Arbuthnot Road

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Arbuthnot Road
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Traditional Chinese 亞畢諾道
Simplified Chinese 亚毕诺道
Facade of the Former Central Magistracy along Arbuthnot Road. Former Central Magistracy, Hong Kong.JPG
Facade of the Former Central Magistracy along Arbuthnot Road.
Chancery Lane, looking toward Arbuthnot Road. The building on the left is part of the former Victoria Prison. HK Central Zan Shan Li Chancery Lane stone wall Yu Duo Li Jian Yu Victoria Prison Jan-2012.jpg
Chancery Lane, looking toward Arbuthnot Road. The building on the left is part of the former Victoria Prison.
A bus in front of the Arbuthnot Road entrance of The Centrium. HK Central Arbuthnot Road The Centrium Bus 23A.JPG
A bus in front of the Arbuthnot Road entrance of The Centrium.

Arbuthnot Road is a road in Central, Hong Kong. The road begins at the Former Central Magistracy, a declared monument of Hong Kong. [1] The road ends at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens.

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History

Most of the roads built and declared at the outset in Colonial Hong Kong in 1841 were close to the waterfront. The Magistracy was not established until 1847 and the land on which it was built was previously largely unoccupied. Arbuthnot Road is rather inclined, and runs between Hollywood Road and Caine Road, the latter of which was not named until 1859. It is likely that it was not named or created until the 1850s or later; it was named after George Arbuthnot. [2]

Notable buildings

Transport

Public transport

Car park , 2 car parks are located on Arbuthnot Road:

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References

  1. Discover HongKong - Heritage - Declared Monuments Archived August 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Frank H. H. King (January 1988). The History of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: Volume 1, The Hongkong Bank in Late Imperial China 1864-1902: On an Even Keel. Cambridge University Press. p. 107. ISBN   0-521-32706-7.
  3. Official website Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine , Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South-East Asia

Coordinates: 22°16′46″N114°09′17″E / 22.279502°N 114.154663°E / 22.279502; 114.154663