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The Esplanade / Fort Road

Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah is a coastal road in the inner city of George Town. It starts at the Queen Victoria Memorial Clocktower and ends at Light Street in front of the Penang Supreme Court.

Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah was named after Tun Tan Sri Syed Sheh Al-Haj bin Syed Hassan Barakbah, a Kedahan or Arab-Malay descent who served for two terms as the third Governor of Penang between February 1969 until February 1975. The road that was renamed in his honour before that was known by two names: Fort Road, which runs from the clocktower to the bend at Fort Cornwallis, and The Esplanade, from the bend at Fort Cornwallis to the Esplanade Road, now known as Jalan Padang Kota Lama. That bend of Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah was historically known as Fort Point.

Getting there

Take Rapid Penang Free Shuttle Bus, get down at Station No. 4 (Imigresen). From there, cross Light Street in the direction of the clocktower and you will arrive at the start of Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah.

Sights along Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah

  • Queen Victoria Memorial Clocktower
  • Fort Cornwallis
  • Padang Kota Lama
  • Millennium Monument
  • Cenotaph


  • Sights within immediate vicinity

  • City Hall
  • Logan Memorial
  • Penang Supreme Court
  • Click for list of Streets of George Town



    In Other Words ...

    English: The Esplanade / Fort Road
    Hokkien: Kuan'a Kak: Checkpoint Corner
    Phak Kew Por: Cricket (lit. playing ball) Field


    Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah Location Map





    Photos of Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah


    Coastal scene at Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah (30 November 2008)
    © Timothy Tye using this photo


    Embankment at the Esplanade (30 November 2008)
    © Timothy Tye using this photo



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