ThisisBigBrother.com - UK TV Forums - Corrie's current set to become a tourist attraction

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The Coronation Street set will reportedly be turned into a theme park-style tourist attraction if plans to relocate filming go ahead.

According to the Sunday Mirror, show bosses are hoping to build an exact replica of the Street near MediaCity UK in Salford Quays to lower filming costs and want to open the existing set to fans.

Visitors will apparently be able to drink in the Rovers Return, shop at Rita's Kabin and even film their own soap scene.

A source said: "There is a lot there which people would like to visit. Coronation Street bosses think it would be a hugely popular attraction and a fitting tribute to the old set."

A spokesman added: "We are currently discussing a number of options."

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Apparently ITV are planning on selling it to the science museum next door when the set moves in 2012