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.
It covers the Central and Western District of Hong Kong and consists of 3 parts: The Central Route (3 sections) The Sheung Wan Route (2 sections) The Western District and the Peak Route (2 sections)
The Central Route Section A NameLocationNotesPhotographsRefA1 - Edinburgh PlaceA2 - Statue SquareA3 - CenotaphChater Road1 - Old Hong Kong Club Building3A Chater Road/3 Jackson Road, between Chater Road and Connaught Road CentralBuilt in 1897, demolished in 1981 to make place for the present building.A4 - Old Supreme Court (Legislative Council Building)8 Jackson Road, on Statue SquareDeclared MonumentA5 - Commemorative Plaque for the Old Site of Cricket ClubChater Garden, directly east of the Legislative Council building2 - Old Site of Murray HouseNow the site of the Bank of China Tower. Murray House was dismantled and rebuilt in StanleyA6 - Commemorative Plaque for the Old Site of City HallThe site is now occupied by the HSBC Main Building. 3 - Old Site of Murray Parade GroundA7 - Former French Mission Building (Court of Final Appeal)1 Battery PathDeclared MonumentA8 - St. John's Cathedral4 Garden RoadDeclared Monument
Section B NameLocationNotes/ReferencesPhotographsB9 - Flagstaff House (Museum of Tea Ware)10 Cotton Tree Drive, within the Hong Kong Park Declared MonumentB10 - Rawlinson House (Cotton Tree Drive Marriage Registry) 19 Cotton Tree Drive Grade II Historic BuildingB11 - Cassels Block (Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre) 7A Kennedy Road, within the Hong Kong Park Grade II Historic BuildingB12 - North and West Blocks of St. Joseph's College 7 Kennedy Road Declared MonumentsB13 - 28 Kennedy Road (Office of the Former Chief Executives of the HKSAR)28 Kennedy Road Grade I Historic BuildingB14 - First Church of Christ, Scientist, HK31 MacDonnell Road Grade II Historic BuildingB15 - St. Paul's Co-educational College33 MacDonnell Road Grade III Historic BuildingB16 - Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical GardensUpper Albert RoadB17 - Main Building, the Helena MayGarden Road Declared Monument4 - Peak Tram Terminus33 Garden Road
Section C NameLocationNotes/ReferencesPhotographsC18 - Government HouseUpper Albert Road Declared MonumentC19 - Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception16 Caine Road Grade I Historic BuildingC20 - Victoria Prison16 Old Bailey Street Declared MonumentC21 - Former Central Magistracy1 Arbuthnot Road Declared MonumentC22 - Central Police StationHollywood Road Declared MonumentC23 - Original Site of Heng Yian Lou Western Restaurant2 Lyndhurst TerraceC24 - Original Site of the Zhongguo Ribao (China Daily) Office24 Stanley StreetC25 - Commemorative Plaque for Dr. Jose RizalCentury Square, 1-13 D'Aguilar StreetC26 - Original Site of Hejizhan24 Wellington StreetC27 - Old Dairy Farm Building 2 Lower Albert Road Grade II Historic Building. Houses the Fringe Club and the Foreign Correspondents' ClubC28 - Bishop's House1 Lower Albert Road Grade I Historic BuildingC29 - GlenealyC30 - Duddell Street Steps and Gas LampsDuddell Street Declared Monument5 - Old Site of Pedder Street Clock TowerJunction of Queen's Road Central and Pedder Street Demolished in 1913C31 - Pedder Building12 Pedder Street Grade II Historic BuildingC32 - Commemorative Plaque for the Original Waterfront in 1841Central BuildingC33 - Commemorative Plaque for the Praya Reclamation of 1843-65Chater House, 11 Chater Road. Plaque located on Pedder Street facade.C34 - Commemorative Plaque for the Praya Reclamation of 1890-1904Chater House, 11 Chater Road6 - Old Site of the General Post OfficeBetween Connaught Road Central, Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Central Demolished in the 1970s. Present site of the World-Wide House.
