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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Charlotte Hadfield

'Post-apocalyptic' Coronation Street set captured in eerie video

The abandoned Coronation Street set was captured in this eerie video footage before it was demolished.

The footage, taken by The Urban Collective, shows the streets where some of the nation's most loved soap characters lived before the set moved from Granada Studios to Salford Quays in 2013. Webster's Autocentre, Gail Platt's house and the remains of the famous Rover's Return can be seen reclaimed by nature in the video, which was taken back in 2018.

The set was dismantled and demolished later that year to make way for other developments in the area. Despite being based in a different location today, the backdrop for Corrie remains the same but with some new additions to accommodate the ever-growing street.

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In the original 1960s street the Rovers Return pub was fully built. But the terraces next to the pub were fake, with brick false walls at the front, which were propped up by scaffolding behind.

In 1968 the full set was completely constructed with the terraces, Weatherfield Police Station, the taxi rank and the adjacent street where you would go on to find Elliot's Butchers, the kebab shop (Originally a chippy) and the builder's yard.

The Urban Collective said the former set felt "post-apocalyptic" when they took a look around the iconic backstreets and inside Rosamund Street Medical Centre. The ITV soap is now filmed at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays.

*Trespassing on private property is dangerous and can be illegal in certain circumstances.

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