Princess Margaret Road

Princess Margaret Road (Chinese: 公主道; lit. "Princess Road") is a road in Kowloon, Hong Kong, forming a part of Route 1.

Princess Margaret Road

Ho Man Tin section of Princess Margaret Road
Native name	公主道 (Yue Chinese)
Length	2.31 kilometres (1.44 mi)
Location	Kowloon, Hong Kong
South end	Chatham Road South
North end	Waterloo Road

Princess Margaret Road
Chinese	公主道
Literal meaning	Princess Road
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gōngzhǔ Dào Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization gung1 jyu2 dou6 Jyutping gung1 zyu2 dou6
Nairn Road
Chinese	楠道
Literal meaning	Nanmu Road
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nán Dào Yue: Cantonese Jyutping naam4 dou6

Originally called Nairn Road (楠道) with the English name after a town in Scotland and the Chinese name after the nanmu trees that grew there,^[1] the road was renamed to commemorate the 1966 visit to Hong Kong of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.^[1]

Princess Margaret Road starts near at Gascoigne Road, runs northward, cutting through the hills between Quarry Hill, No. 12 Hill and Ho Man Tin proper, and reaches the intersection of Argyle Street and Waterloo Road.^[1]

Depicted in the movie The Legend of Speed, it actually is a popular road for illegal street racing.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of streets and roads in Hong Kong