'London's shortest double yellow lines' spotted in Clapham Junction by bemused firefighter

 
Absurd: The double yellow lines in Clapham Junction (Picture: Stewart Brown)
Stewart Brown
Ramzy Alwakeel8 July 2015

Anyone driving an absurdly tiny car in Clapham Junction will need to find somewhere else to park - this six-inch gap is protected by the world's shortest double yellow lines.

The ridiculous road markings were spotted in Mossbury Road, a leafy residential street behind Lavender Hill, by bemused firefighter Stewart Brown.

They were painted by Wandsworth Council - which has helpfully added another, equally minuscule, set a few yards further down the road.

The markings appear to separate a disabled parking space from a larger pay and display area.

Wandsworth Council admitted the lines had been a bizarre addition to the road - but, strangely, decided to repaint them after the road was recently resurfaced.

Google StreetView photographs clearly show the lines in place both before and after recent improvements to the street.

It comes two months after Bristol City Council was chided for painting double yellow lines along a 50cm stretch of road.

This isn't the first time keen-eyed Londoners have spotted size zero amenities tucked away in corners of the capital.

Earlier this year a two-foot-high "fire escape" was found in Lincoln's Inn, Holborn, by Twitter user Vincento.

"Would look better with an 'Alice' stood next to it," he wrote of the pint-sized portal.

A Wandsworth Council spokesman said: "This looks like a classic case of someone using a bit too much yellow paint where it's obviously not needed. We'll be removing it as quickly as possible."

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