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 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 The University of Hong Ko ...

in the west, near the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the f ...

, and

Caine Road Caine Road is a road running through Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. It connects Bonham Road to the west (at the junction with Hospital Road and Seymour Road), and Arbuthnot Road, Glenealy and Upper Albert Road to the east. The road is named after Wi ...

in the east, at the junction with

Hospital Road Hospital Road () is a street in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Features * King George V Memorial Park * Prince Philip Dental Hospital * Tsan Yuk Hospital Intersections * Bonham Road * Pound Lane * Second Street * Eastern Street See also * List ...

and Seymour Road. It was named after Sir George Bonham, the third

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. It was renamed Nishi-Taisho Dori (西大正通) during

Japanese occupation of Hong Kong The Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941. The surrender occurred after 18 days of fierce ...

Features

Several historical buildings are located on the road, including Fung Ping Shan building, Hung Hing Ying building and the Main Building of The

. There are also a few well known schools located on the road, including King's College,

St. Paul's College, Hong Kong St. Paul's College (SPC; zh, t=聖保羅書院) is an Anglican day school for boys in Hong Kong. It was established in 1851, the oldest continuously-operated school in Hong Kong. The college first opened in 1851 with only one tutor and nine pu ...

, St. Stephen's Girls' College, St. Clare's Primary School, Bonham Road Government Primary School,

Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

which is there in the 19th century.

Bonham Road Flyover

Bonham Road Flyover is a one-way, single-lane flyover allowing vehicles travelling north on Pok Fu Lam Road to turn east onto Bonham Road. It was completed in 1973.

Landmarks

Community Facilities

Sai Ying Pun Community Complex Sai Ying Pun Community Complex is located at 2 High Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. It is a 9-storey building built on the site of the Old Mental Hospital, of which only the granite facade and arched verandah were preserved. History The Old ...

Transport

* MTR

Sai Ying Pun station Sai Ying Pun is a station on the MTR network. The station is between and on the . It serves the neighbourhood of Sai Ying Pun and the western part of Mid-Levels in northwestern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Sai Ying Pun station was opened o ...

Education

* St. Stephen's Girls' College *

King's College, Hong Kong King's College (), often informally referred to simply as King's or K.C., is a single-sex boys' government-operated secondary school located at 63A Bonham Road, Mid-levels, Hong Kong. It currently serves as a secondary education institution ...

* St. Stephen's Church College *

Bonham Road Government Primary School Bonham Road Government Primary School () is a primary school in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Its school building is a declared monument of Hong Kong. Rachel Yeo of the ''South China Morning Post'' wrote that "The building is considered to be a rare s ...

* St. Claire's Primary School

Religious

Chinese Rehinish Church (Hong Kong) Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

* Hop Yat Church (Hong Kong) * St. Anthony's Church (Hong Kong)

Nature

* Stone wall trees

Military

* 88 Bonham Road - Western Barracks (Bonham Tower Barracks) of the

Hong Kong Garrison The People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison is a garrison of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), responsible for defence duties in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) since the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to ...

Intersecting roads

Listed from West to East: *

Hill Road Hill Road may refer to: * Hill Road, Hong Kong, a road in Shek Tong Tsui, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong * Hill Road, Mumbai Hill Road (officially renamed as Ramdas Nayak Road) is an arterial road in Bandra (West), Mumbai, India. It starts from t ...

* Hing Hon Road (Private Road) * Western Street *

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* Centre Street (pedestrianised) *

Park Road (Hong Kong) Park Road may refer to: * Park Road, Loughborough, a cricket Ground in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England * Park Road railway station, Brisbane, a railway station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia * Park Road Post, a motion picture post produ ...

Breezy Path Breezy Path () is a short and steep one-way road in the Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island. It begins at the intersection point between Lyttleton Road and Park Road and ends at an intersection at Bonham Road. Traffic can only travel downwards from ...

Seymour Road (Hong Kong) Seymour may refer to: Places Australia *Seymour, Victoria, a township * Electoral district of Seymour, a former electoral district in Victoria *Rural City of Seymour, a former local government area in Victoria *Seymour, Tasmania, a locality ...

References

External links

Roads on Hong Kong Island Sai Ying Pun {{HK-road-stub