{"id":73536,"date":"2021-01-13T14:05:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytravelleader.com\/?p=73536"},"modified":"2021-01-13T14:05:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:05:42","slug":"worlds-shortest-street-measures-6ft-9in-with-one-address-and-its-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytravelleader.com\/travel\/worlds-shortest-street-measures-6ft-9in-with-one-address-and-its-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s shortest street measures 6ft 9in with one address \u2013 and it’s in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

A street in the UK is considered as the shortest because it only measures just 6ft 9in.<\/p>\n

Ebenezer Place in Wick, Scotland, holds the world's shortest street title in the Guinness World Record.<\/p>\n

It only boasts one address, the Mackays Hotel which has been there ever since the street was first created.<\/p>\n

The Mackays Hotel dates back to 1883 when Alexander Sinclair returned from his travels and built the property.<\/p>\n

But the council told he would need a name on the building's end as they deemed it a street.<\/p>\n

So four years later, the street Ebenezer Place was created in 1887.<\/p>\n

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Nowadays, the Mackays Hotel still operates and remains the only address on Ebenezer Place.<\/p>\n

Although the street has been around for centuries, it only secured its Guinness World Record title in 2006. <\/p>\n

It happened when editor-in-chief Craig Glenday came to the town of Wick in October 28 to check the street out.<\/p>\n

According to the hotel's website, it wasn't the easiest journey, thanks to "gale force winds and storms". <\/p>\n

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