 | This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. (May 2021) |
| Weatherfield | |
|---|---|
| Coronation Street location | |
 Part of the Coronation Street set in 2007 | |
| Created by | Tony Warren |
| Genre | Soap opera |
| In-universe information | |
| Type | Town |
| Location | Greater Manchester |
| Locations | Coronation Street Rovers Return Inn |
| Characters | Coronation Street characters |
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.[1] Much of Weatherfield has been seen by viewers throughout the years, though the primary focus from the viewer's perspective is the eponymous Coronation Street, a cobbled street[a] where many of the programme's characters live. The soap opera is often shot on location around Salford and the neighbouring large city of Manchester, as its filming studios, the Granada Studios complex on Quay Street in Manchester city centre (which closed in 2013) and its replacement set MediaCityUK in Salford Quays (opened in 2014), only house the outdoor sets of Coronation Street and its immediate surrounding streets.
As part of the 2010 Children in Need charity appeal, Weatherfield became twinned with Walford in a special programme uniting the two soaps, Coronation Street and EastEnders, called East Street.
- ^ Brooks-Pollock, Tom (11 March 2014). "Ten things Manchester gets the credit for when really it should be Salford". men. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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