Peak Road is a road in The Peak on

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, Hong Kong. It is the only road to travel from

Victoria Gap Victoria Gap () is an area and a mountain pass located between the summits of Victoria Peak (aka. Mount Austin) and Mount Gough, on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It is the most touristic place within the area referred to as '' The Peak'', wh ...

Wan Chai Gap Wan Chai Gap () is a Gap (landform), 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

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on Hong Kong Island. The Peak Road is a two-lane two-way traffic, which can take buses, minibuses and other vehicles. The highest altitude is about 420 meters.

Location

The Peak Road starts west of The Peak Tower and

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, and east of

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, namely the junction of

Harlech Road Harlech Road () is a road in Hong Kong. It is high up in the Peak area of Hong Kong Island, The road starts at Victoria Gap, then goes along the south slope of Victoria Peak, then crosses High West Gap, and goes along the north slope of Hig ...

Mount Austin Road Mount Austin Road is a street in Victoria Peak, 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 Chin ...

Lugard Road Lugard Road is a road located on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, named after Sir Frederick Lugard, Governor of Hong Kong from 1907 to 1912. Located some above sea level, the road is a popular walking path that forms part of the Hong Kong Trail, and ...

Old Peak Road Old Peak Road is a road in the Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is the most direct path from Victoria Gap and Victoria Peak to Central on Hong Kong Island. The highest altitude is about 350 meters, the highest altitude of the drivi ...

and Findlay Road, passing Plunkett's Road, Mount Kellett Road, Peel Rise, Peak Police Station, Craigmin Road,

Barker Road Barker Road () is a road located on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong at an altitude of approximately 350 metres (1150 ft) above sea level with a length of about 1,7 km (1,1 mi). It starts from the Old Peak Road (below the Peak Tram Upper Terminus) and en ...

and

Magazine Gap Road Magazine Gap Road is a winding road on the affluent and ultra-expensive Mid-Levels and the Peak on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is one of the main access leading to the Peak area. Description It starts low from Robinson Road and ...

, ending in the

Hong Kong Police Museum The Police Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of policing in Hong Kong. The museum is housed in the former Wan Chai Gap Police Station, located at 27 Coombe Road, Wan Chai Gap, The Peak. About 1,200 exhibits are displayed in the ...

in Wan Chai Gap, namely Wan Chai Gap Road,

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 ...

, Black's Link, Middle Gap Road, Mount Cameron Road, Aberdeen Reservoir Road and Coombe Road.

History

The former Peak Road originally referred to the current Old Peak Road, and the current Peak Road belonged to Stubbs Road at that time and was opened to traffic in 1923. On 1 September 1960, the Peak Road, which originally connected Central and the Peak, was renamed the Old Peak Road, while the section of Stubbs Road, which connected Wan Chai Gap and the Peak, was renamed Peak Road.

Landslides

On 17 June 1983, a landslide occurred on the Peak Road under torrential rain, and collapsed a section of the road several dozen meters long. A taxi passing by the area rolled down the hillside. Fortunately, neither the driver nor the two passengers were injured. . The Peak Road was closed for a week afterwards. On 5 November 2021, at the junction of Peak Road and Coombe Road, due to the burst of the fresh water pipe, a large amount of fresh water gushed out, causing a landslide on a slope of 30 meters by 100 meters. No one was injured. The measures, heavy vehicles can not travel, and buses were changed to single-deck, and maintained until 19 November. Fortunately, reinforcement works have been carried out at this location, so a lot of sand and mud rushed down the mountain when the incident occurred, and the road was still sound, and no casualties were caused.

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{{HKislandroads Mid-Levels Roads on Hong Kong Island