Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, it stretches from Wyndham Street to Queen's Road Central.

The street is located at the bottom of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island and next to Queen's Road Central which serves as one of the main roads through the central business district.

Wellington Street ends westwards at the end of Central and the beginning of Sheung Wan (the border between Central and Sheung Wan is marked by Aberdeen Street).

However, space constraints led to a different site being selected in the 1880s;[3] this was located above Caine Road by the Glenealy Ravine.

[6] The bombing was part of a systematic bombardment of the Hong Kong Island's north shore that was launched on that day.