Hollywood Road

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Hollywood Road
Hollywood Road 201505.jpg
Hollywood Road view from near PMQ
Length1.0 km (0.62 mi)
West end Queen's Road West
East end Arbuthnot Road / Wyndham Street
Construction
Completion1844;179 years ago (1844)

Central Police Station was the first police station in Hong Kong. The oldest structure within the compound is a barrack block built in 1864. It is a three-storey building constructed alongside Victoria Prison (see below). A storey was later added to the mass in 1905. In 1919, Headquarters Block facing Hollywood Road was constructed. Subsequently in 1925, the two-storey Stable Block was constructed at the northwest end of the procession ground and later used as a munitions store. The Police Station accompanied by the former Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison form a group of historical architecture representing law and order in Hong Kong.

Other features

Other features along Hollywood Road include:

Intersections

The entire road is in Central and Western District.

Hollywood Road
Traditional Chinese 荷李活道
(also 荷里活道)
Locationkm [6] miDestinationsNotes
Sheung Wan 0.000.00 Queen's Road West Western terminus
0.080.050Po Yan Street
0.140.087 Possession Street
0.160.099 Pound Lane
0.200.12Ng Kwai FongPathway
Wa LanePathway
0.220.14Upper Station Street
0.250.16Lok Ku Road
Sai Street
0.270.17Water LanePathway
0.290.18Tung Street
0.350.22Tank LanePathway
0.420.26Ladder Street
0.470.29Ping On Lane
0.570.35Shing Wong Street
0.630.39Shin Hing StreetPathway
0.670.42Mee Lun StreetPathway
0.680.42 Aberdeen Street
0.730.45 Elgin Street
0.760.47 Peel Street
Central 0.810.50 Graham Street
0.81–
0.83
0.50–
0.52
Lyndhurst Terrace
0.870.54 Shelley Street Pathway
0.910.57 Cochrane Street Pathway
Old Bailey Street
0.980.61 Pottinger Street Pathway
1.000.62 Arbuthnot Road / Wyndham Street Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Coordinates: 22°17′03″N114°09′01″E / 22.284172°N 114.150201°E / 22.284172; 114.150201