Victoria Road is a main road near the west shore of

Hong Kong Island Hong Kong Island () is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of , . It is the second largest island in Hong Kon ...

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connecting

Kennedy Town Kennedy Town is a town and neighbourhood at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Kennedy (colonial administrator), Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877. Adminis ...

and Wah Fu and an alternative connection of

Pok Fu Lam Road Pok Fu Lam Road ( Chinese: 薄扶林道), or Pokfulam Road, is a four-lane road in Hong Kong. Built on Hong Kong Island, the road runs between Sai Ying Pun and Wah Fu, through Pok Fu Lam. Description It runs south from Sai Ying Pun, passing ...

. It begins north with

Belcher's Street Belcher's Street (Chinese: 卑路乍街) is a main street in Kennedy Town of Hong Kong. It connects east Victoria Road and joins west Queen's Road West. A small section in its west end built a ''turn around'' for Hong Kong Tramways. Th ...

in Kennedy Town and goes along Mount Davis, Sandy Bay,

Telegraph Bay Telegraph Bay or Kong Sin Wan (), formerly known as Tai Hau Wan (), is a bay in the west shore near Pok Fu Lam, between Sandy Bay and Waterfall Bay on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is where the Cyberport is located. History In the early ...

and Waterfall Bay and reaches in

Kellett Bay Kellett Bay (), or Kai Lung Wan () is a bay on southwestern Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, to the southeast of Waterfall Bay. The pronunciation of ''Wan'' () in ''Kai Lung Wan'' in the Cantonese language is like the one in (as in Cheung Sha Wan ...

History

The road opened in 1897, the year of

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, celebrating the 60th year of her reign. A stone was laid by Governor Robinson and the road was named Victoria Jubilee Road (). The road was without any surfacing and only access to Chinese public

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in Kellett Bay. In 1903,

Hong Kong Government The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government) is the Executive (government), executive authorities of Hong Kong. It was established on 1 July 1997, following the ...

erected a stone at the road in Kennedy Town to mark the boundary of

Victoria City Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

Notable buildings

*The medical faculty of the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of ...

Baguio Villa Baguio Villa () is a large scale luxury private housing estate located in Pok Fu Lam, Southern District, Hong Kong. It is divided by Victoria Road into Upper Baguio Villa (555 Victoria Road) and Lower Baguio Villa (550 Victoria Road). Config ...

*Former Victoria Road Detention Centre aka. Mount Davis Concentration Camp (), which was used by the Special Branch of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force to hold political prisoners during the 1967 Leftist riots. The compound is listed as a Grade III historic building. Currently the building has been renovated and has been integrated into the Hong Kong campus of the

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. * Villa Cecil, the residential complex home to billionaire

Cecil Chao Cecil Chao Sze-Tsung (; born September 27, 1936) is a Hong Kong billionaire who is the owner of Cheuk Nang (Holdings) Ltd, a Hong Kong-based property development and investment company, known for its focus on residential and commercial real esta ...

Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery or Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pokfulam Road Cemetery () is a cemetery in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. It is managed by The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union ( ...

, a cemetery is managed by The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union. It was built in 1882.

References

External links

Google Maps of Victoria Road
{{HKislandroads Roads designated in 1897 Roads on Hong Kong Island Kennedy Town Mount Davis, Hong Kong Sandy Bay, Hong Kong Telegraph Bay Waterfall Bay, Hong Kong Kellett Bay

History

Notable buildings

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