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Race Course Fire Memorial 马场先难友纪念碑Mǎchǎng Xiānnànyǒu Jìniànbēi
Declared monument · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Hong Kong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Declared monument
About Race Course Fire Memorial
Erected in 1922, this memorial remembers the more than 600 people of many nationalities who died in the fire at the Happy Valley racecourse on 26 February 1918. It rises in three terraces: two pavilions at the top, a central memorial arch below them and a pair of pagodas at the bottom, combining Western classical and traditional Chinese elements. It is the only memorial in Hong Kong dedicated to the victims of that fire.
How to get to Race Course Fire Memorial
On the hillside above Hong Kong Stadium at So Kon Po, about 1 km south-east of Causeway Bay MTR station.
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: Tung Lin Kok Yuen 东莲觉苑 (under 10 km), Lin Fa Temple, Tai Hang 大坑莲花宫 (under 10 km), Yee Wo Street Circular Footbridge 怡和街圆形天桥 (under 10 km), Victoria Park 维多利亚公园 (under 10 km), Happy Valley Racecourse 跑马地马场 (under 10 km), Russell Street 罗素街 (under 10 km).
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