Queen's Road East is a street in

Wan Chai Wan Chai is situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road, Hong Kong, Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to th ...

, in the north of

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, Hong Kong, connecting

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in the west to Happy Valley in the east. Queen's Road East is one of the four sections of Queen's Road, and historically included Queensway.

Location

Queen's Road East forks to the south from Queensway near Justice Drive, where Queensway turns into

Hennessy Road Hennessy Road () is a thoroughfare on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It connects Yee Wo Street on the east in Causeway Bay, at the junction with East Point Road, Jardine's Bazaar and Great George Street in East Point, through Bowrington, to ...

. It runs along the old northern shoreline of Hong Kong Island.

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It ends in the east at

Wong Nai Chung Road Wong Nai Chung Road ( Chinese: 黃泥涌道) is a major road in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. It is a U-shaped road that encircles the southern and eastern sides of the Happy Valley Racecourse. Location Wong Nai Chung Road starts northeast at the j ...

in Happy Valley.

History

The settlement of Wan Chai began in pre-British times as a small Chinese community around the present Hung Shing Temple on Queen's Road East. The temple was probably built in 1847 and may have existed previously as a shrine.Brief Information on Proposed Grade I Items, pp.207–208
Originally built next to the shoreline, facing the sea, it is now surrounded by clusters of residential and commercial buildings, as the consequence of successive

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/ref> Queen's Road East was first developed into a European commercial and residential centre after the arrival of the British in 1841. It had become a mainly Chinese residential, labouring and shop-keeping community by the 1860s. The eastern part of the road was cut through

Morrison Hill Morrison Hill ( or ) is an area and the location of a former hill between Wan Chai and Happy Valley, on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. History The hill was at the seashore until the Praya East Reclamation Scheme in the 1920s, which used ...

, which formerly separated Wanchai from Happy Valley. This section was known as 'Gap Road'. That name was still in use around 1930, even though the high land to the north of the 'gap' was levelled in the 1920s and the materials used to reclaim land from the harbour, under the

Praya East Reclamation Scheme Praya East Reclamation Scheme () was a large scale land reclamation project in Colonial Hong Kong lasting from 1921 to 1931 under Sir Catchick Paul Chater.

. Although associated with Queen's Road Central and Queen's Road West, the name 'Queen's Road East' has been in use since at least the 1870s.

Features

The following list follows a west-east order. (N) indicates the northern side of the street, while (S) indicates the southern side. * > intersection with Queensway and junction with Justice Drive () * (N) Sincere Insurance Building ( (Nos. 6–10). First building on the northern side of the street. * (S) > junction with Monmouth Path * (S)

Three Pacific Place Pacific Place is a complex of office towers and hotels and a shopping centre situated at 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong. The latest phase, Three Pacific Place, is located at 1 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai. The four-level shopping centre ...

(No. 1) * (N) Tesbury Centre () (Nos. 24–32) * (S) > junction with

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, part of the

Starstreet Precinct The Starstreet Precinct () is a neighborhood in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, centred on Three Pacific Place and comprising mainly Star Street (), Moon Street (), Sun Street (), St. Francis Street (聖佛蘭士街), St. Francis Yard (進教圍), and Wing ...

shopping and dining area * (N) > junction with Anton Street * (S) > junction with Wing Lok Lane * (N) > junction with Landale Street * (N) > junction with Li Chit Street * (S) > junction with St. Francis Street * (N) > junction with

Gresson Street Gresson Street () is a street in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It connects Queen's Road East (south) to Johnston Road (north). Market The open market of Gresson Street is part of the Wan Chai Heritage Trail. The market began ...

* (N) > junction with Lun Fat Street * > intersection with Ship Street * (N) > junction with Tai Wong Street West * (S)

Hung Shing Temple Hung Shing Temples or Tai Wong Temples are temples dedicated to Hung Shing Tai Wong (). Hung Shing temples have been widely built in southern China, especially Guangdong province The table provides a partial list of these temples. Hung Shing Fe ...

(Nos. 129–131). Grade I historic building.

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(as of 23 November 2011) * (N) > junction with Tai Wong Street East * (N) > junction with

Swatow Street Swatow Street () is a street in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong island, 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 ...

* (N) > junction with Amoy Street * (S) Hopewell Centre (No. 183) * (N) Nos. 186–190 Queen's Road East.

