page_title: Ladder streets
hierarchical_section_title: Ladder streets
caption_attribution_description: Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong
context_page_description: Ladder streets are narrow streets in Hong Kong comprising steps. Most are found between Central and Sheung Wan and Mid-levels on Hong Kong Island, from Queen's Road Central, through Hollywood Road and a few other cross streets, to Caine Road at the Mid-levels. Other ladder streets exist outside of the immediate Mid-levels area, such as Sands Street in Kennedy Town.
  Note that there is indeed a street named Ladder Street, composed entirely of stone steps, in Sheung Wan.
  While some ladder streets are made only of traditional steps, some at a moderate incline have portions that could be traversed with a rickshaw or cart. These portions had raised stones perpendicular to the street at regular intervals acting like a ratchet so that carts and rickshaws could be easily stopped and parked. This kind of paving can be found on Pottinger Street.
  The Duddell Street steps were declared a monument by the Antiquities & Monuments Office.
context_section_description: Ladder streets are narrow streets in Hong Kong comprising steps. Most are found between Central and Sheung Wan and Mid-levels on Hong Kong Island, from Queen's Road Central, through Hollywood Road and a few other cross streets, to Caine Road at the Mid-levels. Other ladder streets exist outside of the immediate Mid-levels area, such as Sands Street in Kennedy Town.
  Note that there is indeed a street named Ladder Street, composed entirely of stone steps, in Sheung Wan.
  While some ladder streets are made only of traditional steps, some at a moderate incline have portions that could be traversed with a rickshaw or cart. These portions had raised stones perpendicular to the street at regular intervals acting like a ratchet so that carts and rickshaws could be easily stopped and parked. This kind of paving can be found on Pottinger Street.
  The Duddell Street steps were declared a monument by the Antiquities & Monuments Office.
caption: Aberdeen Street, one of the ladder streets in  Central.
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