The affinity between the two goes back to the 1960s with the fictional characters looking to Blackpool for holidays, days out, secret affairs and the times when their kids have run away to the bright lights of the seaside.
And we have seen highly emotive storylines such as Roy and Hayley’s trip to Blackpool after Hayley had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Who can forget possibly the most talked about scene of all – at least locally – when Alan Bradley was struck by a Blackpool tram after his wife Rita fled from his grasp? It was watched by than 27 million people.
7. Coronation Street in Blackpool
Julie Hesmondhalgh and David Neilson go through their lines on the beach in 2013 Photo: rob lock
8. Coronation Street in Blackpool
The actors David Neilson and Julie Hesmondhalgh (pictured) who played Roy and Hayley Cropper were filming scenes on Blackpool beach as part of the storyline regarding Hayley's terminal illness in 2013 Photo: rob lock
9. Coronation Street in Blackpool
This was actually in Fleetwood. Julie Goodyear who played Bet Lynch filmed on board a cruiser at Fleetwood Marina Photo: PETER LOMAS
10. Coronation Street in Blackpool
Alan Bradley and Rita's final confrontation in Blackpool in 1989 Photo: Submit
11. Coronation Street in Blackpool
Landau for two: Coronation Street's Mavis and boyfriend Norris Birchall in Blackpool, 1985 Photo: Submit
12. Coronation Street in Blackpool
Tight security surrounds Coronation Street star Ian Mercer, who played Gary Mallet, after filming for the show on the beach in 2000 Photo: Dawn Castle