THE CORRIE SET on the Granada site close to MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry) should re-open to visitors and fans in March 2014.
It will be a temporary re-opening initially for six months until September 2014.
Several decades of fans used to the three-quarter scale set will now have the opportunity to stroll the street where so much of the soap opera's drama has taken place.
Since it was announced that a new set for the most famous TV street in the UK would be built at MediaCityUK, Confidential has called for retention of the city centre set as a useful boost to the already improving city centre tourist trade.
Several decades of fans used to the three-quarter scale set will now have the opportunity to stroll the street where so much of the soap opera's drama has taken place.
Continuum (perfect name) will operate the attraction. They already run attractions such as The Real Mary King's Close in Edinburgh and Oxford Castle Unlocked. Their partners will be Mather & Co run by Chris Mather, former director of ITV's Granada Tours. Mather will design and develop the six month project.
Before proceeding to formal planning permission an exhibition is planned, by invitation only on Thursday this week at the Granada HQ building in Atherton Street for local residents, businesses and stakeholders. As stated, this is by invitation only.
In its heyday Granada Studios Tour centred on 'the Street' attracted more than half a million visitors a year. It provided a mighty slice of the tourist cake. Interest should still be very high with a re-opened city centre set. If so the temporary 'reveal' for six months next year might be turned into a permanent one.
Let's hope that consultation goes well and the plan goes ahead.
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