Western Street is an uphill

one-way street One-way traffic (or uni-directional traffic) is traffic that moves in a single direction. A one-way street is a street either facilitating only one-way traffic, or designed to direct vehicles to move in one direction. One-way streets typical ...

(from north to south) in

Sai Ying Pun Sai Ying Pun is an area in Western District, on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It is administratively part of the Central and Western District. Etymology In Cantonese, ''Sai'' () means "west" and ''Ying Pun'' () means "camp", especially a ...

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 city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. It connects

Bonham Road Bonham Road is a main road in West Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, running mainly East-West. The road connects Pok Fu Lam Road in the west, near the University of Hong Kong, and Caine Road in the east, at the junction with Hospita ...

in the south and

Connaught Road West Connaught Road is a major thoroughfare on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It links Shing Sai Road in Kennedy Town to the west and Harcourt Road in Admiralty to the east. Location The road consists of two adjoining sections, ...

in the north. There are 337 units in 17 buildings in the street. Addresses are odd on the west side of the street, and mostly even on the east side. However, on the newer part of the street, on the reclamation north of Queen's Road West, the east side has both odd and even numbered addresses.

Landmarks

From North to south *

Western Police Station Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

, near

Des Voeux Road West Des Voeux Road Central and Des Voeux Road West are two roads on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. They were named after the 10th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir William Des Vœux. The name was sometimes spelt with the ligature œ in ...

* Western Magistracy, government offices between

Queen's Road West Queen's Road is a collection of roads along the northern coast of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong, within the limit of Victoria City. It was the first road in Hong Kong, constructed by the British between 1841 and 1843, spanning across Victori ...

and First Street. * Western District Community Centre between Second and Third Streets. The building was first built in 1922 as the Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital operated under the Chinese Public Dispensary Committee.Antiquities and Monuments Office
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Kau Yan School Kau or KAU may refer to: * Kau (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology *Kau, Hawaii, the southernmost district on the island of Hawaii * Kauhava Airfield, an airport in Kauhava, Finland (IATA airport code KAU) * Kau River, Mizoram, India * Kõ ...

and

Kau Yan Church Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong Kau Yan Church is a church in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. The building is located at Western Street, between Third and High Streets. The church was established by the Basel Mission and is now succeeded by the Ts ...

, below

High Street High Street is a common street name for the primary business street of a city, town, or village, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. It implies that it is the focal point for business, especially shopping. It is also a metonym fo ...

* King's College, near

Residential Buildings

Named buildings from North to south * Wing Cheung Building with 23 floors and 90 units * Scholar Court with 24 units

Intersecting Streets

From North to south *

Pok Fu Lam Road Pok Fu Lam Road, 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 University of Hong Kong, T ...

* First Street * Second Street * Third Street *

References

External links

Map of Western Street, Hong KongGoogle Maps of Western Street
Sai Ying Pun Roads on Hong Kong Island {{HK-road-stub

Landmarks

Residential Buildings

Intersecting Streets

See also

References

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