The Sheung Wan Route Section B NameLocationNotes/ReferencesPhotographs1 - Old Site of the Central Fire Station Des Voeux Road Central Location of the Hang Seng Bank Building2 - Central Market80 Des Voeux Road Central, Central Grade III Historic Building3 - Pottinger Street Nicknamed Stone Slabs Street ()4 - Original Site of the Hong Kong Headquarters of the Xingzhonghui (Revive China Society)13 Staunton Street5 - Muslim Mosque 30 Shelley Street, Sheung Wan Grade I Historic Building. Jamia Mosque.6 - Ohel Leah Synagogue70 Robinson Road, at the junction with Castle Road Grade I Historic Building7 - London Mission Building78 and 80 Robinson Road Grade III Historic Building. Now a private clubhouse.8 - Kom Tong Hall7 Castle Road, Central Grade II Historic Building. Houses the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum since December 20069 - Original Site of the Daoji Mission House59 Hollywood Road10 - Old Site of the Alice Memorial Hospital and Hong Kong College of Medicine77-81 Hollywood Road11 - Original Site of the Furen Literary SocietyPak Tsz Lane12 - Site of the school where Yeung Ku-wan was assassinated by Qing agents 52 Gage Street, corner of Aberdeen Street13 - Original Site of Yang Yao Ji - meeting place for "The Four Bandits"24 Gough Street (original address is at 6 Gough Street)14 - Commemorative Plaque for Dr. James Legge44 Gough Street15 - Original Site of the Central School44 Gough Street16 - Original Site of the Queen's CollegeAberdeen Street17- Original Site of the American Congregational Mission Preaching House2 Bridges Street (now Bridges Street Market)
Section A NameLocationNotes/ReferencesPhotographs18 - Man Mo Temple124-130 Hollywood Road Grade I Historic Building19 - Chinese Young Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong (Chinese Y.M.C.A)51 Bridges Street20 - Old Pathological Institute (Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences)2 Caine Lane Declared Monument21 - Old Site of the Police Officers' Quarters - Caine RoadBetween Caine Road and Seymour Road The site has been turned into a park, the Caine Road Garden.22 - Hop Yat Church2 Bonham Road Grade II Historic Building23 - One of the Original Sites of Tongmenghui (United League) Reception CentrePo Hing Fong24 - Commemorative Plaque for the Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in 1894Blake Garden25 - Kwong Fook I TszTai Ping Shan Street26 - Tai Ping Shan Street27 - Tung Wah Hospital12 Po Yan Street The Main Block is a Grade III Historic Building28 - Hollywood Road29 - Old Site of the Possession Point (Shui Hang Hau)Hollywood Road Park, near Possession Street30 - Old Site of the Tai Tat TeiHollywood Road Park31 - Old Site of the Ko Shing Theatre117 Queen's Road WestCiname Treasures - Ko Shing Theatre The theatre was demolished in 1973.32 - Bonham Strand33 - Old Site of the Nam Pak Hong UnionBonham Strand West34 - 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.35 - Western Market (North Block)323 Des Voeux Road Central Declared Monument
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/ReferencesPhotographs1 - Peak Tram Terminus33 Garden Road2 - Old Peak Café121 Peak Road, the Peak Grade II Historic Building. Renamed The Peak Lookout in 2001.The Peak Lookout 3 - Gate Lodge of the Former Mountain LodgeMount Austin Road, the Peak Declared Monument4 - Old Site of the Mountain LodgeLugard Road, the Peak The building was demolished in 1946. Now the site of Victoria Peak Garden5 - Pinewood BatteryLung Fu Shan Country Park6 - Boundary Stone, City of VictoriaHatton Road, 400 m from its start at Kotewall Road7 - Stone House15 Kotewall Road, Mid-Levels Grade III Historic Building. Now a private residence.
Section B NameLocationNotes/ReferencesPhotographs8 - Old Halls, the University of Hong KongMid-Levels Old Halls is a collective name given in 1966 to Lugard, Eliot and May Halls. Only Eliot and May Halls remain.9 - Main Building, the University of Hong Kong Mid-Levels The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument10 - Hung Hing Ying Building, the University of Hong KongMid-Levels The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument11 - Elliot Pumping Station and Filters Workmen's Quarters Pok Fu Lam Road, Kennedy Town Grade II Historic Building12 - 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 Building13 - Tang Chi Ngong Building, the University of Hong KongMid-Levels The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument14 - King's College 63A Bonham Road, Sai Ying Pun Grade II Historic Building15 - Kau Yan Church97A High Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building16 - Old Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital36A Western Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building. Named "Western District Community Centre" since 1973.17 - Main Building of St. Stephen's Girls' College2 Lyttelton Road, Mid-Levels Declared Monument18 - Old Site of Diocesan Boys' School9A Bonham Road Now the Bonham Road Government Primary School19 - Old Lunatic Asylum (Chinese Block)45 Eastern Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade II Historic Building. Now the Eastern Street Methadone Clinic.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.21 - Upper Levels Police Station1F High Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building. Now used as the Crime Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters.22 - St. Louis School179 Third Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building23 - 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.24 - Fok Hing Tong, Hong Kong Society for the Promotion of Virtue8-9 Tai Pak Terrace 25 - Lo Pan Temple15 Ching Lin Terrace, Kennedy Town Grade I Historic Building
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The Central Route The Sheung Wan Route The Western District and the Peak Route