Magazine Gap Road is a winding road on the affluent and ultra-expensive
Mid-Levels
Mid-Levels is an affluent residential area on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is located between Victoria Peak and Central. Residents are predominantly more affluent Hong Kong locals and expatriate professionals.
The Mid-Levels is furth ...
and
the Peak on the
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an 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/km2, . The island had a population of a ...
in
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 List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...
. It is one of the main access leading to the Peak area.
Description
It starts low from
Robinson Road Robinson Road may refer to
*Robinson Road, Hong Kong
*Robinson Road (Mississippi), a historical road in the US state of Mississippi
*Robinson Road, Singapore
*Former name of Nathan Road
Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Ko ...
and
Garden Road. It runs east and uphill and meets
Bowen Road and
May Road
May Road () is a road in Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is named after Sir Francis Henry May
Sir Francis Henry May (; 14 March 1860 – 6 February 1922) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Fiji from 1 ...
. It continues and meets the junction with
Coombe Road and
Peak Road
Peak Road is a road in The Peak on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is the only road to travel from Victoria Gap to Wan Chai Gap on Hong Kong Island. The Peak Road is a two-lane two-way traffic, which can take buses, minibuses and other vehicl ...
at . It ends in , where , a Japanese war shrine, was built during Japanese occupation of the territory between 1941 and 1945. It was destroyed in 1947, shortly after the
Liberation of Hong Kong.
With road connections nearby, vehicles can reach either north or south of the island through roads in
Wan Chai Gap
Wan Chai Gap () is a gap in Wan Chai District, Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Police Museum is located at Wan Chai Gap. It is housed in the former Wan Chai Gap Police Station, located at 27 Coombe Road.
See also
* List of gaps in ...
and
Wong Nai Chung Gap
Wong Nai Chung Gap () is a geographic gap in the middle of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The gap is between Mount Nicholson and Jardine's Lookout behind Wong Nai Chung (Happy Valley). Five roads meet at the gap: Wong Nai Chung Gap Road, Tai T ...
.
Intersections
See also
*
List of streets and roads in Hong Kong § Hong Kong Island
*
Grenville House
Grenville House is a mid-rise (14 floors) apartment complex at 1-3 Magazine Gap Road in the Mid-levels area of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong and completed in 1971.
From 1997 to 2006 a four bedroom unit belonging to Tung Chee-hwa served as the off ...
*
Zig-zag
A zigzag is a pattern made up of small corners at variable angles, though constant within the zigzag, tracing a path between two parallel lines; it can be described as both jagged and fairly regular.
In geometry, this pattern is described as a ...
*
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 thro ...
References
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Roads on Hong Kong Island
Victoria Peak
Mid-Levels