While ITV's Coronation Street has the Rovers Return pub for its soap celebrations, the stars of the show have adopted a rather more glitzy bar for all their party nights and celebrations. The Alchemist at MediaCity is just a stone's throw from the ITV Corrie set, and has fast become the hotspot for the soap's stars celebrating birthdays and leaving dos.
Over the summer months it played host to a number of Corrie parties and gatherings, most recently for the leaving party of soap favourite Millie Gibson. And it's not hard to see why the restaurant and bar is quite so appealing.
It has a simply stunning setting right at the heart of the old docks at Salford Quays - looking out to The Lowry Theatre on one side, and the vast swathe of TV studios at MediaCity to the other. There is a large outdoor terrace where you can eat and drink soaking up those waterside views.
