Atkinson Clock Tower
Menara Jam Atkinson
A wooden clock tower completed in 1905, one of the few buildings to survive the wartime bombing, and the oldest surviving building in Kota Kinabalu.
The Atkinson Clock Tower stands at the foot of Signal Hill. It was completed in 1905 to commemorate Francis Atkinson, the first Resident of British North Borneo at Jesselton (Kota Kinabalu's former name), and was funded by his mother. The tower stands about 15.7 m tall, is built of timber, and once served as a navigation landmark for ships. Towards the end of World War II, Allied bombing left much of Jesselton flattened, and the clock tower is one of the few structures that survived. It is now a Malaysian national heritage site. You can view the exterior for free, and it is an easy walk up to the Signal Hill Observatory from here.
Opening hours
All day (exterior only)
Nearby sights
- Gaya Street Sunday Market
- Signal Hill Observatory Platform
- Kota Kinabalu Night Market (Filipino Market)
- Kota Kinabalu Wetland Centre
- Sabah State Museum
- Sabah State Mosque
- Kota Kinabalu City Mosque
- Puh Toh Tze Buddhist Temple