Central and Western Heritage Trail

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The Central and Western Heritage Trail is a Heritage Trail in Hong Kong, that was designed by the Antiquities and Monuments Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Contents

It covers the Central and Western District of Hong Kong and consists of 3 parts:

The Central Route

Section A

NameLocationNotesPhotographsRef
A1 - Edinburgh Place
-HK CityHall SeaView 51217 3.jpg
A2 - Statue Square
Financia Center in Hong Kong.jpg
A3 - Cenotaph Chater Road
Hong Kong Cenotaph.jpg
1 - Old Hong Kong Club Building 3A Chater Road/3 Jackson Road, between Chater Road and Connaught Road CentralBuilt in 1897, demolished in 1981 to make place for the present building.
HKClub 1928.jpeg
A4 - Old Supreme Court (Legislative Council Building)8 Jackson Road, on Statue Square Declared Monument
Hong Kong Legislative Council Building.jpg
A5 - Commemorative Plaque for the Old Site of Cricket Club Chater Garden, directly east of the Legislative Council building
Chater Garden - Commemorative Plaque Old Site of Cricket Club.jpg
2 - Old Site of Murray House Now the site of the Bank of China Tower. Murray House was dismantled and rebuilt in Stanley
HK Bank of China Tower View.jpg
A6 - Commemorative Plaque for the Old Site of City Hall The site is now occupied by the HSBC Main Building.
HK OldCityHall LocationPlate.jpg
3 - Old Site of Murray Parade Ground
Parade Ground.jpg
A7 - Former French Mission Building (Court of Final Appeal)1 Battery Path Declared Monument
Court of Final Appeal (HK).jpg
A8 - St. John's Cathedral 4 Garden Road Declared Monument
St John Cathedral Hong Kong (cropped).jpg

Section B

NameLocationNotes/ReferencesPhotographs
B9 - Flagstaff House (Museum of Tea Ware)10 Cotton Tree Drive, within the Hong Kong Park Declared Monument
HK Museum of Tea Ware 2012.JPG
B10 - Rawlinson House (Cotton Tree Drive Marriage Registry)19 Cotton Tree Drive Grade II Historic Building
HK RowlinsonHouse.JPG
B11 - Cassels Block (Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre)7A Kennedy Road, within the Hong Kong Park Grade II Historic Building
HK CasselsBlock.JPG
B12 - North and West Blocks of St. Joseph's College 7 Kennedy Road Declared Monuments
HK StJosephsCollege NorthBlock and WestBlock.jpg
B13 - 28 Kennedy Road (Office of the Former Chief Executives of the HKSAR)28 Kennedy Road Grade I Historic Building [1]
HK Kennedy Road 28 history bldg.JPG
B14 - First Church of Christ, Scientist, HK31 MacDonnell Road Grade II Historic Building
First Church of Christ Scientist Hong Kong Platform.jpg
B15 - St. Paul's Co-educational College 33 MacDonnell Road Grade III Historic Building
HK StPaulsCoEducationalCollege.JPG
B16 - Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens Upper Albert Road
HK Zoo NB Gdns futn.jpg
B17 - Main Building, the Helena May Garden Road Declared Monument
HK TheHelenaMay.jpg
4 - Peak Tram Terminus 33 Garden Road
HK Garden Road PeakTramTerminal.jpg

