Stanley 

Stanley – one of southern Hong Kong Island’s most popular seaside areas - offer’s much more than waterfront restaurants and its world-famous market would otherwise suggest. One of Hong Kong Island’s oldest village settlements, extensive connections remain to its fishing and sea-faring past, as well as various religious groups that made their homes here, and enduring physical links to the Pacific War era. 

We will walk first to Stanley Military Cemetery, where we will discuss the significance of this historically-important graveyard, learn something of the wartime Stanley Internment Camp, which included nearby St. Stephen’s College, and the European and Indian Married Quarters at Stanley Prison (but not, as it commonly believed, the actual prison buildings) as well as the cemetery.  

After exploring the cemetery we will walk back up along Wong Ma Kok Road to Stanley village. There we will note the old Stanley Police Station, the group will proceed via Stanley Market Street and Stanley Main Street to the Tin Hau Temple, and then around the headland to the small but interesting Pak Tai Temple. 

Along the way to the Pak Tai Temple we will see some wartime pillboxes located along the cliffside, and finally we will see the exterior of the recently-reconstructed Officer’s Mess, which stood in Central until the early 1980s. 

Please note:  All walks require appropriate footwear for walking.  Please remember to carry water.  We also suggest insect repellent, sunscreen, hat and an umbrella. 

Meeting Point:

At the playground/sitting out area just behind Stanley bus station.  

Finish Point:

Near Murray House, on the Stanley waterfront. 

Price:

$325HKD per person for a scheduled walk.  For private group booking enquiries please contact us.