3 Coronation Street

3 Coronation Street is the second house going east on Coronation Street and is located between No. 1 and No.5. The current owner is Emily Bishop. Emily moved into No.3 in 1972 with her then husband, Ernest Bishop. Ernest was shot, in 1978 however, and Emily continued to live in No.3. The Barlow family used to live at No.3 and included Frank, Ida, David and Ken.

After Ernest's death, Emily began to take in lodgers. Severeal of the street's most famous residents have lodged at No.3 including Curly Watts, Kevin Webster, and Percy Sugden.

No.3 was burgled in 1986 by two men Emily thought were from the waterboard. Emily's engagement ring was stolen as well as Curly's telescope

Aside from the conversions of one of the bedrooms into a bathroom, no major renovations have taken place.

In 2010, Emily and Norris discovered a note behind the skirting board in her home, which turned out to be a letter sent to Ken Barlow from 1961. It turned out to be a letter from his first girlfriend Susan Cunningham, and helped him reconnect with his long-lost son Lawrence and grandson James , who he never knew existed.

Emily currently lives with her lodger Norris Cole.