Bessie Street, originally named Silk Street, is a street situated in Weatherfield. It is home to Bessie Street School, formerly named Silk Street Elementary, and Hardcastle's Factory School.
Bessie Street was also where Len Fairclough started work as an apprentice with Jerry Booth until the owner died. In 1971, betting shop employee Lucille Hewitt was mugged by Frank Bradley when she was taking the day's takings to the bank. In August 1972, Peeping Tom Edward Ferguson was caught standing on an outside toilet in Bessie Street and duly arrested. This came as a relief to Stan Ogden, as the street's male residents had caught him in a vigilante sting and accused him of being the culprit. In the mid-1980s new houses were built in the street.
Known residents of the street include Molly Coggan, Nikki, Peter Jackson, Roy Bradley and Frank Townsend.
Businesses include a now closed self-service shop, the Old Cock pub and Mick Connolly's barber shop.