This road spanned Victoria City and stretched from Shek Tong Tsui to Wan Chai
Queens Road was the first road in Hong Kong built by the British between 1841 and 1843. This road consists of four parts namely Queen's Road Central, Queen's Road West, Queensway and Queen's Road East.
The first section to Sai Ying Pun of Queens Road was built by the Royal Engineers. Some 300 workers from Kowloon were employed to build this stretch. Though Queens Road was named after Queen Victoria, it was poorly maintained. Visitors who came to Hong Kong during the later half of the 19th century were shocked to find the dire strait of this road that was named after the British monarch. However, the situation improved when Hong Kong was declared a Crown Colony. Though the development of Queens Road was somewhat haphazard during this period, it became the hub of activity in the newly established city. In 1878, this road was the scene of a devastating Christmas fire that continued for 17 hours and destroyed 400 houses spread across 10 acres of land.
Today this remnant of the city's colonial days is where some the most famous and expensive buildings of Hong Kong can be found.