Old Wan Chai Post Office 旧湾仔邮政局Jiù Wānzǎi Yóuzhèngjú

About Old Wan Chai Post Office

Built in 1912–13 and opened in 1915, this L-shaped building at the junction of Queen's Road East and Wan Chai Gap Road is the oldest surviving post office building in Hong Kong. It is a simple pitched-roof structure with gable ends and mouldings. Since 2024 it has been kNOw Carbon House, an environmental education centre about carbon neutrality that keeps some historic items from the old post office.

How to get to Old Wan Chai Post Office

On Queen's Road East, a short walk south of Wan Chai MTR station; closed on Mondays.

Nearby

• Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 under 10 km
  Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
• Victoria Peak 太平山顶 under 10 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 30 km
  A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride

Also within 20 km: Wan Chai Market 湾仔街市 (under 10 km), Yuk Hui Temple (Pak Tai Temple), Wan Chai 湾仔玉虚宫 (under 10 km), Hopewell Centre 合和中心 (under 10 km), Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai 湾仔洪圣古庙 (under 10 km), Central Plaza 中环广场 (under 10 km), Arsenal Street 军器厂街 (under 10 km).

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