Brown Road, George Town

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Brown Road, or Jalan Brown, is a road that pass through a leafy residential neighborhood in George Town. It links Burmah Road on one end with Jalan Utama on the other, and is intersected by Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Rose Avenue and Scott Road, among others.

Brown Road (3 September 2008)
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The district where Brown Road passes through used to be called Ayer Rajah, from which the main road was Ayer Rajah Road, now Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman. It was the Ayaer Rajah Estate belonging to the families of the Browns and the Scotts, whose names live on in the roads.

Brown Road was named after David Brown, the largest landowner in Penang, who was also remembered with the Brown Memorial and Padang Brown.

Getting there

Brown Road has to be reached by car or taxi as no buses presently ply the route.

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