Streets in Penang

Streets in Penang (29 January 2020)


The Directory of Streets in Penang is one of the most comprehensive on the web, listing 1636 streets in George Town as well as other places on Penang Island and Penang Mainland. It is assembled to provide you clear information about every street described, its location, its history, how to get there, what you can expect to find there, and so on. For some of these streets, I also provide lists of sights, eateries, hotels, businesses, residential properties and commercial properties. As far as possible, each page has at least one photograph and a Google map to give you an idea of how it looks like, and its whereabouts.

Map of Roads in Penang

Names in Penang Hokkien

Many of the roads in George Town also have names in the local lingua franca, Penang Hokkien. Available here is a list of road names in Penang Hokkien. The names in Penang Hokkien are provided in the new romanized system. To learn more about writing Penang Hokkien in this system, go to Penang Hokkien Made Easy.

Page Milestones

* Streets of considerable interest
* * Streets of major interest

Further Reading

13 May, 2103
The Star Restoring original road names

9 May, 2019
Malay Mail Penang to restore roads to original gazetted names

9 May, 2019
New Straits Times Penang streets reverting back to gazetted names

Songs about Penang

About this website

Hello and thanks for reading this page. My name is Timothy and my hobby is in describing places so that I can share the information with the general public. My website has become the go to site for a lot of people including students, teachers, journalists, etc. whenever they seek information on places, particularly those in Malaysia and Singapore. I have been doing this since 5 January 2003, for over twenty years already. You can read about me at Discover Timothy. By now I have compiled information on thousands of places, mostly in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, and I continue to add more almost every day. My goal is to describe every street in every town in Malaysia and Singapore.