Northam Road is a major thoroughfare along the northern coast of the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang.

Since the 1990s, Northam Road has been part of the city's Central Business District, and along with Gurney Drive, it has seen a significant increase in financial activity.

British administrators, including the founder of Penang, Francis Light, were buried within the Old Protestant Cemetery near the eastern end of Northam Road.

Northam Road is also home to some of the tallest skyscrapers in Penang, many of which house commercial enterprises like banks, insurance firms, property and car dealers, and other businesses.

[4][5] Since the 1990s, the completion of commercial skyscrapers along Northam Road has turned the coastal thoroughfare into a significant part of the city's Central Business District.