About the neighborhood
Area in Hong Kong
Sheung Wan (Chinese: 上環) 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
Asia Art Archive
Blake Garden
Hollywood Road Park
Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
Man Mo Temple
Pak Tsz Lane Park
Sheung Wan Civic Centre
Sheung Wan Market
Shun Tak Centre
Soho, Hong Kong (also part of Central)
The Center
Tung Wah Hospital
Western Market
YMCA of Hong Kong Bridges Street Centre
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.
Streets
Streets in Sheung Wan include:
Aberdeen Street, marking the border with Central
Bonham Strand and Bonham Strand West
Bridges Street
Cleverly Street (Hong Kong)zh (急庇利街). Named after Charles Saint George Cleverly, the 2nd Surveyor General of Hong Kong Government.
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
Upper and Lower Lascar Row
Wellington Street, Hong Kong (also in Central)
Wing Lee Street
Wing Lok Street (Hong Kong)zh (永樂街)
Wing Sing Street
Economy
The head office of Wing On is in Wing On Centrezh (永安中心) in Sheung Wan.
Education
Sheung Wan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 11. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Bonham Road Government Primary School and Li Sing Primary Schoolzh (李陞小學).
Another school in the area is Discovery Montessori School, a Montessori-based school located at 3/F Mandarin Building, 43B Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan. Discovery Montessori School (DMS) is for children from 6 months to 6 years old, with programs including playgroup, nursery, and kindergarten.
Due to the high French expatriate population, the French International School of Hong Kong previously operated a Kindergarten campus in Shops 2-4 on the ground floor of Tung Fai Gardens (東暉花園) in Sheung Wan.
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 28 December 2014.
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.
See also
Central and Western Heritage Trail: Sheung Wan Route
Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail
List of places in Hong Kong
References
External links
Media related to Sheung Wan at Wikimedia Commons
"Walking through Sheung Wan". cuhk.edu.hk. Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Landmarks Landmarks in Central
Bank of America Tower
Bonham Road
British Consulate
Breezy Path
Central and Western Heritage Trail
Civic Square
First houses on the Peak
Gate Lodge
Grenville House
Harcourt Garden
Headquarters House
High West
Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Island Pacific Hotel
King George V Memorial Park
Lippo Centre
Lung Fu Shan Country Park
Mount Davis Chiu Yuen Cemetery
Mountain Lodge
Ohel Leah Synagogue
Old Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital
The Peak Galleria Hong Kong Trams Station (former)
Pacific Place Phases I-II JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong
Island Shangri-La
Peak Tower
Queensway
Sai Ying Pun Community Complex
SoHo
Shun Tak Centre
South Korean Consulate
Smithfield
Tamar Park
Tim Mei Avenue
Tsan Yuk Hospital
Victoria Peak Garden
TransportHistory Peak District Reservation Ordinance 1904
This list is incomplete. Central has its own template due to the number of sites in that area. Sites specifically associated with University of Hong Kong are listed at the relevant template. Old KowloonNew KowloonNew TerritoriesOfficial place names are summarized from "Geoinfo Map" of Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, "Hong Kong Guide" of Lands Department, "Hong Kong Guide Book" of Universal Publications Ltd. and "Areas and Districts" of Rating and Valuation Department. M：Narrow meaning of urban areas KL: Kowloon Peninsula at the south of Boundary Street NKL: Former New Territories area at the north of Boundary Street and at the south of Lion Rock 1: Common definition (1) 2: Common definition (2) 3: Common definition (3) 4: Areas not adopting small house concessionary right of indigenous inhabitants
5: Jurisdiction area of former Urban Council 6: Definition of "Metropolitan Area" of Planning Department 7: Jurisdiction area of Urban Renewal Authority 8: Unique operating area of urban taxis 9: "Urban" (9a) and "Extended Urban" (9b) areas defined by Hong Kong Housing Authority 10: Definition of Urban rates 11: Hospital cluster belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 12: Police region belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 13: Regions having 999-year land lease 14: Geographical Constituency in Hong Kong Legislative Council belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 15: Regional Education Office belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 16: Primary One Admission School Net belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon KowloonNew TerritoriesSource: "Hong Kong Coastline map". "The history, current situation and future plans of Hong Kong's land reclamation" (in Chinese). 22°17′07″N 114°09′05″E / 22.28524°N 114.15139°E / 22.28524; 114.15139
Encyclopedic content adapted from the Wikipedia article on Sheung Wan, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