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s built in the 1930s. Grade III historic buildings. * (N) > junction with

Lee Tung Street Lee Tung Street (), known as the Wedding Card Street (; ) by locals, was a street in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The street was famed in Hong Kong and abroad as a centre for publishing and for the manufacturing of wedding cards and other similar items ...

* (N)

QRE Plaza Hopewell Centre or QRE Plaza is a 25-storey building located at No. 202 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, developed by Hopewell Holdings. The plaza was completed in 2007 and contains a shopping centre, restaurants and health clinics. QRE ...

(No. 202) * (N) > junction with

Spring Garden Lane Spring Garden Lane is a street in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, connecting Queen's Road East to its south, and Johnston Road to the north. It was one of the first focal areas developed by the British in Hong Kong during the 1840s. History During the ea ...

* (N) GARDENEast (No. 222), a 28-storeys

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Wu Chung House The Wu Chung House () is a 40-floor skyscraper located on 213 Queen's Road East, in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong. It was completed in 1992.

(No. 213) * (N) > junction with McGregor Street * (S)

Old Wan Chai Post Office The Old Wan Chai Post Office is the oldest surviving post office building in Hong Kong. It is situated at No. 221 Queen's Road East, at the junction with Wan Chai Gap Road. History The building was erected between 1912 and 1913, and opene ...

(No. 221), a

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* (S) > junction with Wan Chai Gap Road * (N) > junction with Tai Yuen Street * (N) Hotel Indigo Hong Kong Island (No. 246) * (N) MLC Tower (No. 248) * (S) Queen's Cube (No. 239), a 29-storeys apartment building. Completed in 2010. * (S) > junction with

Stone Nullah Lane Stone Nullah Lane is a one-way street in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Named after Nullah, the water channel that until 1959 ran down its middle, it stretches from Lung On Street to Queen's Road East. The street is noted for its hist ...

* (N) > junction with

Wan Chai Road Wan Chai Road ( 灣仔道) is a main road in Wan Chai, on the north side of Hong Kong Island. Wan Chai Road is a L-shape road which was constructed in 1851 along Morrison Hill from the foot of Hospital Hill (now near the old Wan Chai Market buil ...

* (N) Old

Wan Chai Market The Old Wanchai Market Building was constructed in 1937. It is located at 264 Queen's Road East, at the Wan Chai Road crossing, opposite Stone Nullah Lane in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island. It is a Grade III Historic Building. Its architectural ...

(No. 264). Grade III historic building. * (S) > junction with Kennedy Street * (N) Hong Kong Jockey Club Garden () * (N)

Ruttonjee Hospital Ruttonjee Hospital is a district general hospital in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is affiliated with the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Hong Kong, and provides clinical attachment opportunities for the u ...

(No. 266). Merged with

Tang Shiu Kin Hospital Tang Shiu Kin Hospital () is a community hospital on Morrison Hill in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was opened in 1969 to replace the Eastern Public Dispensary and other clinics on Hong Kong Island. The hospital merged administra ...

in 1998. The Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Disease Association building is a Grade III historic building. * (S) > junction with Kennedy Road * (S) Wah Yan College (No. 281). Located on

Mount Parish Mount Parish is a hill in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, to the south of Queen's Road East, between Kennedy Road and Stubbs Road. History In 1873 the Royal Navy bought the Seaman's Hospital in Wan Chai, which was running at a loss, using the money ...

. * (S) Portals No. 79, 80 and 81 of the former

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(ARP) tunnels, which were built under

some time before the

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in 1941. * (N) Wan Chai Park () * (N) > junction with Wood Road * (S) > junction with

Stubbs Road Stubbs Road is a road located in Mid-Levels East, Central, Hong Kong, which connects Happy Valley to The Peak area on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, through an area near the Wong Nai Chung Gap. It runs uphill from Queen's Road East and goes thr ...

* (S)

Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple is a Gurdwara in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong, on the junction of Queen's Road East and Stubbs Road, Hong Kong Island. It was re-opened on 8 September 2022 by Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive, John Lee Ka-chiu, af ...

(No. 371). Grade II historic building. * (N)

Queen Elizabeth Stadium The Queen Elizabeth Stadium is an indoor sport facility on the Morrison Hill in Wan Chai, on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. First opened in 1980, it has a 3,500-seat arena, gymnasia, squash and badminton courts, and a multi-purpose hall. ...

