Our Kate hits the cobbles to check out the Corrie tour

Visitors to the Coronation Street Tour can now pop into the Kabin and visit Kevin Websters garage after bosses opened up a raft of new attractions. Bolton News reporter Kate McMullin hit the cobbles to find out more.

ONE of Weatherfields most famous landmarks has been added to the popular Coronation Street tour . . . and its likely even grumpy character Norris would approve of the latest attraction.

For the Kabin - where Norris sells newspapers - is one of the new additions to the famous cobbles. Visitors can also take a sneak peek inside Websters Auto Centre and Devs takeaway Prima Doner. Fans can even go inside and have their pictures taken behind the counter.

The Quay Street tour which launched a year ago after filming of the popular soap was moved from the Old Granada Studios to Media City in Salford - has had more than 420,000 visitors in its first 12 months.

The cast filmed their last scene on the Quay Street set on December 20, 2013, after 33 years of production at Granada Studios.

The 50-minute guided tour takes fans behind the scenes of one of the nations best loved soaps.

They can follow the path that the stars would have taken, starting in the green room and moving 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.

Tour 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.

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Our Kate hits the cobbles to check out the Corrie tour