Speculation was rife among dog walkers and ramblers as to the plotline when Coronation Street took over an oasis just off the M60 for two consecutive nights. Springwater Park in Whitefield is where the Rivers Irwell and Roch merge and is haven for wildlife.
Deer silently move through its woods, dippers and grey wagtails bob on river rocks, birds of prey hover, above rough grass waiting to pounce.
But the location where nature has taken over a sprawling former bleachworks, in the shape of woodland, small ponds, and a thriving river, is to be known to millions of TV viewers. For two nights this week it was used for the filming of scenes in Corrie.
