Britain’s Tiniest Shoe Shop Thrives In A 3ft Wide Space For 25 Years‌ ‌

Oliver Salter, 31, owns Peter Scott shoe shop in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, UK. TOM MADDICK VIA SWNS

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Britain’s smallest shoe shop has been squeezing in customers for the past 25 years despite being a tight fit – at just 3ft (0.9m) wide.

Peter Scott Shoes is based in the village of Woodhall Spa, Lincs, and is so tiny that you can touch both walls while standing in the same place on the shop floor.

At the equivalent width of around three size 11 shoes, the business is one of the smallest stores in the country and could well be the narrowest in Britain.

The 169-year-old building used to be a booking office on the platform of the former railway station where trains ran from in the spa town between 1855-1954.

Following the line’s closure, it became several stores including a funeral director, bank, auctioneers, and jewelers until it opened as a shoe shop in 1999.

Current owner Oliver Salter, 31, has owned the historic store for the last three years after buying it in September 2021.

Because of limited space, he can only store one pair per size in the shop and customers have to view the displays in a single file.

Oliver reckons the capacity of the shop would probably be around 20 people -although they wouldn’t be able to move and be shoulder to shoulder.

And workers only do three hour shifts at a time in either the morning or afternoon as there’s no staff facilities on site.

Oliver, of Stixwould, Lincs.,said: “We were attracted to is quirkiness mainly – it is just so unique.

“My partner and I took it over three years ago thinking we might rent it out but the current owner who was retiring wanted it to remain a shoe shop.