Battery Path

Battery Path (Chinese: 炮台里) is a pedestrian-only[1] footpath located beneath Government Hill in Central, Hong Kong.

The path is noted for many historical landmarks situated on it, most notably the Former Central Government Offices, the Former French Mission Building and St. John's Cathedral.

During the First Opium War, the British occupied Hong Kong in 1841 and one year later, the territory was ceded to them in the Treaty of Nanking.

[1] During the early twentieth century, the path was popular with and frequented daily by sedan chair drivers, who would take advantage of the shade provided by the banyan that lined the sides of the road.

[1][3] From its western end, Battery Path begins at the junction between Queen's Road Central[5] and Ice House Street.

The West Wing of the Former Central Government Offices as seen from Battery Path.