Elgin Street is one of the shortest streets in the world at 17ft (5.181m). It is located in Bacup, Lancashire. It held the British record until November 2006, when it was discovered that Ebenezer Place, Wick in Caithness, Scotland, constructed in 1883 and named in 1887, was shorter at only 6ft 9 ins or 2.06m in length.[1]