Section C

NameLocationNotes/ReferencesPhotographs
C18 - Government House Upper Albert Road Declared Monument
Government House rightview.jpg
C19 - Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception 16 Caine Road Grade I Historic Building
HK Mid-Levels Jian Dao Caine Road Ming Ai Jian Dao Zhong Xin Caritas Centre Xiang Gang Sheng Mu Wu Yuan Zui Zhu Jiao Zuo Tang Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Hong Kong January 2020 SS2 12.jpg
C20 - Victoria Prison 16 Old Bailey Street Declared Monument
HK Victoria Prison Hall D Female Section.JPG
C21 - Former Central Magistracy 1 Arbuthnot Road Declared Monument
Former Central Magistracy, Hong Kong.JPG
C22 - Central Police Station Hollywood Road Declared Monument
Hollywood Road and Central Police Station.jpg
C23 - Original Site of Heng Yian Lou Western Restaurant2 Lyndhurst Terrace
Lyndhurst and Pottinger.jpg
C24 - Original Site of the Zhongguo Ribao ( China Daily ) Office24 Stanley Street
C25 - Commemorative Plaque for Dr. Jose Rizal Century Square, 1-13 D'Aguilar Street
Plaque to Jose Rizal in D'Aguilar Street 01.jpg
C26 - Original Site of Hejizhan24 Wellington Street
C27 - Old Dairy Farm Building 2 Lower Albert Road Grade II Historic Building. Houses the Fringe Club and the Foreign Correspondents' Club
OldDairyFarmDepot.jpg
C28 - Bishop's House 1 Lower Albert Road Grade I Historic Building
Bishop's House on Lower Albert Road in Central, Hong Kong.jpg
C29 - St. Paul's Church  [ zh-yue; zh ] Glenealy
HK StPaulsChurch.jpg
C30 - Duddell Street Steps and Gas LampsDuddell Street Declared Monument
Duddell Street Stone Steps Gas Lamps.JPG
5 - Old Site of Pedder Street Clock TowerJunction of Queen's Road Central and Pedder Street Demolished in 1913
Pedderstreetclocktower.jpg
C31 - Pedder Building 12 Pedder Street Grade II Historic Building
Bi Da Xing Pedder Building (Horizontal), 2019.jpg
C32 - Commemorative Plaque for the Original Waterfront in 1841 Central Building
Commemorative Plaque for the Original Waterfront in 1841.jpg
C33 - Commemorative Plaque for the Praya Reclamation of 1843-65 Chater House, 11 Chater Road. Plaque located on Pedder Street facade.
Commemorative Plaque for the Praya Reclamation of 1843-65.jpg
C34 - Commemorative Plaque for the Praya Reclamation of 1890-1904 Chater House, 11 Chater Road
6 - Old Site of the General Post Office Between Connaught Road Central, Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Central Demolished in the 1970s. Present site of the World-Wide House.
Post Office, Hong Kong.jpg

The Sheung Wan Route

Section B

NameLocationNotes/ReferencesPhotographs
1 - Old Site of the Central Fire Station Des Voeux Road Central Location of the Hang Seng Bank Headquarters Building
2 - Central Market 80 Des Voeux Road Central, Central Grade III Historic Building
Central Market 201506.jpg
3 - Pottinger Street Nicknamed Stone Slabs Street (石板街)
Pottinger Street 2017.jpg
4 - Original Site of the Hong Kong Headquarters of the Xingzhonghui (Revive China Society)13 Staunton Street
HK Central Sun Yat Sen Historical Trail 12 SOHO Staunton Street 15 a.jpg
5 - Muslim Mosque 30 Shelley Street, Sheung Wan Grade I Historic Building. Jamia Mosque.
HK Central Xie Li Jie Shelley Street Hui Jiao Qing Zhen Li Bai Zong Tang Jamia Mosque green facade Mar-2016 DSC 001.JPG
6 - Ohel Leah Synagogue 70 Robinson Road, at the junction with Castle Road Grade I Historic Building
Ohel leah hk.jpg
7 - London Mission Building78 and 80 Robinson Road Grade III Historic Building. Now a private clubhouse.
HK Mid-levels Luo Bian Chen Dao 80 Hao Robinson Road old house Oct-2010.JPG
8 - Kom Tong Hall 7 Castle Road, Central Grade II Historic Building. Houses the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum since December 2006
Dr.SunYat-senMuseum.JPG
9 - Original Site of the Daoji Mission House59 Hollywood Road
HK Central SOHO 69 Hollywood Road Sun Yat Sen Historical Trail.JPG
10 - Old Site of the Alice Memorial Hospital and Hong Kong College of Medicine77-81 Hollywood Road
11 - Original Site of the Furen Literary Society Pak Tsz Lane
HK Central Gage Street Pak Tsz Lane Sun Yat Sen Historical Trail 3.JPG
12 - Site of the school where Yeung Ku-wan was assassinated by Qing agents52 Gage Street, corner of Aberdeen Street
HK Central Sun Yat Sen Historical Trail 7 Gage Street n Aberdeen Street a.jpg
13 - Original Site of Yang Yao Ji - meeting place for "The Four Bandits"24 Gough Street (original address is at 6 Gough Street)
HK Sheung Wan Mee Lun Lane Drama 2.JPG
14 - Commemorative Plaque for Dr. James Legge 44 Gough Street
Commemorative Plaque Dr James Legge.jpg
15 - Original Site of the Central School44 Gough Street
16 - Original Site of the Queen's College Aberdeen Street
HK SW Hollywood Road Polic Qtrs 1.JPG
17- Original Site of the American Congregational Mission Preaching House2 Bridges Street (now Bridges Street Market)
HK BridgesStreetMarket.JPG

