Stone Street

Walking down the main shopping street in Prescot, near Liverpool, UK, you can be forgiven for missing a relic of the medieval era. A 16th-century street is tucked between two shops on Eccleston Street. At only 28 inches wide at its narrowest point it certainly isn't suitable for vehicles; it only comfortably fits one person walking down it. 

The exposed old red brickwork and cobbles beneath your feet as you walk along it give it a certain atmosphere of another time. A useful shortcut for locals, it's a survivor of centuries of change.

It isn't the narrowest street in England—that record belongs to Parliament Street in Exeter. But Prescot is proud to celebrate having the next smallest. A red plaque attached to the wall is part of a heritage trail for the area and informs any curious passers-by who spot it that "Stone Street is the second narrowest street in England at only 28 inches wide."

"This street originally led to a windmill and follows the curved boundary of a medieval burgage plot."