Victoria Road is a main road near the west shore of

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connecting

Kennedy Town Kennedy Town is at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th Governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877. Administratively, it is part of Central and Western District. Due to its ...

and

Wah Fu Wah Fu () is an area located in Southern District, Hong Kong, Southern District, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Wah Fu mainly consists of the Public housing in Hong Kong, public housing estates, Wah Fu Estate and Wah Kwai Estate. They were built ...

and an alternative connection of

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 ...

. It begins north with

Belcher's Street Belcher's Street 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. The street was named after E ...

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 (域多利慶典道). The road was without any surfacing and only access to Chinese public

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in Kellett Bay. In 1903,

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erected a stone at the road in Kennedy Town to mark the boundary of Victoria City. In the 1910s, the road was expanded and renamed to Victoria Road. In the 1960s, for the construction of

Wah Fu Estate Wah Fu Estate () is a public housing estate located next to Waterfall Bay, Pok Fu Lam in Hong Kong's Southern District. It was built on a new town concept in 1967 and was renovated in 2003. Divided into Wah Fu (I) Estate () and Wah Fu (II) E ...

, the road became a standard road of concrete. In the 2000s, the section near

Cyberport Cyberport is a business park in Southern District, Hong Kong consisting of four office buildings, a hotel, and a retail entertainment complex. It describes itself as a digital technology community with over 1,800 (800 on-site and 1,0 ...

was improved.

Notable buildings

*The medical faculty of 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 fi ...

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). Configu ...

*Former Victoria Road Detention Centre aka. Mount Davis Concentration Camp (摩星嶺集中營), 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 1936) is a Hong Kong billionaire who is the owner of Cheuk Nang (Holdings) Ltd. Chao is the last surviving of the four sons of Wuxi-born shipping tycoon Chao Tsong-yea and his wife Chao Nyi Ya-tsung. His elder broth ...

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

See also

References

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