Anger over new card-only rule on popular Coronation Street tour

07 October 2023 , 19:16

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Fans have fun on the Coronation Street tour

Corrie’s set tour has upset visitors by going cashless in a move critics said would have show legend Ena Sharples “raging from her grave”.

Fans of the ITV soap checking in for the £35 studio visit cannot buy anything – from a cuppa to souvenirs – unless paying by card. It is a blow to older visitors in particular, who are less likely to carry plastic. One fan wrote on Tripadvisor: “Cashless to buy anything – even a cuppa! That grates me.” Another added: “Would’ve been nice to use cash instead of card, which I didn’t have. So I couldn’t buy anything for my family.”

Show legend Ena Sharples (Violet Carson) (ITV)

The Payment Choice Alliance’s Ron Delnevo said: “The good name of Coronation Street is being dragged down by forcing visitors to go cashless. Ena ­Sharples will be raging from her grave.”

The Salford studio started tours in 2018. Operator Continuum Attractions was approached for comment. Following a petition to make it unlawful for shops to refuse cash, the Government con-firmed in April it does not plan to mandate cash acceptance.

Saskia Rowlands