Island House, Tai Po 前政务司官邸Qián Zhèngwùsī Guāndǐ

About Island House, Tai Po

Completed in 1906 on a small islet at the head of Tolo Harbour, Island House is a two-storey colonial building with open verandahs, built as quarters for the District Officer and used until 1985 as the official residence of the Secretary for District Administration. The islet is joined to the shore by a causeway. The house is now WWF-Hong Kong's Island House Conservation Studies Centre.

How to get to Island House, Tai Po

At the end of Island House Lane, about 0.9 km east-north-east of Tai Po Market MTR station; WWF-Hong Kong shows the main building and garden on booked guided visits.

Nearby

• Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 20 km
  Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
• Victoria Peak 太平山顶 20 km
  Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop
• Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 40 km
  A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride

Also within 20 km: Old District Office North 旧北区理民府 (under 10 km), Old Tai Po Police Station (Green Hub) 旧大埔警署 (under 10 km), Hong Kong Railway Museum 香港铁路博物馆 (under 10 km), Man Mo Temple, Tai Po 大埔文武二帝庙 (under 10 km), Fan Sin Temple and Wun Yiu Kilns 上碗窑樊仙宫及碗窑 (under 10 km), King Law Ka Shuk, Tai Po Tau Tsuen 敬罗家塾 (under 10 km).

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