Section A

NameLocationNotes/ReferencesPhotographs
18 - Man Mo Temple 124-130 Hollywood Road Grade I Historic Building
Shang Huan Wen Wu Miao .JPG
19 - Chinese Young Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong (Chinese Y.M.C.A)51 Bridges Street
ChineseYMCA BridgesStreetCentre.jpg
20 - Old Pathological Institute (Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences)2 Caine Lane Declared Monument
Old Pathological Institute.JPG
21 - Old Site of the Police Officers' Quarters - Caine Road Between Caine Road and Seymour Road The site has been turned into a park, the Caine Road Garden.
22 - Hop Yat Church 2 Bonham Road Grade II Historic Building
HopYatChurch-51024.jpg
23 - One of the Original Sites of Tongmenghui (United League) Reception Centre Po Hing Fong
HK SunYatSenHistoricalTrail KuiInFong.JPG
24 - Commemorative Plaque for the Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in 1894 Blake Garden
BlakeGarden Source1.jpg
25 - Kwong Fook I Tsz Tai Ping Shan Street
HK Sheung Wan Kwong Fook I Tsz Tai Ping Shan Street.JPG
26 - Tai Ping Shan Street
HK TaiPingShanStreet Steps.JPG
27 - Tung Wah Hospital 12 Po Yan Street The Main Block is a Grade III Historic Building
HK PoYanStreet.JPG
28 - Hollywood Road
Hollywood Road.JPG
29 - Old Site of the Possession Point (Shui Hang Hau) Hollywood Road Park, near Possession Street
HK Sheung Wan Hollywood Road Park Chinese Pavilions 2.JPG
30 - Old Site of the Tai Tat Tei Hollywood Road Park
HKSW Hollywood Rd Park - Front.jpg
31 - Old Site of the Ko Shing Theatre 117 Queen's Road West [2] The theatre was demolished in 1973.
HK SYP Queen's Road West Qiao Fa Da Sha Kiu Fat Building Gan Yu Jie Kom U Street 2.JPG
32 - Bonham Strand
HK SW Wing Lok Street 60430 Bonham Stand.jpg
33 - Old Site of the Nam Pak Hong Union Bonham Strand West
34 - Old Site of the Western Market (South Block) (Sheung Wan Complex)345 Queen's Road Central The South Block, built in 1858, was demolished in 1980. It was replaced by Sheung Wan Complex.
HKSW Art Sport Ctr 51029.jpg
35 - Western Market (North Block)323 Des Voeux Road Central Declared Monument
WesternMarket.JPG

The Western District and the Peak Route

Western District comprises three small districts namely Sai Ying Pun, Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town.

