BEHIND THE SCENES
The Emmerdale village set on the Harewood Estate is the modern home of the ITV soap’s fictional village. For viewers, it is the place where the Woolpack, the village shop, the church, the cottages and the familiar stone built streets come together to create the everyday world of Emmerdale.
FILMING LOCATIONS
Coronation Street is set in the fictional town of Weatherfield, but its screen identity has always been tied to Greater Manchester. The programme’s main exterior set provides the familiar cobbles, houses and businesses, yet the wider city gives the soap an extra layer of realism. Manchester landmarks and nearby
FILMING LOCATIONS
Coronation Street may be best known for its purpose built exterior set, but the programme’s connection to Greater Manchester reaches beyond the cobbles. Trafford and the wider city region have long provided useful exterior filming locations, helping the soap expand its world whenever a story needs to move beyond
FILMING LOCATIONS
Before Coronation Street moved to its current home near MediaCityUK, its history was rooted in Quay Street. The former Granada Studios site in Manchester was the long time home of the programme and remains one of the most important locations in British television history. Coronation Street began in 1960 and
FILMING LOCATIONS
The Coronation Street exterior set at MediaCityUK is now one of the most recognisable television locations in the country. For viewers who have spent years watching Weatherfield on screen, the chance to walk along the cobbles in person turns the fictional street into something surprisingly real. The current set, brought
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For many soap viewers, Coronation Street and Emmerdale are part of the daily routine. They are familiar, comforting and have become part of people's lives over many years. For Lucy, visiting the real life sets behind two of Britain's biggest soaps has become something much more
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