On the shortest day of the year, a shortlist of London's shortests
• The shortest possible straight line across London, passing through Trafalgar Square, is 21 miles from Worcester Park to Chingford.
• London's shortest suburbs are Bow, Ham, Kew and Lee.
• London's shortest bridge across the Thames is Kingston Bridge (118m)
• London's shortest runway is 823m long at Kenley Airfield.
• London's shortest commercial runway is 1508m long at City Airport.
• London's shortest international plane flight is 189 miles from City Airport to Rotterdam.
• London's shortest canal tunnel is Eyre's Tunnel which bores 48m under Lisson Grove.
• London's shortest street is highly debatable, indeed we have debated it, but could be Clennam StreetSE1(20m) or Kirk StreetWC1(13m)
• London's shortest High Street is High Street in Wembley (50m)
• The shortest street on the Monopoly board is Vine Street (40m)
• London's shortest A road is the A2204, better known as New Ferry Approach in Woolwich (175m)
• London's shortest motorway is the M11, only 2 miles of which is in the capital.
• London's shortest streetname is Hide in Beckton.
• London's shortest Premiership football pitches are at Craven Cottage and Stamford Bridge (100m)
• London's shortest station name is Lee
• London's shortest tube station names are Bank and Oval
• London's shortest Underground line is the Waterloo & City (1.47 miles)
• London's shortest Overground line is the Liberty line (3½ miles)
• London's shortest Underground journey is Leicester Square to Covent Garden on the Piccadilly line (260m)
• London's shortest Underground journey is Charing Cross to Embankment on the Northern line (35 seconds)
• London's shortest walk between railway stations is 93m from Catford to Catford Bridge.
• London's shortest tube escalator is at Stratford (4.1m)
• London's shortest tube lift shaft is at King’s Cross St. Pancras (2.3m)
• London's shortest rail tunnel is 8 yards long between Primrose Hill and South Hampstead.
• London's shortest tube trains are 66.5m long on the Waterloo & City line.
• London's shortest trains are the 2-car shuttles on the Greenford line.
• London's shortest bus route is the 389 from Western Way to Barnet (1.48 miles)
• London's shortest bus route that isn't a circular is the 209 from Mortlake to Castelnau (1.91 miles)
• London's shortest bus stop name is CEME.
• London's shortest cablecar connects North Greenwich to the Royal Docks.
• London's shortest serving Prime Minister is Liz Truss (49 days)
• London's shortest Olympics were the 1948 and 2012 Games, both 17 days long.
