Leighton Hill

This article is about a hill in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. For the private housing estate in Leighton Hill, see The Leighton Hill.

Bridge leading to The Leighton Hill housing estate, built on Leighton Hill.

Leighton Hill (Chinese: 禮頓山) is a hill between Causeway Bay and Happy Valley, and the south of Leighton Road, Hong Kong.

History

The exact origins of the name is unclear, but there is reference to a merchant named Leighton whom owned town lot at nearby Caroline Hill in the 1840s.^[1] A H. Leighton acquired a marine lot in 1841.^[2] In the 1842 map the hill is also noted with names J. P. Larkins (Captain John Paul Larkins of the East India Company).^[3]

There were several air-raid shelters at the downhill of Leighton Hill to protect Victoria City from Japanese occupation during the Battle of Hong Kong in World War II.^[4][5]

Features

In 2002, a private housing estate with the same name The Leighton Hill was built.^[6]

Transport

Buses

• 601
• 680 / 680A / 680B /6 80P
• 690
• 1 / 1M / 1P
• 8X
• 10
• 19P
• 76
• 112
• 117

Minibus

• 5
• 26
• 30

Tram

• Kennedy Town to Happy Valley
• Shau Kei Wan to Happy Valley

References

1. "Notes and Queries: Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s First Site in Hong Kong" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 8: 152. 1968. ISSN 1991-7295. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2024-11-06 – via Hong Kong Journals Online - Hong Kong University. They also purchased from a merchant named Leighton a town lot on which he had built a godown and a suburban lot which he had prepared for building.
2. "1842 Map of Initial Land Sales in the Colony | Gwulo".
3. "1842 Map of Initial Land Sales in the Colony | Gwulo".
4. "Tunnels under Mount Parish". Archived from the original on October 27, 2007.
5. "Life in Hong Kong's ARP tunnels". Archived from the original on January 8, 2009.
6. "Mike Wong's speech at media tour of The Leighton Hill".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

22°16′34.29″N 114°11′1.78″E