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Costa, Co-op & cop shop among additions

IT may look like it’s all change on the cobbles, but this new set is grounded in tradition.

Coronation Street’s revamped and extended exterior lot, unveiled to the cast yesterday, now features a Costa, a Co-op, a tram stop and a police station.

But the stars playing out plotlines against the new backdrop at Manchester’s Trafford Wharf Road site will be standing on 7,000 cobbles salvaged from the old Quay Street site, Corrie’s home from 1982 to 2013.

The expanded Weatherfield, a continuation of the 1999 addition of part of Victoria Street, hits screens on April 20. Producer Kate Oates said: “The Victoria Street extension represents an exciting chapter in Corrie history, full of dramatic potential.”

And in a poignant tribute, the urban garden is dedicated to the 22 people killed in the Manchester Arena bombing last May – including Corrie superfan