Vernon Tomlin is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by Ian Reddington.

Vernon was prepared to leave Weatherfield, but returned after Liz made a Motown compilation tape which she gave to Lloyd Mullaney to play in his taxi en route to the airport.

Several weeks later, Vernon discovered Vince and Don needed a drummer for the gig and managed to get a ticket for Liz.

However, his happiness was short-lived after he saw Liz and Harry in a passionate clinch in the back room of the Rovers, dashing all hopes of a reconciliation.

Eventually, Vernon left Liz a note telling her he would park his van at the end of the street at 8pm and stay there until 8:20pm.

At 8:20, Vernon said a final goodbye to Lloyd, with his parting words of wisdom "Fate Decides", and drove out of Weatherfield, Liz was too late to catch him.