Visitors to the Coronation Street Tour can now pop into the Kabin to buy a paper as well as visit Kevin Webster's garage after bosses opened up a raft of new attractions. Bolton News reporter Kate McMullin hit the cobbles to find out more.
PEOPLE in Weatherfield wanting to pick up a copy of The Bolton News can now head to their local newsagents — after The Kabin opened its doors to the public.
The shop is the latest attraction to open as part of the Coronation Street Tour —which launched in March last year after filming of the popular soap was moved from the Old Granada Studios to Media City in Salford.
Out on the cobbles, visitors can also take a sneak peek inside Websters' Auto Centre.
The Quay Street studio has also opened up Dev's takeaway Prima Doner, where Corrie fans can go inside and have their pictures taken behind the counter.
The tour has had more than 420,000 visitors in its first year.
The cast filmed their last scene on the Quay Street set on December 20, 2013, after 33 years of filming at Granada Studios.
The 50-minute guided tour takes visitors behind the scenes of one of the nation’s best loved soaps.
Visitors will be able to follow the path that the stars would have taken, starting in the green room and moving on down the corridor to see dressing rooms belonging to some of the shows longest standing cast members.
Fans can also see some of the iconic outfits worn by the cast before going in to the studios where filming took place.
The tour's general manager Andy Begg said: "We are really excited to include The Kabin as part of the tour. It is one of the sets that fans really want to see and now they can.
"We are also sure that they will love the experience of going inside Prima Doner and getting to see what it looks like on TV."
Fans can also visit Carla's flat, the Platt and Duckworth homes and Underworld, as well as everyone's favourite pub the Rovers Return.
In the coming months, Coronation Street viewers will follow one of the soap's most controversial story lines, which will see Faye Windass become the youngest parent in the history of the show.
Viewers will watch as Faye, who is played by actress Ellie Leach, struggles to come to terms with the fact that she is pregnant.
For tickets to the tour go to ticketmaster.co.uk/coronationstreet
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