Rodney Street () is a street in Admiralty East,

Central and Western District The Central and Western District () located on northwestern part of Hong Kong Island is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 243,266 in 2016. The district has the most educated residents with the secon ...

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. It connects with Queensway in the south and Harcourt Road in the north.

Namesake

The name Rodney Street comes from HMS Rodney as Admiralty was once the Naval Dockyard

Admiralty Dock HMS ''Tamar'' () was the name for the British Royal Navy's base in Hong Kong from 1897 to 1997. It took its name from HMS ''Tamar'', a ship that was used as the base until replaced by buildings ashore. History 19th century The British Navy ...

, the headquarters of

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in Hong Kong. Rodney comes from Baron Rodney, in which the famous is George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney in the 18th century.Hong Kong Place
Streets named for vessels in Hong Kong (香港以船隻命名的街道, in Chinese)
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* Admiralty Centre * Queensway * Harcourt Road *

Harcourt Garden Harcourt Garden () is a small urban park in Admiralty, Hong Kong, constructed in the mid-1990s.

Transport

Admiralty (East) Public Transport Interchange The Admiralty (East) Public Transport Interchange () is a major bus terminus located in Admiralty, Hong Kong, Admiralty, Central and Western District, Hong Kong. Located above Admiralty station (MTR), Admiralty Station of the MTR, the terminus ho ...

* Admiralty (Rodney Street) Bus Terminus *

Admiralty station (MTR) Admiralty () is a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station in Admiralty, Hong Kong. The station's livery is blue and white. Served by the largest number of lines of any MTR station at four: the , the , the , and the , Admiralty is a major interchang ...

References

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