Stone Street in Prescot, England

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

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