Gat Lebuh Cecil (Cecil Street Ghaut)

Cecil Street Ghaut, George Town, Penang (28 January 2013)


Cecil Street Ghaut is a major street in George Town, Penang. It is an extension of Cecil Street, but is located outside the Seven Streets Precinct. Cecil Street begins at the intersection with Bridge Street. The houses within a hundred meters from the Bridge Street junction dates from the pre-war period. There is a lovely ensemble of Straits Eclectic-style townhouses on this stretch. Until the 1970s, Cecil Street Ghaut beyond that point was a semi-swampy area.

Since the 1980s, land reclaimation has extended the shoreline outward. By the early 1990s, urban development began in the extended Cecil Street Ghaut. Along with Macallum Street Ghaut, it became a main road into the Macallum Street Ghaut neighbourhood.

As with the original Cecil Street within the Seven Street Precinct, the Macallum Street Ghaut neighbourhood is also a working-class area. It is densely populated, with quite a number of high-rise low-cost apartments. There is also a school here, a kindergarten, and many Chinese temples. The completion of the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway through the area at the turn of the 21st century helped to improve the infrastructure into the area.

Map of Gat Lebuh Cecil, Penang

Getting there by public transport

Cecil Street Ghaut, within the Macallum Street Ghaut neighbourhood, is served by Rapid Penang bus 303.

Straits Eclectic-style townhouses along Cecil Street Ghaut (30 July 2012)


Homes of the working class, dating from the mid 20th century, along Cecil Street Ghaut (30 July 2012)


Working-class neighbourhood of Cecil Street Ghaut (28 January 2013)


Gat Lebuh Cecil road sign, at Bridge Street intersection (28 January 2013)


Gat Lebuh Cecil road sign at Lintang Macallum 1 intersection (30 July 2012)

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