Leighton Road () is a main road in
Causeway Bay
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,
Hong Kong
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. It begins east of
Causeway Road and ends at the west of the junction with
Morrison Hill Road and
Canal Road.
History
Part of the road skirts
Leighton Hill to its north while part of it runs along
Lee Garden (a property of the
Lee Hysan family), known as
Jardine's Hill (owned by
Jardine-Matheson) in early colonial days. The area adjacent to the road is relatively quiet compared to the business centre of
East Point of Causeway Bay.
There was a Zoroastrian Church on Leighton Road between 1931 and 1991, which was later demolished and rebuilt as the Zoroastrian Building (善樂施大廈) in 1993, with the church on the fifth floor.
Features
A branch road,
Wong Nai Chung Road
Wong Nai Chung Road is a major road in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. It is a U-shaped road that encircles the southern, western and eastern sides of the Happy Valley Racecourse.
Location
Wong Nai Chung Road starts northeast at the junction wit ...
leads to the
Happy Valley Racecourse and the upscale residential area of
Happy Valley.
* No. 8. Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Causeway Bay Hotel, an
InterContinental Hotels Group
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-franchised hotel, has been located there since 2009.
* No. 66.
Po Leung Kuk headquarters
* No. 77. Leighton Centre (), owned by
Hysan Development Company, is a grade A office building.
* No. 101. Zoroastrian Building (). A first building was erected in the 1930s. The current building was built in 1993.
Zoroastrian Prayer Hall in Causeway Bay
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* No. 111. Lee Garden Six
* No. 133. Lanson Place Hotel ()
* No. 140. St. Paul's Convent School
* Craigengower Cricket Club
Gallery
See also
* List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
The following are incomplete lists of Controlled-access highway, expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, Avenue (landscape), avenues, streets, crescents, Town square, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong.
Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to ...
References
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Causeway Bay
Hong Kong Tramways
Roads on Hong Kong Island
Wan Chai