The “world’s smallest nightclub” could be coming to the South Hams after councillors discussed the possibility of transforming an abandoned red telephone box.

Kingsbridge Town Council is keen to bring the disco feeling back to Fore Street and hopes to transform the phone box outside the police station. The mayor and councillors seemed excited by the idea of a new, albeit small, nightclub in the town, when they met this week.

Mayor Chris Povey proposed the idea of blacking out the windows, putting sticky fly trap paper on the floor, fitting some strobe lighting, a disco ball and a sound system to create the true feel of a nightclub.

Councillors discussed the idea of having a bright neon sign outside the club to encourage people to come up the hill.

While joking that the idea could be seen as “daft”, the mayor believed that it could help to bring some publicity to the town.

Councillors agreed that this would probably only be a temporary idea for the telephone box, so any John Travolta wannabes will need to move quickly to enjoy the disco experience.

The phone box, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, measures around 3ft square, which would make it a surreal nightclub experience – with room for one or maybe two partygoers at a time.

After further research, the mayor discovered that a small mobile nightclub has earned itself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Currently, the smallest mobile nightclub opened its doors at the Rotherham Carnival last year.

Measuring just 6ft 7ins high, 3ft wide and 5ft deep, Club 28’has a maximum capacity of six dancers and one DJ.

The dance venue contains a professional-quality sound system with two turntables, a usable dance floor, dynamic lighting and has door staff outside – creating great competition for Kingsbridge.

The red telephone box is smaller than the current record holder in Rotherham, with roughly a 3ft square space to dance, so if successful the club in Kingsbridge could set a new world record.

Councillors recognised that the position of the box is not in an ideal location and something exciting would have to be created to encourage residents and tourists to venture further up the hill.

Before the nightclub idea was agreed upon, a variety of different possibilities were discussed including an information point, a display area for primary school art work, an exhibition space for local artists or even a selfie box.

Additionally, Cllr Philip Cole suggested the possibility of plants growing out of the phone box, to tie it in with Kingsbridge in Bloom and the railway display at the quay.

However, the mayor added that the idea would have to be “right out there” to make it an exciting part of the town, before councillors agreed to try for the smallest mobile nightclub.

The town council adopted the phone box from BT to save it from destruction, but at the moment can do nothing with it until BT cuts the line and it ceases to perform its original function.