Leighton Road () is a main road in

Causeway Bay Causeway Bay is list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong, an area and Victoria Park, Hong Kong, a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern and the Wan Chai District, Wan Chai ...

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. It begins east of

Causeway Road Causeway Road () is a main road in Hong Kong. Situated in Causeway Bay, it joins Yee Wo Street in the west and King's Road. It is a boundary of Eastern District and Wan Chai District. North side of the road is Victoria Park in Eastern District ...

and ends at the west of the junction with Morrison Hill Road and Canal Road.

History

Part of the road skirts

Leighton Hill Leighton Hill () is a hill between Causeway Bay and Happy Valley, and the south of Leighton Road, Hong Kong. There were several air-raid shelters at the downhill of Leighton Hill to protect Victoria City from Japanese occupation during the Batt ...

to its north while part of it runs along Lee Garden (a property of the

Lee Hysan Lee Hysan or Lee Hy-san (1879 – 30 April 1928) was a Hong Kong businessman who was involved in the opium trade and refinery, as well as land development in British Hong Kong during the early 1900s. He was nicknamed the ''Opium King'' in Hon ...

family), known as

Jardine's Hill Lee Gardens () is a hill south of East Point and west of Causeway Bay on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, approximately the area between Percival Street, Hennessy Road and Leighton Road. It was also known as Jardine's Hill or East Point Hi ...

(owned by Jardine-Matheson) in early colonial days. The area adjacent to the road is relatively quiet compared to the business centre of

East Point East Point is the name of several places: In Australia * East Point, Northern Territory ** East Point Military museum located in East Point, Northern Territory In Canada *East Point, Prince Edward Island In Hong Kong: *East Point, Hong Kong In ...

of Causeway Bay.

Features

A branch road,

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 ...

leads to the

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 the upscale residential area of Happy Valley. * No. 8. Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Causeway Bay Hotel, an

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-franchised hotel, has been located there since 2009. * No. 66.

Po Leung Kuk The Po Leung Kuk, founded as the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, is a charitable organisation in Hong Kong that provides support for orphaned children, education and other services. History In the late 19th century, abd ...

headquarters * No. 77. Leighton Centre (), owned by

Hysan Development Company Hysan Development Company Limited is a Hong Kong property investment, management and development company that is listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The company was formed in Hong Kong in 1923, when businessman Lee Hysan acquired plots of ...

, is a grade A office building * No. 101. Zoroastrian Building (). A first building was erected in the 1930s. The current building was built in 1993.Zoroastrian Prayer Hall in Causeway Bay
/ref> * No. 111. Lee Garden Six * No. 133. Lanson Place Hotel () * No. 140.

St. Paul's Convent School St. Paul's Convent School (SPCS, ) is a private Catholic girls' school in Hong Kong founded by the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres from France in 1854. The school was formerly called French Convent School and was renamed St. Paul's Convent ...

* Craigengower Cricket Club

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