Oxford Road, Hong Kong

Oxford Road is a two-way street in Kowloon Tsai (often regarded as Kowloon Tong), Kowloon City District, Hong Kong.

Oxford Road
Traditional Chinese牛津道
Simplified Chinese牛津道
Oxford Road, south end
Oxford Road, north end

History

Completed in mid-1950s,[1] Oxford Road was named after Oxford, England as one of the Kowloon Tong streets which were all named after places in Britain when the first British settlers arrived in Kowloon. Oxford, being a heritage-rich city in England, was chosen as the first name of all the Kowloon Tong streets.[2]

Location

Oxford Road runs from Oxford Road Playground to Hereford Road near Sunderland Estate. Succeeding Flint Road at a roundabout near Ho Tung Road, Oxford Road runs northward in a divided dual-carriageway until it meets Lancashire Road near Lannox Gardens. Crossing the junction, Oxford Road merges into a two-way street which continues to run northbound. It meets Moray Road, Selkirk Road and Hampshire Road respectively on the west side and then intersects with Durham Road near Kowloon Tsai House tennis court. After Durham Road, Oxford Road meets Wiltshire Road on the west and finally terminates at Hereford Road near Sunderland Estate and Mary Rose School.[3]

Features

Oxford Road is home to many schools such as, beginning from Oxford Road Playground, Maryknoll Convent School, Caritas Francis Hsu College, Creative Primary School, TWGHs Wong Fut Nam College, Jockey Club Government Secondary School, Kei Wa Primary School (Kowloon Tong) and Bishop Hall Jubilee School, together with, formerly, Ying Wa College and Pui Shing Middle School (Renamed Pui Shing Catholic Secondary School in 1992).[4]

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See also

References
  1. 華僑日報香港年鑑街道圖 (1953, 1957, 1963 versions)
  2. 爾東、李健信：《趣談九龍街道》, Ming Pao Books (明報出版社), Hong Kong, 2004. ISBN 962-8871-46-3
  3. Hong Kong Guide 2006, Survey and Mapping Office, HKSAR
  4. Centamap
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