Chatham Road South and Chatham Road North are two continuous roads spanning from
Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsim Sha Tsui, often abbreviated as TST, is an list of areas of Hong Kong, urban area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hu ...
to
Hung Hom
Hung Hom () is an area in the southeast of Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Including the area of Whampoa, Tai Wan, Hok Yuen, Lo Lung Hang and No. 12 Hill are administratively part of the Kowloon City District, with a portion west of Hung Ho ...
in
Kowloon
Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...
,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
. The road originally ran from
Signal Hill to
Hung Hom
Hung Hom () is an area in the southeast of Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Including the area of Whampoa, Tai Wan, Hok Yuen, Lo Lung Hang and No. 12 Hill are administratively part of the Kowloon City District, with a portion west of Hung Ho ...
under
No. 12 Hill
No. 12 Hill (), or Hung Hom Hill (), is a hill in Kowloon, Hong Kong, between King's Park and Lo Lung Hang, northwest of Hung Hom and southeast of Ho Man Tin. The Oi Man Estate was built on No. 12 Hill in stages between 1974 and 1975. The place ...
by the side of
Hung Hom Bay
Hung Hom Bay was a bay in Victoria Harbour, between Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom in the southeast of Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong.
Since 1994, parts of the bay were reclaimed, and by 2019 it had been completely extinguished. All of present-da ...
. It was later extended through
Lo Lung Hang Lo Lung Hang () is a valley northwest of Hung Hom, Kowloon City District, Hong Kong. The place is west of Hok Yuen and it is where the Valley Road Estate was once located. The valley is less visible now, but there is still a street remaining called ...
to the southern end of
To Kwa Wan
To Kwa Wan () is a bay and an area of the eastern shore of Kowloon peninsula. The area is part of urban Hong Kong, and is situated between Hok Yuen, Hung Hom, Ma Tau Wai and Ma Tau Kok. Administratively, the area belongs to the Kowloon City ...
, which makes up Chatham Road North.
Name
The first section of the road (running from
Salisbury Road
Salisbury Road is a major road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Description
It runs parallel to Victoria Harbour, starting from its western end at the Star Ferry Pier, passing by Blackhead Point, to Tsim Sha Tsui East. It intersects wi ...
to Granville Road) was completed in 1888, and was named Des Voeux Road () after Sir
George William Des Vœux, the 10th
Governor of Hong Kong
The governor of Hong Kong was the representative of the British Crown in Hong Kong from 1843 to 1997. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive Council and commander-in-chief of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong. ...
. The road was renamed "Chatham Road" in 1890 after
William Chatham
William Chatham (July 1859–1941) was a Scottish-born engineer and government official of Hong Kong. He was the Director of Public Works from 1901 to 1921, as well as member of the Executive and Legislative Councils and Vice-President of the ...
,
Director of Public Works of
Hong Kong Government
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government, refers to the Executive (government), executive authorities of Hong Kong Special administrative regions of China, ...
; the name ''Des Voeux Road'' was later transferred to a series of
Des Voeux Road
Des Voeux Road Central and Des Voeux Road West are two roads on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. They were named after the 10th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir William Des Vœux. The name was sometimes spelt with the ligature œ i ...
newly completed along the north shore of
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km ...
.
Chatham Road South
Chatham Road South () runs from the intersection with Salisbury Road in Tsim Sha Tsui to the interchange with
Hong Chong Road Hong may refer to:
Places
* Høng, a town in Denmark
*Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and specia ...
() and Chatham Road North in Hung Hom. Conventionally locals take Chatham Road South as the dividing line between Tsim Sha Tsui and
Tsim Sha Tsui East
Tsim Sha Tsui, often abbreviated as TST, is an urban area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsim ...
.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded ...
,
Hong Kong Museum of History
The Hong Kong Museum of History is a museum that preserves Hong Kong's historical and cultural heritage. It is located next to the Hong Kong Science Museum, in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The collections of the museum encompass ...
,
Hong Kong Science Museum
The Hong Kong Science Museum is a science museum in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located next to the Hong Kong Museum of History.
History
The Hong Kong Science Museum was first conceived by the Urban Council in 1976. The council hi ...
,
Gun Club Hill Barracks
Gun Club Hill Barracks are barracks in King's Park, or in Jordan, Hong Kong formerly used by British Army garrisons during British colonial rule. The military began using the area shortly after 1860 when the British acquired Kowloon. The barra ...
and Rosary Church are located near the road.
Chatham Road North
Chatham Road North () runs from the interchange with Hong Chong Road and Chatham Road South in
Lo Lung Hang Lo Lung Hang () is a valley northwest of Hung Hom, Kowloon City District, Hong Kong. The place is west of Hok Yuen and it is where the Valley Road Estate was once located. The valley is less visible now, but there is still a street remaining called ...
to the junction with
Ma Tau Wai Road near To Kwa Wan. It feeds into the
East Kowloon Corridor
East Kowloon Corridor () is a highway in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is part of Route 5. It is a dual two-lane carriageway running from the exit of Kai Tak Tunnel near Sung Wong Toi Road to its ramp on Chatham Road North in Hung Hom, near where Ma Ta ...
at its northern end, forming a section of Hong Kong's
Route 5.
See also
*
List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
The following are incomplete lists of notable expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, Town square, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong.
Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to the contours of the hill landscape. S ...
References
*Leung, To (1992). ''Origins of Kowloon Street Names''.
Urban Council
The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Services ...
.
External links
Roads in Kowloon
Route 5 (Hong Kong)
Tsim Sha Tsui East
Hung Hom
To Kwa Wan
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