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Coronation Street Airbnb to give fans the chance to stay next to Rovers Return

Coronation Street will be home to its own Airbnb with fans of the legendary soap getting to spend a night on the famous Wetherfield cobbles.

The much loved ITV show, which celebrated its 60th birthday last year, has not long moved sets in Manchester and it's Corrie's new home where the 'Rovers Annexe' will be located.

News of the huge first was revealed on Tuesday's This Morning by soap expert Sharon Marshall.

After teasing an upcoming episode of Coronation Street in which youngster Sam finds himself in danger, Sharon joked: "If that's a place where you think you might want to go for a holiday," before sharing details of the Airbnb.

She explained: "It's going to be for one night only. They've actually built a little annexe next to the Rovers, so it'll be like you're staying in the Rovers."

As footage of the flat being built flashed up on screen, host Holly Willoughby said: "That's incredible!" before Sharon added: "the booking goes on, I've found the exact date - next Wednesday, May 26 at 1pm on the Airbnb site.

As a picture of its bedroom appeared before him, Phillip Schofield exclaimed: "that's a genius idea!" before Sharon clarified that the stay is for two people for one night in October.

The Rovers' Annexe' has been unveiled on the set of the ITV1s soap, as it lists on Airbnb, giving fans a once-in-a-lifetime experience to stay in the self-contained pop-up house on the cobbles, (PA)

"You'll get a hot pot, you'll maybe get a drink. You can walk round and take pictures," she continued.

"And it's in the new set which is good because the old set was haunted, so you didn't want to stay there overnight.

"But apparently you'll be OK there. It looks amazing!"

Holly told her: "That is so cool!"

Coronation Street recently made headlines for its harrowing hate crime storyline which saw popular character Seb lose his life in emotionally charged and hard to watch scenes.

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