Heritage Trails | Northern Route

Have a slow leisure on this route to find out blend of Penang colonial and Local Flavour

Estimate Time:  3 to 5 hours

Start from: Weld Quary  ---->   (head 300m northeast on Jalan Pengkalan Weld) ----> Church Street Pier ----> (500m along same road) ----> Victoria Clock Tower ----> (100m north at Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah)  ----> Fort Cornwallis ----> (400m along the same road) ----> War Memorial ---->  (turn into Jalan Padang Kota) ----> City Hall ---->  Town Hall ----> (cross the road at Light Street) ----> House of Yeap Chor Ee ----> (turn corner at Bank Negara towards junction of Jalan masjid Kapitan Keling & Bishop Street) ----> St. George's Church ----> (just 2 door away)----> Penang Museum and Art Gallery ----> (500m northwest along Farquhar Street, at Keith St. junction) ----> Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion ---->  (continue aong Leith St. after Muntri St. junction) ----> Benggali Mosque ----> (walk back, turn right into Muntri st about 100m)  ----> Hainan Temple ---->  (east on Muntri St. cross love Lane into Stewart Lane until Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling) ----> Kapital Keling Mosque  ---->  (200m along the same road) ---->  Kuan Yip Temple

Some Pointers:-

• Along Jalan Pengkalan weld, there are several big god owns between Church st. pier and Swettenham pier that bears testimony to the prosperous port of Penang

• South of the Victoria Clock Tower is Beach Street, the centre if colonial days and it is still a bustling business centre area for Penang today where trade deals and money exchange are order of the day.

• The explanade is just next to Fort Cornwallis.  This is the waterfront area where events are usually held.

Where to catch for some bites or good stuff on your way of visiting:-

• Food court at Esplanade.

• Muntri St. - Jin Xiu At & Tea; W&O cafe

• Coffee shops near Kuan Yin Temple offer variety of delicious hawker foods.

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