How long is a standard UK brick?
21.5 cmAbout 8.46 in · Handheld
215 mm: two of its 102.5 mm widths plus a 10 mm mortar joint.
That's about 1/7 of a red kangaroo (about 1.5 m tall).
🧱21.5 cm
🪙a nickel
To scale: a brick is about 10× bigger than a nickel.
Things about the same size
- How long is a new, unsharpened pencil?19 cm
- How big was the largest hailstone on record?20 cm
- How wide is a sheet of A4 paper?21 cm
- How long is a Toblerone bar (100 g)?21 cm
- How wide is a volleyball?21 cm
- How wide is a bowling ball?21.6 cm
- How wide is a size 5 football (soccer ball)?22 cm
- How wide is a size 7 basketball?23.9 cm
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].