The areas of Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town are located to the west, Sheung Wan and Tai Ping Shan are to the east, and the Mid-Levels is higher up the hill to the south.

The HKU MTR station exit B1 straddles the boundary between Shek Tong Tsui and Sai Ying Pun.

Lok Sin Tong Leung Kau Kui College is in Sai Ying Pun while Tung Wah Hospital is in Sheung Wan.

On a map, Sai Ying Pun can be distinguished from Sheung Wan because it is left of the street grid of the Tai Ping Shan neighborhood.

The granite was formed in the Upper Jurassic Period and is from the last phase of intrusions in the Hong Kong area.

The flat parts of Sai Ying Pun near the harbour are reclaimed land, built from landfill.

It meandered around the camp structures and extended along the north coast of Hong Kong Island.

Sai Ying Pun was settled as Chinese immigrants moved into Hong Kong and built to the west of Tai Ping Shan.

In 1894, an epidemic of bubonic plague struck and afflicted Sai Ying Pun residents.

It was not initially as bad as in neighbouring Tai Ping Shan, which was abandoned and demolished to improve hygiene.

Government reports called this area the number IX health district and went into great detail about the buildings where the disease occurred.

In 1903, most houses were made from soft blue bricks, they had basements, and retaining walls at the front and back due to the steep slope.

In the early 1900s, there was a Berlin Foundling House in High Street, a Sailors Home, and a Lunatic Asylum.