{"id":51819,"date":"2025-08-08T03:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/51819\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T03:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:30:13","slug":"coronation-streets-colson-smith-shares-incredible-update-as-he-trades-uk-for-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/51819\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street’s Colson Smith shares ‘incredible’ update as he trades UK for Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Craig Tinker star bid farewell to the cobbles earlier this year\"ColsonColson Smith is enjoying a “very special trip” after jetting off to Kenya(Image: Instagram\/Colson Smith)<\/p>\n

Coronation Street’s Colson Smith has taken to social media to share his “incredible” experience. The TV star has recently traded the UK for Kenya to take part in a fitness retreat and train with some of the talented professional runners. Colson bid farewell to his role as Craig Tinker on the iconic cobbles in heartbreaking scenes earlier this year.<\/a><\/p>\n

The former Coronation Street star <\/a>has kept busy since leaving his role. He arrived in Kenya at the start of the week for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. On social media, Colson posted a photograph of himself in Nairobi, Kenya as well as some snaps of the safari animals. The 26-year-old wrote: “Day 1 of a very special trip! Super grateful!” alongside some safari animals.<\/p>\n

Photos shared by the actor showed giraffes, lions, rhinos and leopards. Former co-stars including Andy Whyment and Sally Ann Matthews commented about the safari trip.<\/a><\/p>\n

Andy, who plays Kirk Sutherland, wrote: “Have an amazing time mate” and Sally who recently announced she would be leaving the role of Jenny Bradley, commented “Oh wow! Have a fabulous time.”<\/p>\n

Colson has been keeping his followers <\/a>updated throughout the entirety of his trip, regularly uploading stories of his runs and incredible experiences.<\/p>\n

He recently shared that he had spent the day with the Gathimba Edwards Foundation, a charity which supports families and young children in Kenya. After saying that he had got used to the hot climate, Colson spoke to his followers about his “incredible day.”<\/p>\n

\"ColsonColson Smith is currently in Kenya after leaving Coronation Street(Image: Instagram\/Colson Smith)<\/p>\n

Since his final scenes aired, Colson has provided plenty of career insights<\/a> on social media and he has not been short of jobs. He has appeared as a presenter on ITV’s This Morning, typically hosting competitions and speaking to viewers from a location away from the studio.<\/p>\n

Colson is also diving into a fresh career path<\/a> as he joins the team at BBC<\/a> Radio Leeds. Giving two thumbs up in the radio studio, he captioned a post in May: “Day 1, on the mic. First day as a presenter on BBC Radio, covering across Yorkshire! A huge thank you to those that joined me! Same time and place next week! See you then.”<\/p>\n

In May, viewers were in tears when Craig Tinker fell victim to a vicious assault <\/a>by Mick Michaelis. The soap star had played Craig since he was 11 years old. The Weatherfield police officer was killed off as Colson said goodbye to the show.<\/p>\n

Former and current Coronation Street <\/a>stars gathered for a farewell party after Colson’s last day on set in March. The celebrations came after a heartfelt message about his time on the show.<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of his departure, Colson wrote: “Autumn last year I was told that Craig Tinkers time on the Cobbles is to come to end in 2025. I\u2019ve LOVED every single second of my stay as a resident on the GREATEST street in the world.<\/p>\n

\u200c”I feel incredibly lucky to have grown up in, on and around Coronation Street<\/a>. I\u2019ve learnt pretty much everything about life from the people who call it home. I\u2019m excited to play out the exit story for our Craigy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Craig Tinker star bid farewell to the cobbles earlier this yearColson Smith is enjoying a “very special…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2525,96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-51819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-coronation-street","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}