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{{Short description|Road in Hong Kong}}
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|image                   = Observatory Road 201603.jpg
|image_size              = 240
|caption                 = Observatory Road
|length_m                = 480
|length_notes            = {{convert|220|m|ft|abbr=on}} accessible to public
|location                = [[Observatory Hill, Hong Kong]]

|native_name             ={{native name|yue|天文臺道}}

|direction_a             = East
|terminus_a              = [[Chatham Road]]
|direction_b             = West
|terminus_b              = [[Nathan Road]]
|completion_date         = {{Start date and age|1883}}

| coordinates             = {{coord|22.30137|114.17486|format=dms|type:landmark_region:HK|display=title,inline}}

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'''Observatory Road''' ({{zh|t=天文臺道}}) is one of the oldest roads in [[Hong Kong]], and has existed since 1883. It is called so because this is where the [[Hong Kong Observatory]] was constructed. The Observatory is still in operation and provides updated [[typhoon]] information and other services for the Northwest Pacific area.

==Description==
Observatory Road is located in the [[Tsim Sha Tsui]] area of the [[Kowloon Peninsula]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/travel-food/article/2128263/where-eat-hong-kong-five-best-spicy-hotpot-restaurants|title=Where to eat in Hong Kong: Five of the best spicy hotpot restaurants|author=Alice Huang|magazine=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=17 January 2018|accessdate=8 May 2018}}</ref> and is about 200 metres in length. Despite its relatively short length, however, it is a significant historical area especially since some buildings from the old era still stand alongside the newer imposing structures of modern Kowloon. The road runs uphills and downhills on the [[Observatory Hill, Hong Kong|Observatory Hill]].

Observatory Road connects to [[Chatham Road South]] at one end and [[Nathan Road]] at the other. The part of the Road crossing the Hong Kong Observatory compound is not open to the public. Among the other familiar places around this area are the [[Hong Kong Museum of History]], the [[Hong Kong Science Museum|Science Museum]], [[Energy Plaza, Hong Kong|Energy Plaza]] with its Clock Fountain, [[Mira Place]], [[Ramada|Ramada Hotel]], and of course, the Hong Kong Observatory itself.

==Intersections==
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|km=0.00
|road=[[Chatham Road South]]
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|km=0.08
|road=[[Kimberley Street]]
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|km=0.12
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|location=
|km=0.17
|road=[[Knutsford Terrace]]
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{{Jctint
|location=
|km=0.19
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{{Jctint
|location=
|km=0.20
|road=Gate
|type=closed
|notes=Private access
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{{Jctint
|km=0.48
|road=[[Nathan Road]]
|type=closed
|notes=Private access
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==See also==
*[[List of streets and roads in Hong Kong]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Observatory Road, Hong Kong}}
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=%E5%A4%A9%E6%96%87%E8%87%BA%E9%81%93+%4022.300820,+114.176250&daddr=22.301832,114.17379&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=18&mra=dme&sll=22.301669,114.173108&sspn=0.002035,0.003648&ie=UTF8&ll=22.301331,114.175061&spn=0.002035,0.003648&z=18&om=1 Google Maps of Observatory Road]

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[[Category:Roads in Kowloon]]
[[Category:Odonyms referring to a building]]
[[Category:Tsim Sha Tsui]]


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