Coronation Street - The Tour 2022
by Calvin Henry-Cotnam

My wife and I visited the cobbles on Sunday June 5, 2022. This was not long after tours resumed post-Covid. The tour takes about 90 minutes and covers a little more than when I visited in 2018. Here is the map of the set (all images on this page may be enlarged by clicking them)...

The entrance for the tour is now at the gate on Trafford Warf Road, which is to the left of the lower-left part of the tour map. See here for a view from above courtesy of Google Earth. The tour now begins and ends close to the location marked exit on the map. The first part has the group make its way to the location marked entrance on the map. Along the way, it is pointed out that the area serves as the car park for Freshco.

The wall along the back of the set has Freshco posters, as seen in the photos to the left and right. Our tour guide described the scene where Emma Brooker was stalking Jon Spear by hiding with the trolleys in the car park. The group made its way to the place on the map marked as the entrance where the tour starts on Viaduct Street as it did in 2018.

Starting from the point on the map labeled Entrance, the tour starts on Viaduct Street. The view down Viaduct Street, shown to the right, has the Bistro in the foreground followed by the former Annex of Webster's Garage. Kevin bought a second garage in 2015 on Stanley Street, but later moved it to the site under the arches in Viaduct Street.

In January 2017, Andy Carver was blackmailed by Pat Phelan into setting fire to the garage in Viaduct Street, seen in the photo to the left. It lay empty until Zeedan Nazir and Robert Preston started using it to train in for the boxing match in memory of Luke Britton in March 2018. We have seen no further use of it since then.

Looking to the right on Viaduct Street, we see The Kabin on the other side of Coronation Street, as seen in the near right photo. Opposite the Kabin, on the near side of Coronation Street is the corner shop. The main change here since the 2018 visit is the name on the shop.

Next to The Kabin on Coronation Street is Webster's Garage and Underworld, shown in the photo to the right. As seen in the photo, on this visit the garage door is open, but partly baracaded to prevent entry.

Taken looking into the garage, the two photos to the left provide a look at the inside of Webster's Garage.

During my 2018 visit, the Underworld van was parked at the shipping doors, preventing the taking a good photo.

On this visit, there was no van outside of Underworld, so a clear photo of the shipping doors could be taken, shown on the right.

From the same location where the Underworld shipping doors was taken, but turning around to the left, the photo to the left was taken showing The Kabin to the right and the corner shop across the street.

I took another photo of the Platt's back garden by holding my camera over the fence, as I did on the 2018 tour. I was curious to see if there were signs of the sink hole, but as seen in the photo to the right, there does not appear to be any.

Continuing on Coronation Street, the photo to the left shows the entrances to number 11 (Eileen) followed by number 9 (Tyrone and Fiz), with the estate agent's sign displayed. Past those are number 7 (the Alahan's), number 5 (Chesney and Gemma), number 3 (the Bailey's), and number 1 (the Barlow's) with the scaffolding set up. At the time of our visit, the scaffolding had not been set up on episodes that were airing.

Viewed from in front of Audrey's Salon, the photo to the immediate right shows a better view of the scaffolding. The photo to the far right looks down Coronation Street back towards Viaduct Street.

On the opposite side of the street, the photo to the left shows number 8 (the Platt's), number 6 (the Nazir's), and number 4 (the Metcalfe's).

The photo to the right shows the plaque on the bench outside of Audrey's Salon in memory of Maxine Peacock.

The Rover's Return is on the corner of Coronation Street and Rosamund Street. The photo on the near right shows the side with its Newton and Ridley sign.

Heading down the side of the Rovers on Rosamund Street takes you to the entrance of the ginnel between Coronation Street and Mawdsley Street, as seen in the photo to the left.

The immediate right shows the the outdoor lounge/patio of the Rovers. The far right photo shows the mural in memory of Maddie Heath. The mural was painted by Craig Tinker and Caitlin Ryan and has managed to survive despite a couple of attempts of council workers to remove it.

The view down the ginnel from just past the Rover's lounge/patio looking towards Viaduct Street can be seen in the photo to the left.

Turning back around in the ginnel towards Rosamund Street, the view is shown to the right.

Back out on Rosamund Street, and passing under the viaduct, one can get a better view of what is on Mawdsley Street.

The photo to the left shows the view from just under the viaduct, with the J.R. Eccleston & Sons hardware store in the centre.

The near right photo shows a closer view of the sign on the hardware store. The far right photo shows the sign on G. Hatzar Engineering, to the right of the hardware store. By the way, "Eccleston" was named after Corrie prop man Peter Eccleston. Though the engineering firm is G. Hatzar, it is named after prop buyer Ciaron Hatzar.

Passing back under the viaduct from Mawdsley Street towards Coronation Street, there are some advertising posters on the ginnel-side wall, including the one in the photo to the right for Freshco featuring Gemma, Chesney, and the quads - a.k.a. the Feshco Four. Occcasionally, this poster can be seen on the show.

The photo to the far left shows a close up view of the entrance to the Rosamund Street Medical Centre and the photo to the near left shows an up close view of the chippy, For Your Fries Only.

Does anyone recall that Eileen had an electric vehicle for about a year? She won it in April 2017 in a contest that Pat Phelan had entered.

Eventually she got her driver licence in August of that year, but sold the car in April 2018. At the time, I wondered where she would park it and, more importantly, charge it.

I don't recall the answer to either question being answered, but on this recent visit to the street, I discovered there is an EV charge point on Rosamund Street right in front of the Health Centre and Chippy, as shown in the photo to the left. Its just a prop, and is not even bolted to the ground. As an owner of a Ford Focus Electric since the end of 2017, I tend to notice these things and look them over closely.

