Ebenezer Place, Wick
Ebenezer Place, in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, is credited by the Guinness Book of Records as being the world's shortest street at 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in).
In 2006 it surpassed the previous record (5.2 m or 17 ft) set by Elgin Street, Bacup, Lancashire.[1][2][3] The street has only one address: the front door of No. 1 Bistro, which is part of Mackays Hotel.[4]
The street originated in 1883, when 1 Ebenezer Place was constructed; the owner of the building, a hotel at the time, was instructed to paint a name on the shortest side of the hotel. It was officially declared a street in 1887.[5]
But for its status as a street in its own right, the location of Ebenezer Place would be a junction of Union Street with River Street.
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- ↑ "Town loses record for world’s shortest street". Rossendale Free Press. 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ↑ "Street measures up to new record". BBC News. 1 November 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ↑ Craig Naples (13 September 2008). "Northern exposure - Wick". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ↑ "Celebrating the shortest street". The Daily Post. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ↑ "World Record!". MacKays Hotel. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
Coordinates: 58°26′28.2″N 3°05′38.9″W / 58.441167°N 3.094139°W