Old Peak Road is a road in the Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is the most direct path from Victoria Gap and Victoria Peak to Central on Hong Kong Island. The highest altitude is about 350 meters, the highest altitude of the driving road is about 200 meters, which is the Dynasty Court, and the mountain road is 350 meters.[1]
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| Native name | 舊山頂道 (Yue Chinese) |
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| Location | Mid-Levels, Hong Kong |
| Old Peak Road | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 舊山頂道 | ||||||
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History
editFormerly known as the Peak Road, the Old Peak Road was built in the 1920s and used to be the only way to the Peak. In the 1960s, Peak Road was renamed Old Peak Road, while a section of Stubbs Road connecting Wan Chai Gap and Victoria Peak was renamed Peak Road. One of only six "Victoria City Boundaries" in Hong Kong is still preserved.
Features
editOld Peak Road in the Mid-levels is full of strata luxury housing estates, most of which are over 1,000 square feet, including Garden Terrace, Dynasty Court and Hillsborough Court. In addition, the 2-storey Peak Depot, located at No. 102 Old Peak Road in the Peak District, was built in the 1910s and served as an office, warehouse and staff quarters for the Water Supplies Department at that time. Historical documents show that the warehouse was once the dormitory of Shangshan Jiaobi, and was rated as a second-class historical building by the Antiquities Office.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "香港地圖地理資訊" (in Chinese). 香港政府. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "豪宅Guide：舊山頂道大宅景價宜人 《東方日報》 2011-05-22". Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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