Thursday 11 August 2016

Coronation Street

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FILMED ON LOCATION IN
Coronation Street is filmed on location at ITV Studios, Coronation Street, Stretford M17 1AU, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England, United Kingdom. | Visit: http://www.itv.com/ for visiting information. | TV Show Official Website: http://itv.com/coronationstreet

ABOUT THE SHOW
Coronation Street is the longest running British Soap Drama and was originally based inside at Granada Studios Bonded Warehouse at Quay Street in Manchester Central Centre during the 1960's before moving to the nearby backlot of the studios in 1980 and then moved to it's current location at Coronation Street, Stretford, Manchester. in 2014.

LOCATIONS
Coronation Street
Glad Tidings Mission Hall
The Rovers Return Inn
Ascension Street
Viaduct Street
Rosemund Street

OFFICIAL LINKS
Official TV Show Website
Official Visitor Attraction 2014-2015 Website
Official The Shaping Of The Street Official Website
Official The Rovers Return Inn Website
Official Weatherfield Gazette Website
Official Google Maps Original 1960-1979 Location
Official Google Maps Original 1980-2014 Location
Official Google Maps Current 2015-present Location

FACTS

  • The Rovers Return Inn is labelled on Google Maps where it originally once stood before being moved to it's current location.
  • The original Rovers Return Inn from the 1960's was much different than the one seen in the 1970's and later, the 1980's up to 2014.
  • As of 2014, the old ITV Granada Studios was sold for over $26.5 million dollars.
  • The old location of Coronation Street no longer exists as it has now moved to Media City from the original set location at Quay Street.
  • The original Rovers Return Inn in early 2014 had only 1 window above the building sign.
  • The map of the whole of Weatherfield and Coronation Street was included as part of a Special Edition of The Sun in 2004.
  • When Helen Flanagan, who starred as Rosie Webster, left Coronation Street in 2012, she turned to modelling with a naughty lad's mag called ZIP, which has some shots of her in nude.
  • The original Coronation Street set from 1980 to 2014 was built in the back of the Granada Studios Bonded Warehouse backlot and before that, in the early 1960's, Coronation Street was filmed inside the warehouse.
  • The Coronation Street opening logo font is different in the first episode of Coronation Street up to the 1980's, when it changed to the current Trajan font.
  • The original Coronation Street set from 1980 to 2014 was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
  • Archie Street in Manchester in the early 1960's was the inspiration to the original Coronation Street architecture.


AWARDS
CLICK HERE to see the full list of awards.

LOGOS
1960-1979
1980-2013
2014-present


SPECIAL EDITION MAP OF THE STREET

StreetFinder Map - 15th March 1996 ©1996-present ITV Studios & The Sun Newspapers UK.



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