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Kennedy Town

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kennedy Town

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Hong Kong

    Public research university in Hong Kong established in 1911

    900 m · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    International Commerce Centre

    Skyscraper in West Kowloon, Hong Kong

    3.9 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Bank of China Tower

    Skyscraper in Hong Kong

    3.3 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Victoria Peak

    Mountain in Hong Kong

    1.7 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    The Center

    Skyscraper in Hong Kong

    2.6 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cheung Kong Center

    Skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong

    3.2 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong

    Diocese of the Catholic Church in China

    2.5 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Pillar of Shame

    Sculpture series by Jens Galschiøt

    700 m · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Hong Kong Tramways

    Tram system in Hong Kong

    1 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Hong Kong Park

    A public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in Central, Hong Kong

    3.3 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Kennedy Town

Airports
Hong Kong (HKG), 22 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 52 km · Macau (MFM), 57 km
Stations
Central Station, 2.9 km · Hong Kong station, 2.9 km · Admiralty station, 3.6 km · HKU station, 700 m · Sheung Wan station, 2.3 km
  • Shenzhen → Kennedy Town
    30 km · quickest by road, 58 min · ¥17–22
  • Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Kennedy Town
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · $7–10
  • Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Kennedy Town
    82 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · ¥42–55
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kennedy Town

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kennedy Town. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inDue to a land reclamation and waterfront redevelopment project in Central/Admiralty, access to the ferries can be a little confusing - take heed of signs warning about the ever-shifting arrangements.
  • Get inThe Transport Department provides an online directory of Hong Kong's ferry services.
  • Get inStar Ferry operates boats between Central or Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
  • Get inThe cost is $2.5 on weekdays, $3.4 on weekends and holidays Sun Ferry also boats between North Point on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Fortune Ferry operates one route between North Point on Hong Kong Island and Kwun Tong in, Kowloon Coral Sea Ferry operates two routes between Sai Wan Ho on Hong Kong Island and Kwun Tong or Sam Ka Tsuen in Kowloon.
  • Go nextThe shopping mecca of Kowloon is just across Victoria Harbour; take the Star Ferry for the experience or the MTR for speed.

From Wikivoyage: Hong Kong/Central, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    496 km
  2. 02
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    733 km
  3. 03
    Orchid Island (Lanyu)TW

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    764 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,042 km
  5. 05
    Sa PaVN

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    1,056 km

If you know how people move in Kennedy Town – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kennedy Town

Kennedy Town is 2 km from Victoria, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.