Shing Wong Street

Shing Wong Street

Shing Wong Street (Chinese: 城皇街) is a street on the hill slope of Sheung Wan and Mid-levels, Hong Kong. The street from Gough Street at its lowest to Caine Road highest. The street is one of ladder streets in Hong Kong, comprised of stone steps, in the section between Hollywood Road and Caine Road.

Between Hollywood Road and Staunton Street, a large terrace at the street east erects two closed staff quarters of Hong Kong Police Force built in 1950s. The terrace was constructed for the old campus of Queen's College earlier, the largest building in Hong Kong at the time.

The Staunton Street ends at Shing Wong Street and Bridges Street extends it west. Bridges Street Market is located their junction. Walking upstair are mixture of modern and pre-World War II buildings till the end of the Shing Wong Street at Caine Road.

ee also

* List of streets and roads in Hong Kong


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