In Birmingham we have A B Row, which while not being perhaps the shortest street (though it is exceedingly short) it is the shortest name. However although it currently sits on the map the whole area (Birmingham East Side) is under demolition/redevelopment and so what will happen to one of Birmingham's most famous streets I am not sure:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.484687&lon=-1.884495&zoom=18&layers=B00 0FTF Cheers Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:talk-gb- >[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Earl >Sent: 10 February 2009 2:03 PM >To: osm-gb >Subject: [Talk-GB] London's Shortest Street > >According to a friend of mine's blog, London's shortest street is >Clennam Street in SE1, though the first blog post is about another very >short street, Leigh Hunt Street, nearby: > >http://realcycling.blogspot.com/2009/02/londons-secret-zen-street.html >http://realcycling.blogspot.com/2009/02/londons-shortest-streets.html > >Leigh Hunt Street is on OSM (unlike other maps apparently), but is >connected to Quilip Street (which is incompletely tagged so doesn't >render properly), and is also so short there's no label! > >Clennam Street is not on OSM, which is shame if the street has this >dubious honour of being the shortest. > >Not living anywhere near, I wonder if someone nearer might like to pop >round to get London's Shortest Streets on the map! > >Rob documents a few other streets of significance on Google map pins as >well in the second post. Brydges Place is on OSM but I haven't checked >the others. > >David > > >_______________________________________________ >Talk-GB mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.19/1942 - Release Date: 02/09/09 >17:40:00 _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
