Historic police buildings in Hong Kong

Several police buildings in Hong Kong are listed as historic monuments. While some of them are still serving their initial purpose, most of them have been decommissioned and have been redeveloped or are awaiting redevelopment.

## Historic police stations

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Historic police stations include:

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Old Stanley Police Station |  | 22°13′06″N 114°12′47″E﻿ / ﻿22.21831°N 114.213121°E﻿ / 22.21831; 114.213121﻿ (Old Stanley Police Station) | Built in 1859, a declared monument. Now used as a Wellcome supermarket.
Central Police Station |  | 22°16′54″N 114°09′15″E﻿ / ﻿22.28174°N 114.154196°E﻿ / 22.28174; 114.154196﻿ (Central Police Station, Hong Kong) | Built in 1864, a declared monument
Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound |  | 22°17′44″N 114°10′12″E﻿ / ﻿22.295479°N 114.169994°E﻿ / 22.295479; 114.169994﻿ (Former Marine Police Headquarters) | Built in 1884. Now a heritage hotel with food and beverage outlets, and retail facilities. A declared monument.
Peak Police Station  |  | No. 92 Peak Road, The Peak.

22°15′52″N 114°09′19″E﻿ / ﻿22.264395°N 114.155172°E﻿ / 22.264395; 114.155172﻿ (Peak Police Station)

| Built in 1886. A Grade III Historic Building.
Old Aberdeen Police Station |  | No. 116 Aberdeen Main Road, Aberdeen.

22°14′52″N 114°09′25″E﻿ / ﻿22.247691°N 114.156827°E﻿ / 22.247691; 114.156827﻿ (Old Aberdeen Police Station)

| Built in 1891. A Grade II Historic Building.
Old Tai Po Police Station |  | 22°26′47″N 114°10′11″E﻿ / ﻿22.446422°N 114.169735°E﻿ / 22.446422; 114.169735﻿ (Old Tai Po Police Station) | Built in 1899. A declared monument.
Old Ping Shan Police Station [zh] |  | 22°26′47″N 114°10′11″E﻿ / ﻿22.446422°N 114.169735°E﻿ / 22.446422; 114.169735 | [1] Built in 1899. Now used as the Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery cum Heritage Trail Visitors Centre. A Grade II Historic Building.
Former Tiu Keng Leng Police Station aka. Rennie's Mill Police Station
(舊調景嶺警署)  |  | No. 160 Po Lam Road South, Tiu Keng Leng

22°18′33″N 114°15′05″E﻿ / ﻿22.309155°N 114.251407°E﻿ / 22.309155; 114.251407﻿ (Old Tiu Keng Leng Police Station)

| Built in 1900. Closed in 1941. Since 1999, it was partially used by the Po Yin Fat Yuen, a monastery founded in 1956, after the original monastery building was torn down with the clearance of the nearby squatter area in 1996. Its function as a monastery ceased in 2015.[1]
Old Tai O Police Station |  | 22°15′12″N 113°51′13″E﻿ / ﻿22.25322°N 113.853686°E﻿ / 22.25322; 113.853686﻿ (Old Tai O Police Station) | Built in 1902, a Grade III Historic Building. Converted into a boutique hotel.
Old Sheung Shui Police Station
(舊上水警署)  |  | 22°30′30″N 114°07′32″E﻿ / ﻿22.508248°N 114.125432°E﻿ / 22.508248; 114.125432﻿ (Old Sheung Shui Police Station) | Built in 1902. Now housing a Junior Police Corps (JPC) Club House. It is a Grade III historic building.
Cheung Chau Police Station
(長洲警署)  |  | No. 4 Police Station Path, Cheung Chau.

22°12′29″N 114°01′50″E﻿ / ﻿22.208184°N 114.030602°E﻿ / 22.208184; 114.030602﻿ (Cheung Chau Police Station)

| Built in 1913. A Grade II Historic Building. Still used as a police station.
Lok Ma Chau Police Station  |  | No. 100 Lok Ma Chau Road, Lok Ma Chau.

22°30′42″N 114°04′49″E﻿ / ﻿22.511544°N 114.080218°E﻿ / 22.511544; 114.080218﻿ (Lok Ma Chau Police Station)

| Built in 1915. A Grade II Historic Building. Still used as a police station.
Yau Ma Tei Police Station |  | 22°18′35″N 114°10′07″E﻿ / ﻿22.309676°N 114.168704°E﻿ / 22.309676; 114.168704﻿ (Yau Ma Tei Police Station) | Built in 1922, a Grade III Historic Building, closed and relocated in 2016
Sham Shui Po Police Station |  | 22°19′48″N 114°09′33″E﻿ / ﻿22.329986°N 114.159088°E﻿ / 22.329986; 114.159088﻿ (Sham Shui Po Police Station) | Built in 1924, a Grade III Historic Building
Former Sha Tin Police Station  |  | No. 102 Sha Tin Tau Village

22°22′27″N 114°11′16″E﻿ / ﻿22.374062°N 114.187841°E﻿ / 22.374062; 114.187841﻿ (Former Sha Tin Police Station)

| Built around 1924. Converted into the High Rock Christian Camp in 1980.[2] A Grade II Historic Building.
Old Kowloon Police Headquarters

(舊九龍警察總部)

|  | 22°19′28″N 114°10′08″E﻿ / ﻿22.324525°N 114.168835°E﻿ / 22.324525; 114.168835﻿ (Old Kowloon Police Headquarters) | Built in 1925. Now part of the Mong Kok Police Station. Grade II Historic Building.[3]
Wan Chai Police Station |  | 22°16′45″N 114°10′31″E﻿ / ﻿22.279248°N 114.175286°E﻿ / 22.279248; 114.175286﻿ (Wan Chai Police Station) | Built in 1932. A Grade III Historic Building.
Old Upper Levels Police Station  |  | No. 1F High Street, Sai Ying Pun.

