Bonham Strand

{{Short description|Discontinuous street in Hong Kong}}

{{Distinguish|Bonham Road}}

{{for|the brand of bespoke tailored suits based in Hong Kong|Bonham Strand (tailor)}}

{{Infobox street

| name = Bonham Strand

| native_name = {{native name|yue|文咸街}}

| namesake = Sir George Bonham

| image = HK SW Wing Lok Street 60430 Bonham Stand.jpg

| caption = Bonham Strand in Sheung Wan

| direction_a = East

| terminus_a = Queen's Road Central

| direction_b = West

| terminus_b = Queen's Road / Possession Street
(Bonham Strand)
Des Voeux Road West
(Bonham Strand West)

| location = Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

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{{Chinese

| c = 文咸街

| j = man4 haam4 gaai1

}}

File:HK SW Wing Lok Street 60430 Bonham Stand West.jpg

Bonham Strand (Chinese: 文咸街) is a combination of two streets in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong: Bonham Strand (文咸東街) and Bonham Strand West (文咸西街).

As the name suggests, it was a strand and close to shore in the past though currently far from the seafront after several reclamations over history. This street renders the early shore line after 1842.

The streets are named after Sir George Bonham, the third governor of Hong Kong (1848–1854), who led the reconstruction effort of Sheung Wan after a fire destroyed part of it in 1851.{{cite book | title=Signs of a Colonial Era | publisher=Hong Kong University Press | author=Andrew Yanne| author2=Gillis Heller | year=2009 | pages=4, 45 | isbn=978-962-209-944-9}} This was the government's first large-scale reclamation and road construction project.{{Cite book|last1=何佩然|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yUJC4yQEdo8C&dq=%22Tai+Wan+Shan%22+Kowloon&pg=PA14|title=建成之道: 戰後香港的道路發展|last2=He|first2=Peiran|date=2008-01-01|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|isbn=978-962-209-051-4|language=en}}