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Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Western District. The name can be variously interpreted as Upper District (occupying relatively high ground compared to Central and Wan Chai), or Gateway District (perhaps a reference to the location where the British first entered and occupied Hong Kong).

History

Sheung Wan was one of the earliest settled places by the British, and belonged to the historical Victoria City. The site of the original occupation of Hong Kong Island by British forces in 1842 was at Possession Street, between Queen’s Road Central and Hollywood Road. A plaque to this effect can be found in Hollywood Road Park at the top of Possession Street. The foot of Possession Street, Possession Point, was at that time on the shoreline, but is now several hundred yards inland due to reclamation.

Geography

Sheung Wan is surrounded by Sai Ying Pun in the west, Central in the east, Victoria Harbour in the north and Victoria Peak in the south. Part of the Mid-Levels is located within Sheung Wan. The border between Central and Sheung Wan consists of the entire Castle Lane, the entire Aberdeen Street, the entire Wing Kut Street, the section of Des Voeux Road Central between Wing Kut Street and Wing Wo Street, the section of Wing Wo Street north of Des Voeux Road Central, the section of Connaught Road Central between Wing Wo Street and Rumsey Street, and the section of Rumsey Street from Connaught Road Central to the waterside. Garfield Mansion is in Sheung Wan while Green Field Court is in Central. The border’s location south of Seymour Road in the Mid-Levels is unknown.

Features

Blake Garden
Hollywood Road Park
Man Mo Temple
Pak Tsz Lane Park
Sheung Wan Civic Centre
Shun Tak Centre
Soho, Hong Kong (also part of Central)
The Center
Tung Wah Hospital
Western Market
Sheung Wan Market^[1]
Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences^[2]
YMCA of Hong Kong Bridges Street Centre^[3]
Asia Art Archive

The Sheung Wan Route

The Sheung Wan Route is one part of Central and Western Heritage Trail designed by the Antiquities and Monuments Office and Leisure and Cultural Services Department. The route covers 35 historic buildings and sites in Sheung Wan.^[4]

Streets

Streets in Sheung Wan include:

Aberdeen Street, marking the border with Central
Bonham Strand and Bonham Strand West
Bridges Street
Cleverly Street (急庇利街). Named after Charles Saint George Cleverly, the 2nd Surveyor General of Hong Kong Government.^[5]
Des Voeux Road Central and Des Voeux Road West
Gough Street
Hillier Street
Hollywood Road (also in Central)
Jervois Street
Ladder Street and other ladder streets
Man Wa Lane
Morrison Street (摩利臣街)
Possession Street
Pound Lane, a ladder street
Queen’s Road Central and Queen’s Road West
Rumsey Street
Shing Wong Street, a ladder street
Tai Ping Shan Street, a popular shopping street^[6]
Upper and Lower Lascar Row
Wellington Street, Hong Kong (also in Central)
Wing Lee Street
Wing Lok Street (永樂街)
Wing Sing Street

Transport

Sheung Wan is served by the Sheung Wan Station, formerly the western terminus of the Island Line of the MTR metro system. Kennedy Town became the new terminus of the Island on December 28, 2014.^[7]

Trams also run through Sheung Wan, and one of the tram termini, Western Market, is located at the junction of Des Voeux Road Central and Morrison Street near its namesake.

The Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal in the Shun Tak Centre has ferries and helicopters to Macau and to several destinations in Mainland China.

Numerous bus routes run through Sheung Wan. Central (Macau Ferry) Bus Terminus, located next to the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, is one of the largest bus termini on Hong Kong Island.

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