£8 C-charge fee for road to nowhere

This dead-end street may be only 100 yards long - but it costs £8 to enter.

Fairchild Place off Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch is the shortest street in the congestion charging zone despite only being wide enough for one car to drive down safely.

Locals suspect drivers who enter the zone on the road without paying are likely to escape a fine. "There are congestion signs which must have cost a bit to put up but no cameras to enforce it," said a worker at a garage in the street.

TfL was unable to comment.