Gurney Drive, George Town

5°26′11.63″N 100°18′45.2″E

Gurney Drive
Malay: Persiaran Gurney
Jawi ڤرسيارن ڬرني
Chinese: 新关仔角 / 新關仔角
Tamil: கர்னி டிரைவ்
Maintained byPenang Island City Council
LocationGeorge Town
West endPulau Tikus:

Tanjung Tokong:

  • Tanjung Tokong Road
East endCity centre:
  • Northam Road

Pulau Tikus:

Construction
Inauguration1934
PERSIARAN GURNEY
Gurney Drive10250 P. PINANG

Gurney Drive (Malay: Persiaran Gurney, Chinese: 新关仔角 / 新關仔角; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin kuan-á-kak, Tamil: கர்னி டிரைவ்) is a popular seafront promenade within the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The road is also famous for the street cuisine at the seafront's hawker centre and has been listed as one of the 25 best streets worldwide to visit by the Australian travel magazine, The Traveler. In addition, Gurney Drive has become part of George Town's Central Business District due to the mushrooming of commercial properties and shopping malls.

Previously known as the New Coast Road, it was completed in 1936 along what was then known as the North Beach and renamed in 1952 after Sir Henry Gurney, British High Commissioner in Malaya (1950–1951), who was assassinated by the guerrillas of the Malayan Communist Party during the Malayan Emergency.

Over the years, the beaches along Gurney Drive have largely been lost to coastal erosion. More recently, a land reclamation project at nearby Tanjung Tokong has reversed the erosion, leading to the accretion of silt and mud off Gurney Drive. Mangrove saplings have sprouted in the mud, which is now frequented by egrets and other birds as well as mudskippers.

As of 2023, the shoreline off Gurney Drive is being reclaimed for the purpose of creating a public recreational park named Gurney Bay.

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