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Arbuthnot Road, Hong Kong

Arbuthnot Road (Chinese: 亞畢諾道) is an important thoroughfare in Hong Kong. The road begins at the site of the first official home of the British justice, the Central Magistracy, a declared monument of Hong Kong, at No. 1, Arbuthnot Road. The road ends at the lush Botanical Gardens of Hong Kong. A full list of the notable buildings situated in the road is available below.

History

Most of the roads built and declared at the outset in Colonial Hong Kong in 1841 were quite close to the waterline. The Magistracy was not establlished until 1847 and the land on which it was built was more or less unoccupied. Arbuthnot Road is rather steep and inclined, and runs between Hollywood Road and Caine Road, which was not named until 1859. It is likely that it was not named or created until the 1850s or later; this was probably a date during the Second Opium War (1856-1860).

Today

Arbuthnot Road is a major tourist destination.

Current buildings

The Former Central Magistracy

• 1 Police club
• 2 Cafe O; Ovolo Service Apartments and spa
• 3-5a Universal Trade Centre including the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South-East Asia and the St Luke Cathedral of Hong Kong
• 4-8 Philia Lounge
• 8 Veda (restaurant); SK Service Apartments
• 10 Chez Moi
• 16 Mandarin Court
• 18 Fortune Court (Apartment building)
• 28 Apartment building