(opposite Cosmopolitan Hotel) * (S)

Dorsett Wanchai Hong Kong Hotel Dorsett Wanchai Hong Kong Hotel (formerly Cosmopolitan Hotel Hong Kong) is a 454-room 4.5-star hotel located on 387–397 Queen's Road East, midway between Wan Chai and Causeway Bay while opposite of Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong Island. ...

(formerly Cosmopolitan Hotel) (Nos. 387–397). Located at the eastern end of the street. The building was formerly the location of the Hong Kong Branch of the

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. * > intersection with

opposite the northwestern part of

Happy Valley Racecourse The Happy Valley Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing and is a tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It is located in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island, surrounded by Wong Nai Chung Road and Morrison Hill Road. The capacity ...

, and junction with

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Intersecting streets and lanes

North side

Most streets and lanes having a northern junction with Queen's Road East connect with

Johnston Road Johnston Road () is a major road in Wan Chai on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. Location Johnston Road spans from the junction with Heard Street, Hennessy Road and Stewart Road on its east, towards another junction with Hennessy Road and ...

, located northward. The exceptions are Anton Street, McGregor Street and Wood Road. Since Queen's Road East runs mostly along the original shoreline of Hong Kong Island, these streets have been built on early

. The streets and lanes connecting with the north side of Queen's Road East are from west to east: * Anton Street (). Named after

Charles Edward Anton Charles Edward Anton (1860 – 16 November 1935) was a Scottish businessman who was the 16th tai-pan of the Jardine, Matheson & Co. and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Biography Anton was born in St Pancras, London, to Scottis ...

. A short street connecting Queen's Road East to Queensway. * Landale Street () * Li Chit Street (). Part of the street was removed to give way to the Li Chit Garden apartment tower. *

. The Open Market in Gresson Street is part of the

Wan Chai Heritage Trail The Wan Chai Heritage Trail () is a walking trail in Hong Kong. It was launched on 27 September 2009 and is two hours in duration. It was formed by the Old Wan Chai Revitalisation Initiatives Special Committee (OWCRISC) established by the Develo ...

.Wan Chai Heritage Trail flyer.
* Lun Fat Street () * Ship Street (also south side) * Tai Wong Street West (). Connects with Queen's Road East across the street from

.Chinese Temples Committee website
It derives its name from the temple, as "Tai Wong" is an alternate name for

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* Tai Wong Street East (). Connects with Queen's Road East across the street from Hung Shing Temple. *

. Named after

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. * Amoy Street. Named after

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. *

aka. Wedding Card Street *

* McGregor Street (). Connects Queen's Road East with Cross Street. * Tai Yuen Street () aka. "Toy Street", after the toy shops of the street. The Open Market in Tai Yuen Street and Cross Street is part of the

. *

* Wood Road is located further east, past Wan Chai Park, and connects Queen's Road East to Wan Chai Road

South side

The only street crossing with Queen's Road East, i.e. having both north and south junctions with the Road, is Ship Street. The streets and lanes connecting with the south side of Queen's Road East are from west to east: * Monmouth Path () *

, part of the

shopping and dining area. * Wing Lok Lane (), a short street connecting Queen's Road East to Sun Street * St. Francis Street * Ship Street (also north side) * Wan Chai Gap Road () *

* Kennedy Street () * Kennedy Road *

In popular culture

The 1991 song, also titled "

Queen's Road East Queen's Road East is a street in Wan Chai, in the north of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, connecting Admiralty, Hong Kong, Admiralty in the west to Happy Valley, Hong Kong, Happy Valley in the east. Queen's Road East is one of the four ...

" (), by Taiwanese singer

Lo Ta-yu Lo Ta-yu (; born 20 July 1954), also known as Luo Dayou and Law Tai-yau, is a Taiwanese singer and songwriter. During the 1980s, Lo became one of the most influential Mandopop singer-songwriters with his melodic lyrics and love songs, and his ...

and Hong Kong singer-composer

Ram Chiang Ram Chiang Chi-kwong (born 2 July 1961), Although TVB's website lists his birthday as July 1 Ram Chiang has gone on record saying that date is wron is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong actor and former singer-composer, currently under Television Bro ...

makes references to the

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of Hong Kong to China.

References

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