Leighton Road is a main road in Causeway Bay

Causeway Bay

Causeway Bay is a heavily built-up area of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, located on the Hong Kong Island, and covering parts of Wan Chai and Eastern districts. The Chinese name is also romanized as Tung Lo Wan as in Tung Lo Wan Road...

 and Wan Chai

Wan Chai

Wan Chai is a metropolitan area situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area north of Gloucester Road is often called...

 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. It begins east Causeway Road

Causeway Road

Causeway Road is a main road in Hong Kong. Situated in Causeway Bay, it joins Yee Wo Street in the west and King's Road. It is a boundary of Eastern District and Wan Chai District...

 and ends west at the junction of Morrison Hill Road

Morrison Hill Road

Morrison Hill Road is a major road in Happy Valley and Wan Chai of Hong Kong. It connects south to Aberdeen Tunnel, runs north along Happy Valley Racecourse and meets the east end of Queen's Road Central. It runs into residential blocks after the junction of Canal Road and Leighton Road...

 and Canal Road

Canal Road, Hong Kong

Canal Road East , Canal Road West and the Canal Road Flyover are important roads in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay, Wan Chai District of Hong Kong....

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Part of the road surrounds Leighton Hill

Leighton Hill

Leighton Hill is a hill between Causeway Bay and Happy Valley, and the south of Leighton Road, Hong Kong. There were several air-raid shelters at the downhill of Leighton Hill to protect Victoria City from Japanese occupation during the Battle of Hong Kong in World War II. Now, a private housing...

 in its north while part of it runs along Lee Garden

Lee Garden

Lee Garden is a hill south of East Point and west of Causeway Bay on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, approximately the area between Percival Street, Hennessy Road and Leighton Road. It was also known as Jardine's Hill or East Point Hill.In early 19th century, the land of East Point, including...

 (a property of the Lee Hysan

Lee Hysan

Lee Hysan was a renowned land developer and entrepreneur in Hong Kong. The ancestral home of the Lee family was Xinhui, Guangdong, and his father, Lee Leung Yik was an early participant in the U.S. gold rush. Hysan Lee was born in Hawaii and attended primary school in the United States. At age...

 family), known as Jardine's Hill (owned by Jardine-Matheson) in early colonial days. The area adjacent to the road is relative quiet compared to the business centre of East Point

East Point, Hong Kong

East Point was a cape on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It was a pointed headland that extended from Jardine's Hill, i.e. Lee Garden towards the Kellett Island. It marked the eastern limits of the early City of Victoria. The piece of land separated Causeway Bay in the east and...

 of Causeway Bay.

A branch road, Wong Nai Chung Road

Wong Nai Chung Road

Wong Nai Chung Road is a major road in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. It is a U-shaped road that encircles the southern and eastern sides of the Happy Valley Racecourse. It starts northeast at the junction with Leighton Road, then turns southward and meets Blue Pool Road at the southern residential area...

 leads to the Happy Valley Racecourse

Happy Valley Racecourse

Happy Valley Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing in Hong Kong. It is located in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island, surrounded by Wong Nai Chung Road and Morrison Hill Road.-History:...

 and the residential area in Happy Valley

Happy Valley, Hong Kong

Happy Valley is a mostly residential suburb of Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. Administratively, it is part of Wan Chai District....

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Lee Theatre

Lee Theatre

Lee Theatre was a prominent theatre in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Once one of the premier performing venues in Hong Kong, the theatre was demolished in the 1990s and replaced with an office building and a shopping centre.-History:...

, Leighton Centre, Po Leung Kuk

Po Leung Kuk

The Po Leung Kuk is a charitable organisation in Hong Kong that provides support for orphaned children, education and other services.-Founding of Po Leung Kuk:...

, St. Paul's Convent School

St. Paul's Convent School

St Paul's Convent SchoolSchool BadgeHeadmistressesSr. Joanna Marie Cheung Sr. Margaret Wong School typePrivate, Girls' School, DSSReligious affiliationCatholicFounded1854Location...

, Craigengower Cricket Club are located at both sides of the road.