22°17′08″N 114°08′43″E﻿ / ﻿22.285441°N 114.145261°E﻿ / 22.285441; 114.145261﻿ (Old Upper Levels Police Station)

| [2] Built in 1934-1935. It was later used as the Crime Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters. Now part of the David Trench Rehabilitation Centre. A Grade III Historic Building.
Ta Kwu Ling Police Station  |  | Ping Che Road, Ta Kwu Ling.

22°32′27″N 114°08′56″E﻿ / ﻿22.540853°N 114.148764°E﻿ / 22.540853; 114.148764﻿ (Ta Kwu Ling Police Station)

| Built in 1937. Still used as a police station. A Grade III Historic Building.
Former Wan Chai Gap Police Station  |  | 22°16′04″N 114°10′09″E﻿ / ﻿22.26765°N 114.169197°E﻿ / 22.26765; 114.169197﻿ (Former Wan Chai Gap Police Station) | Built in 1939. Now housing the Hong Kong Police Museum.
Former Lau Fau Shan Police Station  |  | Lau Fau Shan.22°28′09″N 113°59′02″E﻿ / ﻿22.469035°N 113.983795°E﻿ / 22.469035; 113.983795﻿ (Lau Fau Shan Police Station) | Built in 1962. Used until 2002.[4] Awaiting adaptive reuse. It has been proposed to be converted into a restaurant with exhibition space to reminisce the history of the oyster farming industry of Lau Fau Shan.[5] A Grade III Historic Building.

## Demolished police stations

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Old Sha Tin Police Station  |  | Tung Lo Wan Hill Road, Sha Tin District

22°22′46″N 114°10′50″E﻿ / ﻿22.379503°N 114.1805391°E﻿ / 22.379503; 114.1805391﻿ (Old Sha Tin Police Station)

| Demolished.

Built in 1950 and demolished in 2004. After being decommissioned as a police station, it housed the Regional Continuation Training Centre.[6] It is now the site of The Great Hill private housing estate.[7]

Au Tau Police Station  |  | Au Tau, Yuen Long District

22°26′36″N 114°02′43″E﻿ / ﻿22.4434°N 114.0453°E﻿ / 22.4434; 114.0453﻿ (Au Tau Police Station)

| Demolished.

Built in 1900 and demolished in 1942.[8]

Starling Inlet Police Station  |  | Sha Tau Kok, North District

22°32′15″N 114°12′40″E﻿ / ﻿22.537557°N 114.211044°E﻿ / 22.537557; 114.211044﻿ (Starling Inlet Police Station)

| Demolished.

Built in 1899 and demolished in 1942. The Sha Tau Kok Police Station now occupies the site.[9]

## Historic police quarters

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Old Police Bungalow  |  | Nos. 173 and 175 Kwong Fuk Road, Tai Po

22°26′51″N 114°10′12″E﻿ / ﻿22.447477°N 114.169924°E﻿ / 22.447477; 114.169924﻿ (Old Police Bungalow)

| Built in 1909. The bungalow was the residence of four single police officers at the time when it was built. In 1991, the bungalow was taken over by the Norwegian International School as a kindergarten. The detached servants' quarters (pictured) and stable building were believed to have been built at the same time as the bungalow.[10] It is a Grade II historic building.
Hollywood Road Police R & F Married Quarters |  | No. 35 Aberdeen Street, Central.

22°17′00″N 114°09′07″E﻿ / ﻿22.283406°N 114.151819°E﻿ / 22.283406; 114.151819﻿ (Hollywood Road Police R & F Married Quarters)

| Built in 1951.[11]

## MacIntosh Forts

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Main article: MacIntosh Forts

## See also

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## References

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1. ^ Lau, Stuart (23 November 2012). "Memories of a haven for Nationalists". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
2. ^ High Rock Centre: Former's High Rock and Today's High Rock
3. ^ List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings in Building Assessment Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine (as of 27 December 2013)
4. ^ Lau Fau Shan Police Station at gwulo.com
5. ^ Ng, June (Mar 25, 2010). "Fishy Business". HK Magazine.
6. ^ Item for Public Works Subcommittee of Finance Committee, 17 April 2002
7. ^ "The Great Hill – former site of Old Shatin Police Station"
8. ^ Former Au Tau Police Station (1900-1942) at gwulo.com
9. ^ Former Starling Inlet Police Station (1899-1942) at gwulo.com
10. ^ "Historic Building Appraisal. Old Police Bungalow" (PDF). Antiquities Advisory Board.
11. ^ Consultancy for Heritage Impact Assessment for Transformation of the Former Police Married Quarters Site on Hollywood Road into a Creative Industries Landmark. Volume 1 - Built Heritage Impact Assessment. Architectural Services Department. March 2011

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