Ebenezer Place, in
Wick
Wick most often refers to:
* Capillary action ("wicking")
** Candle wick, the cord used in a candle or oil lamp
** Solder wick, a copper-braided wire used to desolder electronic contacts
Wick or WICK may also refer to:
Places and placename ...
,
Caithness, Scotland, is credited by the ''
Guinness Book of Records'' as being the world's shortest
street at . The street has only one address: the entrance to No. 1 Bistro, which is part of Mackays Hotel. 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.
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 , held by
Elgin Street, Bacup, England.
References
Wick, Caithness
Streets in Scotland
Squares in Scotland
World record holders
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