Wellington Street, Hong Kong

Wellington Street
The eastern part of Wellington Street
Native name威靈頓街 (Yue Chinese)
NamesakeArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
LocationCentral, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°16′54″N 114°09′20″E / 22.28180°N 114.15550°E / 22.28180; 114.15550
East endWyndham Street
West endQueen's Road Central
Construction
Completionc. mid-1840s
Wellington Street, Hong Kong
Looking west in Wellington Street, near the junction with Lyndhurst Terrace.
Traditional Chinese威靈頓街
Simplified Chinese威灵顿街
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWēilíngdùn Jiē
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingwai1 ling4 deon6 gaai1
The Central–Mid-Levels escalators crossing Wellington Street.

Wellington Street (Chinese: 威靈頓街) is a one-way street located in Central and Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, it stretches from Wyndham Street to Queen's Road Central. The two sides of street is a mosaic of old and new buildings. Varieties of trades can be found on the street level. Street markets can be found in the adjacent lanes.