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Coronation Street filming locations in Malta
In summer 2007, ITV's Coronation Street sent Steve McDonald and Eileen Grimshaw on holiday to Gozo, filming over three episodes at Ramla Bay, the Citadel in Victoria, the Ta' Ċenċ Hotel in Sannat and the Azure Window.
Where was Coronation Street filmed in Malta?
The 2007 storyline sends best friends Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) and Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver) to Gozo. Steve hasn't booked a room, so the pair end up sharing a double at the Ta' Ċenċ Hotel. The episodes were shot on location around the island: the opening row on the steps of the Citadel's cathedral, scenes around Victoria, paddling at Ramla Bay and a final toast at the Azure Window. The episodes got their own title sequence showing Gozo churches, and local resident Robin Askwith played the holiday rep.
Victoria (Rabat), Gozo
The Citadel (Cittadella), Victoria
The Citadel in Victoria, Gozo, is the island's fortified hilltop old town. In 2007 Coronation Street filmed the opening of Steve and Eileen's Gozo holiday episodes on the steps of its Cathedral of the Assumption.
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Victoria (Rabat), Gozo
Independence Square (It-Tokk), Victoria
Independence Square, or It-Tokk, is the main square of Victoria, Gozo. The Madame Blanc Mysteries uses Victoria's old shopping lanes here for Jean's antique shop, and the town hall reportedly plays the Sainte Victoire museum.
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Xagħra
Ramla Bay
Ramla Bay is Gozo's largest red-sand beach, on the north coast below Xagħra and Nadur. Coronation Street filmed Eileen Grimshaw paddling here in 2007, and the BBC's Byron reportedly staged Shelley's funeral pyre on the sand.
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Ta' Sannat
Sannat Village Square
The church square in Ta' Sannat, Gozo, was Sainte Victoire in series one (2021) of The Madame Blanc Mysteries. It was dressed with French cars, signs and a bar to play the show's southern French village.
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Dwejra
Dwejra & the Azure Window
Daenerys and Khal Drogo's wedding in Game of Thrones season 1, episode 1 was filmed at Dwejra on Gozo, beside the Azure Window, which collapsed in 2017.
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Scene by scene
- Coronation StreetThe episode opens with Steve McDonald and Eileen Grimshaw bickering on the steps of the Cathedral of the Assumption, with more scenes filmed around the Citadel. The church also appears in the special Gozo title sequence — played Itself (Gozo)The Citadel (Cittadella), Victoria →
- Coronation StreetSteve and Eileen's first-day scenes were partly filmed in nearby St Francis Square — played Itself (Gozo)Independence Square (It-Tokk), Victoria →
- Coronation StreetEileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver) and Steve McDonald on the beach during their holiday. Eileen paddles in the shallows on the red sand — played Itself (Gozo)Ramla Bay →
- Coronation StreetThe Ta' Sannat parish church appears in the special Gozo title sequence, and Steve and Eileen's hotel, the Ta' Ċenċ, is just outside the village — played Itself (Gozo)Sannat Village Square →
- Coronation StreetSteve and Eileen's Gozo holiday ends with a toast in front of the Azure Window at Dwejra (filmed 2007, ten years before the arch collapsed) — played Itself (Gozo)Dwejra & the Azure Window →
See it on the map
The exact spot and camera angle for every Coronation Street scene in Malta.