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). The street has only one address: the entrance to No. 1 Bistro, which is part of Mackays Hotel.[1] The hotel has other frontages onto Union Street and River Street, with its main entrance on Union Street.
Ebenezer Place originated in 1883, when 1 Ebenezer Place was constructed; the owner of the building was instructed to display a name on the shortest side of the hotel. It was officially declared a street in 1887.[2]
Ebenezer Place was only recognised by the Guinness Book of Records in 2006, after the owner of the Mackays Hotel building made an entrance into a new bistro. It replaced the previous record of 5.2 m (17 ft), held by Elgin Street, Bacup, England.[3][4][5]
References
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- ^ "Celebrating the shortest street". The Daily Post. 31 October 2006. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ^ "World Record!". MacKays Hotel. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
- ^ "Town loses record for world's shortest street". Rossendale Free Press. 3 November 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ^ "Street measures up to new record". BBC News. 1 November 2006. Retrieved 9 August 2008.
- ^ Craig Naples (13 September 2008). "Northern exposure - Wick". The Scotsman. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
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