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![]() Pok Fu Lam Road near Li Sing Primary School | |
Length | 5.1 km (3.2 mi) 5.0 km (3.1 mi) two-way, 0.1 km (0.062 mi) one-way |
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South end | Shek Pai Wan Road |
North end | Queen's Road West |
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Pok Fu Lam Road | |||||||||||||
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Chinese | 薄扶林道 | ||||||||||||
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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.
It runs south from Sai Ying Pun,passing The University of Hong Kong along the Belcher's,with a road junction with Pokfield Road. The vegetation in this area is largely preserved,unlike many roads in the urban built-up areas of Hong Kong. Further south,the Pok Fu Lam playground,a public playground,is located near the junction with Mount Davis Road in Mount Davis. Down the road,Queen Mary Hospital,a large hospital complex,borders the junction with Sassoon Road and Bisney Road. Recently,the junction was renovated into a large intersection with highway loops,to ease traffic congestion. Further down the road,there is a large reservoir,a school for the blind,a vocational education centre and two large housing complexes:Chi Fu Fa Yuen and Pokfulam Gardens. The road ends at the Pokfulam Fire Station.
The road name is always spelled as Three words Pok Fu Lam Road (see road sign above),and not Pokfulam Road.
Along Pok Fu Lam Road is a property development,The Belcher's,built in 2000–2001.
Listed from south to north.
District | Location | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Southern | Waterfall Bay | 0.0– 0.2 | 0.0– 0.12 | Wah Fu Road / Shek Pai Wan Road | Trumpet interchange;Southern terminus |
0.3 | 0.19 | Victoria Road | |||
Pok Fu Lam | 0.5– 0.7 | 0.31– 0.43 | Chi Fu Road | Trumpet interchange | |
1.0– 1.1 | 0.62– 0.68 | Chi Fu Road | Modified trumpet interchange | ||
1.4 | 0.87 | Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road | |||
Sandy Bay | 2.3– 2.5 | 1.4– 1.6 | Sassoon Road | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |
2.6 | 1.6 | Bisney Road | Northbound only | ||
Central and Western | Kennedy Town | 3.3 | 2.1 | Mount Davis Road / Smithfield | |
3.8 | 2.4 | Pokfield Road | |||
Shek Tong Tsui | 4.3 | 2.7 | Hill Road Flyover to ![]() | Northbound only | |
4.5– 4.6 | 2.8– 2.9 | Hill Road / Bonham Road | No access from southbound to eastbound Bonham Road | ||
4.6 | 2.9 | Third Street | Northbound only | ||
Sai Ying Pun | 4.8 | 3.0 | Kui Yan Lane | Pedestrianized | |
Water Street | |||||
High Street | |||||
4.9 | 3.0 | Rose Lane | Pedestrianized | ||
Third Street | |||||
5.0 | 3.1 | Second Street | Two-way street ends | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Listed from north to south. The entire road is in Sai Ying Pun, Central and Western District.
km [2] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.00 | 0.00 | Queen's Road West | |||
0.03 | 0.019 | Sam To Lane | Pedestrianized | ||
0.05 | 0.031 | First Street | |||
0.08 | 0.050 | Sai Wa Lane | Pedestrianized | ||
0.10 | 0.062 | Second Street | End of one-way street | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Pok Fu Lam (薄扶林) or Pokfulam is a residential area on Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the Southern District. It is a valley between Victoria Peak and Mount Kellett, around Telegraph Bay.
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West Point was a point of land on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, south of Sulphur Channel. Its location is the shore off Pok Fu Lam Road and Queen's Road West in 1845, approximately the junction of Western Street and Des Voeux Road West near Western Police Station. This was the northernmost point on the western half of Hong Kong Island.
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Bonham Road is a main road in West Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, running mainly East-West. The road connects Pok Fu Lam Road in the west, near the University of Hong Kong, and Caine Road in the east, at the junction with Hospital Road and Seymour Road. It was named after Sir George Bonham, the third Governor of Hong Kong. It was renamed Nishi-Taisho Dori (西大正通) during Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
Smithfield is a street with a length of approximately 1,300 m in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Its northern section is a commercial and residential area, while its southern section is a road connecting it to Pok Fu Lam Road. Smithfield was historically the site of a cattle quarantine depot and a slaughterhouse, and was probably named after its London namesake.
High Street is a one-way street in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, available only to minibuses and private vehicles. It connects Bonham Road in the east and Pok Fu Lam Road in the west. It runs from east to west from Western Street to Pok Fu Lam Road, and from west to east from Western Street to Bonham Road. It was originally named Fourth Street, but because the number four is commonly avoided in Chinese culture, the government changed the name to High Street.
Western Street is an uphill one-way street in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. It connects Bonham Road in the south and Connaught Road West in the north. There are 337 units in 17 buildings in the street. Addresses are odd on the west side of the street, and mostly even on the east side. However, on the newer part of the street, on the reclamation north of Queen's Road West, the east side has both odd and even numbered addresses.
First Street is a street in Sai Ying Pun, an early suburb of Hong Kong.
Third Street, is a street in Sai Ying Pun neighbourhood of Hong Kong. It runs one way from Pok Fu Lam Road, then crosses Water Street, then Pok Fu Lam Road again, then Western Street, Centre Street and terminates at Eastern Street.
Second Street is a street in the Sai Ying Pun area of the Central and Western District on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.
St. Stephen's Church College is a secondary school attached to the Anglican St Stephen's Church in Hong Kong, located between Bonham Road and Pok Fu Lam Road in Sai Ying Pun. The school's total enrollment in the academic year 2009-2010 was approximately 1,000, in 24 classes of two streams, across six forms/grades.
Urban Route No.4 is a bus route on Hong Kong Island operated by Citybus. It runs between Wong Chuk Hang and Central Bus Terminus, via Aberdeen, Wah Fu Estate, Pok Fu Lam Road and Sai Ying Pun.
The Fire Dragon Dance in Pok Fu Lam Village is the main activity during the Mid-Autumn Festival. People hope to beg for peace and be blessed by the gods. It is an important part of the cultural heritage of Hong Kong.
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 (香港華人基督教聯會). It lies on the slopes east of Victoria Road between Tung Wah Coffin Home and Pok Fu Lam Road, facing Sandy Bay.
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