Is Tracy Barlow leaving Coronation Street? ITV soap future revealed amid Kate Ford exit

Tracy Barlow left Coronation Street fans saddened on Friday night, as Kate Ford’s character announced another exit.

Just weeks after her return after an abrupt departure earlier this year, Tracy declared she was leaving Weatherfield for good and heading back to Spain. She surprised her daughter Amy with the confession, having returned after an apparent row with new partner Tommy Orpington.

But she soon decided Tommy was the man for her and declared on Friday she was leaving for Spain the next day. Monday’s episode will see the character head off abroad yet again, leaving her loved ones behind for the second time this year.

Her family will wave her off and say their farewells as she heads to the airport, with the final scenes airing on Monday 16 September. But has she gone for good this time after speculation Kate was leaving the role?

Fans were certainly fearful of this, with one writing on X: “Whyyyyy are they having Tracy leave again?” Another said: “Don’t want Tracy to leave again, why is she going part time on the street…” as a third wrote: “Why do they keep shipping poor Tracy off to Spain?”