Television crews have set up in Le Mans Crescent, outside the former court building opposite the town hall, a spot once used to film popular ITV drama Peaky Blinders.

But today, film crews were on site to shoot scenes for long-running soap opera classic Coronation Street.

ITV staff outside the old court building on Le Mans Crescent (Image: Dan Dougherty)

Coronation Street is set in the fictional town of Weatherfield, Greater Manchester.

Usually filmed in Salford, Coronation Street crews make regular trips to other areas in the North West.

The Coronation Street crew were last spotted in Bolton in 2025, when they were also filming outside Le Mans Crescent.

Many of Coronation Street’s other classic court scenes have been filmed at Le Mans Crescent.

Film crew outside the old court building on Le Mans Crescent (Image: Dan Dougherty)

In July 2021 and 2022, the trial following the murder of Seb Franklin was shot in the old Bolton Magistrates Court on Le Mans Crescent.

This morning passers-by spotted the famous Newton and Ridley truck.

Although the specifics of the scene are currently unknown, it may have something to do with George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley), who is trying to save his business following a smear campaign led by a disgruntled customer Annie.

George lost his battle against Annie, meaning he was forced to sell his undertaker business, despite pushback from the Weatherfield community.

George was ready to sell, but upon hearing of his successor’s cold approach to the business George holds so closely to his heart, he changed his mind and refused the offer.

ITV staff outside the old court building on Le Mans Crescent (Image: Dan Dougherty)

More recently, Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins) has been trying to convince George to start an ad campaign in the Weatherfield Gazette.

Or it may have something to do with the upcoming wedding between Carla Connor (Alison King) and Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers), as a flash-forward episode in February revealed there will be a murder on the big day.

The flash-forward episode showed the aftermath of the wedding – where someone has been murdered, but not how or who.