Section A

NameLocationNotes/ReferencesPhotographs
1 - Peak Tram Terminus 33 Garden Road
HK Garden Road PeakTramTerminal.jpg
2 - Old Peak Café 121 Peak Road, the Peak Grade II Historic Building. Renamed The Peak Lookout in 2001. [3]
HK Peak Harleck Road n Mt Austin Road.JPG
3 - Gate Lodge of the Former Mountain Lodge Mount Austin Road, the Peak Declared Monument
HK Peak Mt Austin Road Gate Lodge.JPG
4 - Old Site of the Mountain Lodge Lugard Road, the Peak The building was demolished in 1946. Now the site of Victoria Peak Garden
HK Victoria Peak Garden ex-Mount Lodge.JPG
5 - Pinewood Battery Lung Fu Shan Country Park
Lung Fu Shan Pinewood Battery 5.jpg
6 - Boundary Stone, City of Victoria Hatton Road, 400 m from its start at Kotewall Road
Boundary Stone-Hatton Road.jpg
7 - Stone House15 Kotewall Road, Mid-Levels Grade III Historic Building. Now a private residence.

Section B

NameLocationNotes/ReferencesPhotographs
8 - Old Halls, the University of Hong Kong Mid-Levels Old Halls is a collective name given in 1966 to Lugard, Eliot and May Halls. Only Eliot and May Halls remain.
HKU Chong Yuet Ming Pool n Eliot Hall 1.JPG
9 - Main Building, the University of Hong KongMid-Levels The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument
The University of Hong Kong in 1912.jpg
10 - Hung Hing Ying Building, the University of Hong KongMid-Levels The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument
Hung Hing Ying Building hku.JPG
11 - Elliot Pumping Station and Filters Workmen's Quarters Pok Fu Lam Road, Kennedy Town Grade II Historic Building
12 - Former Fung Ping Shan Museum (University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong)94 Bonham Road The Fung Ping Shan Building is a Grade II Historic Building
HKU FungPingShanBuilding.jpg
13 - Tang Chi Ngong Building, the University of Hong KongMid-Levels The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument
HKU Tang Chi Ngong Building balconies a.jpg
14 - King's College 63A Bonham Road, Sai Ying Pun Grade II Historic Building
King's College (Hong Kong).jpg
15 - Kau Yan Church 97A High Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building
Hong Kong (2017) - 664.jpg
16 - Old Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital 36A Western Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building. Named "Western District Community Centre" since 1973.
WDcommunityCentre.JPG
17 - Main Building of St. Stephen's Girls' College 2 Lyttelton Road, Mid-Levels Declared Monument
HK Ban Shan Qu Mid-levels Lie Di Dun Dao Lyttelton Road Sheng Shi Ti Fan Nu Zi Zhong St Stephen's Girls' College April 2019 SSG 10.jpg
18 - Old Site of Diocesan Boys' School 9A Bonham Road Now the Bonham Road Government Primary School
19 - Old Lunatic Asylum (Chinese Block)45 Eastern Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade II Historic Building. Now the Eastern Street Methadone Clinic.
HK Old Lunatic Asylum2.JPG
20 - Old Mental Hospital2 High Street, Sai Ying Pun The façade is a Grade I Historic Building. Now part of the Sai Ying Pun Community Complex.
HK High Street Western b 2.jpg
21 - Upper Levels Police Station1F High Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building. Now used as the Crime Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters.
HK High Street Crime Wing HK Island Reg HQ 1.jpg
22 - St. Louis School 179 Third Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building
St. Louis School, Hong Kong 1.jpg
23 - Ex-Western Fire Station12 Belcher's Street, Kennedy Town Grade III Historic Building. Converted into the Po Leung Kuk Chan Au Big Yan Home for the Elderly.
ExWesternFireStation.jpg
24 - Fok Hing Tong, Hong Kong Society for the Promotion of Virtue8-9 Tai Pak Terrace
25 - Lo Pan Temple 15 Ching Lin Terrace, Kennedy Town Grade I Historic Building
Lo Pan Temple 1.jpg

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References

  1. "Office of Former Chief Executives". Administrative Wing, Chief Secretary for Administration's Office. HKSAR Government. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. Ciname Treasures - Ko Shing Theatre
  3. The Peak Lookout Archived December 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine