Inside the Coronation Street set tour - with soap secrets and strict rules on touching windows

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I’m standing with a crowd of excited fans about to head into Manchester's real-life Coronation Street set on the official tour of the ITV soap.

But before we are allowed to set foot on to the famous street, our tour guide is taking us through some important ground rules. “No stilettos have we?" She says, peering at all of our footwear choices. "Because you might struggle on the cobbles, we had a lady had to be helped off them when she arrived in sky-high heels last week," she laughs.

And that's not the only thing we are all warned about. Our guide swiftly informs us: "Continuity is really important as this is a working set, so no writing any rude messages in the dust on the windows or on the cars - because believe me we’ve had that before now as well.” Read more : "I'm a Corrie superfan and I travel for hours to thank the soap's stars" This is life on the Coronation Street official public tour - which has just reopened to fans for the first time in two years after the easing of lockdown restrictions.

Fans can now book on a series of weekend dates to visit the real-life setting for the world's longest-running soap. And while you're not allowed to put your mucky paw prints on the windows, you can certainly get up close and personal with all the fascinating features of this most famous faux terraced street.