are open for visitors.

Find out more

Tickets can be pre-booked on the Coronation Street Experience website .

Remember what I said about the Manchester rain? You should probably be prepared, weather wise, for things to change in a heartbeat. You’ll be on your feet for quite a long time, and over tough cobblestones, so remember to dress appropriately.

The final option, if you fancy adding a bit of showbiz sparkle to your weekends, are the star tours. You’ll get the full works for £55, plus a short meet and greet at the end with one of the cast members, who will pose for a photo and sign an autograph.

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Here’s how you can meet the stars of Coronation Street with the ultimate backstage tour

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• Last updated 1 year ago
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From 1st April and running until June, fans of Coronation Street will be able to roam the iconic cobbles immersing themselves in the familiar surroundings of the Rovers Return , Roys Rolls, Underworld and The Kabin.

The event, provided by Star Tours will be the ultimate indulgence for soap lovers, with a 90-minute tour of the Coronation Street set to get stuck into all things Corrie and see the inner workings of the Manchester icon.

Although the tour operators are currently keeping names close to their chest, there will be a few surprises thrown into the mix too.

Each tour will bump into a ‘surprise’ cast member and offer a unique opportunity to meet them, have a chat and pose for a picture.

A treasured moment for any super fan.

Steve Masters, General Manager of Coronation Street: The Tour “Coronation Street: The Tour offers fans a unique opportunity to have an expertly guided tour on a live working production set.

“Our tours are unique as we have an added benefit where fans can meet some of their favourite characters from the show.

“It’s always wonderful to see the surprise and excitement on their faces in the final reveal.

“We can’t wait to kick off the tours again next month.”

Coronation Street: The Tours’ ‘Star Tours’ will run from 2pm – 5pm on the following dates.

• Saturday 1 st  April 2023
• Sunday 2 nd  April 2023
• Saturday 20 th  May 2023
• Sunday 21 st  May 2023
• Saturday 3 rd  June 2023
• Sunday 4 th  June 2023

The surprise cast character appearance will be kept a strict wrap until the experience takes place.

Tickets to the Star Tours are available for £45 for adults and £42.50 for children.

You can book your tour by clicking here.

Can’t get enough of Corrie?

You can also book a tour of the brand-new 2023  Weatherfield Precinct set.

This impressive two-story working set has been cleverly designed by Coronation Street’s design and construction teams and aged to complement the rest of the set.

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