Glenealy, Hong Kong
| Glenealy, Hong Kong | |||||||
 Section near Caritas Centre, Mid-levels, Hong Kong | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 己連拿利 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 己连拿利 | ||||||
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Glenealy is one of the few roads or streets without a suffix in Hong Kong. Located in the Mid-levels on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, it starts from Ice House Street and goes uphill to Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, across Robinson Road and ends at Hornsey Road and Conduit Road.
It was the short form of a valley called Glenealy Ravine (己連拿利谷). The valley separates the Government Hill in the east and Pedder's Hill in the west.
Alternatively, the valley was known as Elliot's Vale (義律谷), after Charles Elliot, at the beginning and a road from Robinson Road leading to the house named Glenealy on the site of present Roman Catholic Cathedral is known as Elliot Crescent.
Vale in Elliot's Vale means river valley and a river runs from Victoria Peak down to Central.
It is one of the steepest roads in Hong Kong with public transport. It has a gradient of 1:5 in the Robinson Road to Conduit Road section, with Route 2*, 3, 3A and 45A (minibus) passing this road, which is often congested. The other 1:5 roads used by public transport in Hong Kong are Aberdeen Reservoir Road, Breezy Path and Castle Road.
See also
- The present Glenealy "street" is very short, running from number 1 to 10 only. The nearest point to reach Glenealy 1 is to walk uphill from the Hong Kong Fringe Club, while the nearest point to reach Glenealy 10 is to walk downhill from Caine Road near the Caritas House, through the very short pedestrian subway.
A total of 3 Glenealy street signs can be found -- one is tucked away at the far end at the bottom of the hill where it can hardly be seen, one is hoisted at Sheng Kung Hui St Paul's Church near the Hong Kong Fringe Club yet no street number is mentioned. The 3rd sign, hoisted at the top of the Caritas House, is the only street sign showing the street number.
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Coordinates: 22°16′42.72″N 114°9′11.58″E / 22.2785333°N 114.1532167°E
