Gloucester Road, Hong Kong
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Gloucester Road (English pronunciation: /ˈɡlɒstər/) is a major road in Hong Kong. It is one of the only roads in Hong Kong with service roads. The road is named in 1929 after Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, to commemorate his visit to Hong Kong that year.[1]
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[edit] Location
Gloucester Road is in the north of Wan Chai and East Point on Hong Kong Island. It connects to Harcourt Road at its western end and it ends east along west side of Victoria Park.[1] It forms part of Hong Kong's Route 4 and connects to the Island Eastern Corridor via Victoria Park Road. The road is connected to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel near the Canal Road Flyover.
[edit] Features
- The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, main campus (No. 1)
- Revenue Tower (No. 5)
- Immigration Tower (No. 7)
- Luk Kwok Hotel (No. 72)
- Wanchai Meetinghouse of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (No.118)
- Former Wan Chai Police Station, built in 1932, a Grade II Historic Building (No. 123)[2]
- Wan Chai Sports Ground
- Sino Plaza (Nos. 255-257)
- World Trade Centre (No. 280)
- The Excelsior hotel (No. 281)
- Noonday Gun, across the road from the The Excelsior
- Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Yanne, Andrew; Heller, Gillis (2009). Signs of a Colonial Era. Hong Kong University Press. p. 17. ISBN 9789622099449.
- ^ List of the Historic Buildings in Building Assessment (as of 23 November 2011)
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| Preceded by Harcourt Road |
Gloucester Road | Succeeded by Victoria Park Road |
Coordinates: 22°16′46″N 114°10′31″E / 22.27943°N 114.17519°E
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