The photo to the immediate right shows Tracy's flower shop, Preston's Petals, at the corner of Rosamund and Victoria Streets. Across the road, but facing Victoria Street, is the entrance to Streetcars shown in the photo to the far right.

Victoria Street extends a little beyond the Streetcars office to the entrance of Nuttall's Brewery.

The photo to the right shows another view outside of Streetcars. Two of their cars can be seen and beyond them and to the right of them is Nuttall's Brewery.

The photo to the left was taken a little further along Victoria Street as the on on the right, and shows part of Roy's Rolls and Prima Doner, the kabab shop.

The entrance door to Prima Doner was not open on this visit, but on my visit in 2018, it was and I took a couple of photos through the door showing the inside of the shop.

The immediate right photo shows a view of Roy's Rolls and the far right photo shows the Community Centre next to Roy's Rolls.

Two more doors past the Community Centre, and we reach Barlow Legal Services, shown in the photo to the far left. You may notice from the signage that the premises is also the location of Langtree IS Services. Across the street is Ed Bailey's builder yard, shown to the immediate left.

Past the law office is the entrance to Victoria Court apartments, shown in the immediate right photo. A closer look at the names is shown in the far right photo. Sorry for not getting a cleaner shot of the names, but if you look close, you can make out "N. Tilsley & L. Battersby" as well as "G. Windass & M. Connor".

A little further along Victoria Street is the entrance to the Victoria Court resident parking along with Trim Up North. A number of the people in our tour group can be seen heading towards the parking in the photo to the right. If you look closer at this photo, you might be wondering what those red doors are for - the answer is coming. The far right photo gives a better view of Trim Up North.

Those red doors are better seen in the near right photo. They are an exit to the Weatherfield Crown Court. Straight across from where this photo was taken is the sign for the Police Station, seen in the middle right photo. The far right photo shows the sign for the police station.

The far left photo shows the outside of the Police Station and I managed to take a reasonable photo through the glass door to see the inside in the immediate left photo.

The photo to the right shows a better look beyond the Police Station. This area may become new scenery on the show in the future. If you take a look on Google Earth, you will see that this area of the set is separated from Trafford Wharf Road by just a wall. Traffic noise from the street, including the occasional tram turning less than 100 metres away at Warren Bruce Road, contribute to a natural busy outdoors effect in scenes outside of the Police Station.

Returning back to Victoria Street, across from Trim Up North, we see Shuttleworth Independent Funeral Services in the photo to the left.

Continuing along Victoria Street, we get to Speed Daal, seen in the photo to the immediate right (with my wife checking out the menu). The next two on the street, seen in the far right photo, are businesses that we don't currently see anything happening with them on the show. The first is the Weatherfield Snooker Hall, which Peter was interested in purchasing a few years back. Next to this is a tatoo studio named Tatoo'll Do Nicely, though its sign is now very faded. It was more visible when I visited in 2018.

Across the street again, and the two photos to the right show a couple of views of the Victoria Street Community Garden.

Next to the tatoo studio, just before Victoria Street takes a turn, is the Weatherfield North tram stop. The far left photo gives a wide view of the tram stop, while the immediate left photo give a closer look at the entrance doors.

Ever wonder what the inside of the ticket booth looked like? Considering that Manchester Metrolink doesn't have ticket booths as all tickets are sold through ticket vending machines, this detail is a bit of an oddity. Even so, the photo to the right shows the inside of the ticket booth, complete with a kettle and a high-vis vest.

You may recall that when this end of Victoria Street first appeared, there was a Costa Coffee next to the tram stop and a Co-op shop next to Costa. The Costa Coffee shop is no longer there, but has been replaced by a BT EE shop, seen in the far left photo. As seen in the near left photo, the Co-op is still there.

Here's something you may not know about the Co-op shop. The sandwiches, fruit, and other things in the cooler don't need to have a sell-by date. The reason is that they are just a photograph! Even when taking a close look at the photo to the right, taken through the glass door of the shop, it's not very easy to tell that the cooler just has a large photo of its contents.

When I visited in 2018, this was the end of the tour, but now there is a little more! For the most part, this part of the tour involves things that are not part of the set as seen on the show, but some of the behind-the-scenes places.

The next part of the tour doubles back on the first part of the tour, passing the building seen in the photo to the left. It is really just an office on the set, but has a sign calling it the Victoria Street Lodge. It occasionally is used for various scenes where a rather non-descript building is needed.

Just past the Victoria Street Lodge building, the tour turns along what is inline with Mawdsley Street. This area is where various props are storred, starting with a shed full of gardening tools in the immediate right photo, and a shed with construction dressing in the far right photo.

Next to the construction dressing, there is covered storage for bicycles, as seen in the far left photo. The near left photo shows a shed signed "Skip Etc Dressing" and various signs, including one for Weatherfield City Council, can be seen.

The final photo shows the backside of part of the set showing the backside of the wall that overlooks the ginnel between Coronation Street and Mawdsley Street. This wall is the backside of the homes that would be on Mawdsley Street.

Incidently, on Google Earth Mawdsley Street is labeled as Crimea Street. Technically, Mawdsley Street ran from Rosamund Street to Viaduct Street, and Rosamund Street continued further north of the viaduct. It has not been made clear if the western extension of Mawdsley Street (Crimea Street) is really an extension of Rosamund Street or Mawdsley Street.