With an area of 8.16 hectares, Hong Kong Park was officially opened in May 1991. The current location of the park was formerly the Victoria Barracks, preserving a number of barracks heritage buildings built between 1842 and 1910, which are now converted as the Bird Watching Education Centre, Marriage Registry, Visual Arts Centre, etc.

Equipped with an indoor sports field, a Tai Chi garden, a squash centre, a bird-watching garden, a conservatory, a central garden, a children’s playground, and so on, the park is suitable for people with different needs to rest and relax.

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Recommendation index:			Tour time: Approx. 3 hours

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As a large iconic park in Hong Kong, the park boasts a lot of scenic spots for different visitors. Among them, the most popular ones are the conservatory, the bird exhibition area, and the Edward Youde Aviary.

The conservatory is divided into three areas to exhibit plants of different climates. The arid-area plant exhibition hall is located on the second floor, which wheelchair users need to access by taking the lift behind the gate of the exhibition hall on the first floor. As the gate is posted with a notice “authorized personnel only”, those in need may seek assistance from the staff to guide the direction of the lift.

A variety of birds are raised in the bird exhibition area, living in three exhibition cages.

With an area of approximately 3,000 square meters, the Edward Youde Aviary is supported by a stainless-steel fence with four giant arches, boasting around 550 birds of 70 species. In addition to the original trees, a great deal of flora is also planted inside and outside the Aviary to simulate the tropical rainforest environment. The elevated walkway throughout the whole area allows visitors to take a close look at the physiological characteristics of birds and get close to nature.

The entrance and exit gates are wheelchair accessible, but there are long curtains to prevent birds from escaping. Please be careful of the sling getting caught in the wheels of the wheelchair when passing through. The passage of the artificial lake and the waterfall is a bit slippery and the potholes at the bridge are uneven. It is dangerous to slope down when leaving the bridge, so it must be passed slowly.

Hong Kong Park is built on a mountain, so there are quite a lot of long sloping paths in the park. Caregivers should pay attention to their strength when pushing wheelchairs. But wheelchair access is convenient as the roads in the park are very spacious. The park covers a large area, and it appears that the map in the park is insufficient, and the signage is not clear enough as well.

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Hong Kong Park is situated on a steep hillside between Supreme Court Road, Cotton Tree Drive and Kennedy Road. There are several entrances to the park, including two entrances on Supreme Court Road near the High Court and the British Consulate General Hong Kong, whose escalators connect the Pacific Place and the MTR Admiralty Station. Besides, there are also several entrances on Cotton Tree Drive near the Peak Tram Station and Kennedy Road. But please note that some of these entrances are accessible only by stairs. Wheelchair users can only choose some of the ramped entrances or enter through other buildings in the park (e.g., Hong Kong Squash Centre or Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre).

If wheelchair users are going from the MTR Admiralty Station, they can take the lift at Exit E of the Admiralty Station to the pedestrian bridge, then go through the United Centre to the Pacific Place, take the lift to the fifth floor of Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, and then take the lift again to the lobby on the sixth floor, and turn right after leaving the hotel to reach the east entrance of Hong Kong Park.

Address: 19 Cotton Tree Drive, Central District, Hong Kong

Located in Hong Kong Park, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware originally served as the office and residence of the Commander of the British Forces in Hong Kong. After revitalization, it was converted into the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, which mainly exhibits various Chinese tea ware and tea-related artefacts, introducing the history of tea drinking in China and displaying various tea ware from the Tang Dynasty to modern times.

In 1995, Dr. Lo Kwee-seong suggested building a tea house and donated a large number of collections, among which Yixing teapots are the most representative. In addition to exhibitions, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware also holds regular pottery demonstrations, tea gatherings and lectures to promote ceramic art and Chinese tea-drinking culture.

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Visitors interested in tea art may wish to visit the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, which mainly introduces traditional Chinese tea art, such as tea ware, tea-making techniques, and tea leaves. However, only stairs are accessible to the exhibition hall on the first floor and there is no lift. The museum is equipped with accessible toilets, which, particularly, are located in the men's and women's toilets respectively, rather than a separate toilet

The adjacent K.S. Lo Gallery mainly exhibits Chinese ceramic artefacts and seals. A tea room is available for visitors to enjoy tea on the ground. The receptions of both the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware and the K.S. Lo Gallery are relatively high without barrier-free counters.

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Opening hours:

Monday, Wednesday to Sunday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Christmas Eve and Lunar New Year's Eve: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays) and the first and second days of the Lunar New Year

Address: 10 Cotton Tree Drive, Central District, Hong Kong

Located in Hong Kong Park, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware originally served as the office and residence of the Commander of the British Forces in Hong Kong. After revitalization, it was converted into the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, which mainly exhibits various Chinese tea ware and tea-related artefacts, introducing the history of tea drinking in China and displaying various tea ware from the Tang Dynasty to modern times.

In 1995, Dr. Lo Kwee-seong suggested building a tea house and donated a large number of collections, among which Yixing teapots are the most representative. In addition to exhibitions, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware also holds regular pottery demonstrations, tea gatherings and lectures to promote ceramic art and Chinese tea-drinking culture.

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Recommendation index:			Tour time: Approx. 30 minutes

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The Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre is mainly used for exhibitions, while the activity rooms are mostly used as classrooms and for art workers. Visitors can browse the current exhibition before visiting.

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If you enter from the main entrance on Kennedy Road, there is a ramp available outside the door. But if you enter from the inner side door of Hong Kong Park which is locked, you need to call the staff to open it.

Opening hours:

Monday, Wednesday to Sunday: 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.

Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice, Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and Lunar New Year’s Eve: 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Closed on Tuesdays, Christmas Day and the following day, New Year’s Day, and the first to third days of the Lunar New Year

Enquiries: 2521 3008

Address: Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware

There are many accessible toilets in Hong Kong Park. As for the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, automatic doors are equipped at the entrance on Kennedy Road and accessible toilets are available on each floor. Most of the toilets are designed to meet the needs of wheelchair users. Only a few have poorly designed flush buttons or toilet paper holders and too-high mirrors.