Wellington Street is a street in Central

Central, Hong Kong

Central is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula...

 and Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan

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...

 on Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. It is a straight road running downward and westward from Wyndham Street

Wyndham Street

Wyndham Street is a one-way street in Central, Hong Kong. It is one of the earliest colonial streets, once known as Pedder Hill.It starts at the junction with Hollywood Road and Arbuthnot Road, near the Central Police Station, and heads downhill to terminate at Queen's Road Central, near the...

 to Queen's Road Central. The two sides of street is a mosaic of old and new buildings. Varieties of trades can be found on the street level. Street markets can be found in the adjacent lanes.

Location

The street is located at the bottom of Victoria Peak

Victoria Peak

Victoria Peak is a mountain in Hong Kong. It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak. The mountain is located in the western half of Hong Kong Island...

 on Hong Kong Island and next to Queens Road Central which serves as one of the main roads through the central business district

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

. Wellington Street ends at the end of Central and the beginning of Sheung Wan.

Features

The street also houses many shops on ground level and offices above with some housing. Notable businesses in Wellington Street include restaurants such as Mak's Noodle

Mak's Noodle

Mak's Noodle is a traditional Cantonese restaurant in Central, Hong Kong, specialising in wonton noodles.- History :It is a third-generation family business dating back to the 1960s, and is now run by Mak Chi-ming, whose grandfather Mak Woon-chi served the dish to Chiang Kai-shek...

, Yung Kee

Yung Kee

Yung Kee is a Chinese restaurant located on Wellington Street in Central, Hong Kong. It is most famous for its roast goose.- History :Yung Kee used to be a dai pai dong selling siu mei on Kwong Yuen West Street, near the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, before it was converted into a restaurant by...

 and Lin Heung Tea House (莲香楼; lit. "Fragrant Lotus").

History

The first Roman Catholic cathedral of Hong Kong was built in 1843 at the junction of Pottinger Street

Pottinger Street

Pottinger Street is a street in Central, Hong Kong. It is also better known as the Stone Slabs Street by the locals, after the granite stone steps which are a rarity nowadays in Hong Kong. The street was named after Henry Pottinger, the first Governor of Hong Kong.-Location:The street was...

 and Wellington Street and was destroyed in a fire in 1859. It was rebuilt, but subsequently a different site was selected and the current Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at Caine Road

Caine Road

Caine Road is a main road in Hong Kong connecting Bonham Road in the west and Arbuthnot Road and Upper Albert Road in the east ....

was completed 1888.

External links

• Google Maps of Wellington Street