Can you go to Coronation Street?
Discover the stories behind life on the nation’s favourite street. Go behind the scenes and walk the cobbles at Coronation Street: The Tour. This unique opportunity gives you access all areas to the outdoor Coronation Street set, revealing off-air secrets and fascinating facts.
How long does the Coronation Street tour last?
90 minute
About The Tour Itself Coronation Street: The Tour, gives you the chance to explore the sensational outdoor set at MediaCityUK, Manchester, the live working production set where the show is filmed. In this 90 minute tour, you’ll get access externally to all of the street’s most recognisable places.
Where is Coronation St set?
Greater Manchester
The show is set in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester. It was filmed at Granada TV studios for more than 50 years from 1960-2014. It is now based at Media City in Salford, mainly filmed on a closed working set.
Is Coronation Street real houses?
The current set, brought into use in 2013, is based at the ITV Trafford Wharf Studios backlot, MediaCityUK in Trafford. As of 2022, it consists of early 20th-century terraced houses, with a public house, The Rovers Return, at one end, and a corner shop at the other.
Is Coronation Street filmed at Salford Quays?
Coronation Street is mainly filmed on a purpose-built 7.7-acre site in MediaCityUK on the canalside in Trafford in Greater Manchester. The show has been filmed at the site since 2014 and is the fifth major interpretation of the set.
Is there a Weatherfield in England?
Weatherfield is a fictional town based on Salford, Greater Manchester, which has been the setting for the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street since its inception in 1960.
Can you visit the new Coronation Street set?
When can you go? General public tours on the Corrie set are operating during daytime hours on select Saturdays, Sundays and occasional Bank Holidays.
Is there a hollyoaks tour?
Tours only available Tuesdays between 10am and 2.30pm. Max number of people permitted to attend is stated in the letter provided. Specific cast member requests can not be made. Due to cast schedules the max number of cast available for lunch is 2.
What accent is Coronation Street?
Manchester’s most famous soap opera Coronation Street has, despite being based in the city (a fictionalised version of Salford), less pronounced Mancunian accents than other TV shows set in the area. Several of the show’s cast members do speak with pronounced Mancunian accents in the series.
When did Coronation Street change set?
Located on the Manchester Ship Canal and directly opposite MediaCityUK, the Coronation Street production facility became the programme’s new home in 2014.
Why is Coronation Street so popular?
In 2010, it became the world’s longest-running television soap opera. Initially influenced by the conventions of kitchen sink realism, Coronation Street is noted for its depiction of a down-to-earth, working-class community, combined with light-hearted humour and strong characters.
Is Coronation Street filmed at Media City?
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