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Battery Path

Street in Central, Hong Kong

Summary

Street in Central, Hong Kong

Field	Value
name	Battery Path
native_name	yue
image	HK Battery Path 6-1.jpg
caption	Entrance of Battery Path, near the junction of Queen's Road Central and Ice House Street
location	Central, Hong Kong
coordinates
direction_a	West
terminus_a	Queen's Road Central
direction_b	East
terminus_b	Garden Road
completion_date	1841

Battery Path () is a pedestrian-only footpath located beneath Government Hill in Central, Hong Kong. Named after Murray Battery, it stretches from Queen's Road Central to Garden Road. The path is noted for many historical landmarks situated on it, most notably the Former Central Government Offices, the Former French Mission Building and St. John's Cathedral.

History

The West Wing of the [[Former Central Government Offices]] as seen from Battery Path.

During the First Opium War, the British occupied Hong Kong in 1841, and—one year later— the territory was ceded to them in the Treaty of Nanking. The new administration chose the site around present-day Battery Path to build its headquarters and defences. Construction on the path was completed in approximately 1841, at around the same time that its namesake—Murray Battery—was built. At the time, both the path and the battery were located on Hong Kong Island's waterfront with Victoria Harbour. However, it is now situated much farther inland due to the amount of land reclamation that has been undertaken since its opening.

During the early twentieth century, the path was popular with—and frequented daily by—sedan chair drivers, who would take advantage of the shade provided by the banyan that lined the sides of the road. Although the use of sedan chairs ceased after the 1960s, the trees remain in the same place.

Description and features

From its western end, Battery Path begins at the junction between Queen's Road Central and Ice House Street. The path ends at the intersection with Garden Road, where St. John's Cathedral is located.

References

DeWolf, Christopher. (3 May 2011). "Why Government Hill needs to be conserved". CNN.
Wordie, Jason. (1 May 2002). "Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island". Hong Kong University Press.
Bond, Graham. (21 February 2011). "Frommer's Hong Kong Day by Day". John Wiley & Sons.
Bailey, Steven K.. (1 November 2009). "Exploring Hong Kong: A Visitor's Guide to Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories". ThingsAsian Press.
McKirdy, Euan. (12 May 2011). "Hong Kong's Second World War". Wall Street Journal.
"Former French Mission Building, Battery Path, Central – Declared Monuments". Government of Hong Kong.

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