Lok Ma Chau
Lok Ma Chau or Lokmachau is an area in New Territories, Hong Kong.
Lok Ma Chau or Lokmachau is an area in New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the site of a major pedestrian and road border crossing point between Hong Kong and mainland China. Administratively, most of the Lok Ma Chau area is located within the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong.
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Worth seeing in and around Lok Ma Chau
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.
- 01Ping An Finance Centre
The Ping An Finance Center is a 115-storey, 599.1-metre supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It was completed in 2017, and is the tallest building in Shenzhen, the 2nd tallest building in China, and the 5th tallest building in the world.
3.9 km · skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China · Wikipedia - 02SEG Plaza
SEG Plaza is a skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Completed in 2000 and located at the junction of Shennan Road and Huaqiangbei Electronics Market, it originally stood 356 metres tall including the height of the original antenna which has since been removed.
4 km · skyscraper located in Shenzhen, China · Wikipedia - 03Chang Fu Jin Mao Tower
Shenzhen CFC Changfu Centre is a supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is 304.3 metres tall.
2.4 km · building in Shenzhen, China · Wikipedia - 04Hon Kwok City Center
Hon Kwok City Center is a skyscraper in Shenzhen, China. Construction began in 2010 and was completed in 2017.
3.6 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia - 05Shenzhen Center
Dabaihui Plaza is a supertall skyscraper located in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is 375.5 metres tall.
3.6 km · building in Shenzhen, China · Wikipedia - 06Excellence Century Plaza
The Excellence Century Plaza is a mixed-use skyscraper building complex in Shenzhen, China. Built between 2007 and 2010, the complex consists of four towers with the tallest one standing at 280 m tall with 60 floors.
3.2 km · building in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China · Wikipedia - 07Lo Wu Correctional Institution
Lo Wu Correctional Institution is a medium-security prison in Lo Wu, New Territories, Hong Kong housing adult women prisoners and remands. It is the largest women's prison in Hong Kong.
4 km · building in North District, China · Wikipedia - 08Lok Ma Chau Control Point
Lok Ma Chau Control Point is an immigration control point in Lok Ma Chau, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong, which is on the border between Hong Kong and mainland China. It opened in 1989 as the third road crossing between the then British dependent territory and China.
0 m · building in Lok Ma Chau Control Point, China · Wikipedia - 09Tai Fu Tai Mansion
Tai Fu Tai Mansion is a residence located in Wing Ping Tsuen, San Tin near Lok Ma Chau, north of Yuen Long, Hong Kong.
1.1 km · historic residential building in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 10AVIC Plaza
AVIC Plaza, Shenzhen is a 833 ft skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. At the time it was completed in 2012, it became the thirty-fifth-tallest building in Shenzhen.
3.8 km · skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lok Ma Chau
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 27 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 31 km · Macau (MFM), 64 km
- Stations
- Lok Ma Chau station, 1 km · Convention & Exhibition Center Station, 3.6 km · Gangxia Station, 3.3 km · Huaqiang Road Station, 3.8 km · Shopping Park Station, 4 km
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Lok Ma Chau66 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · $8–10
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Lok Ma Chau85 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · ¥44–60
- Guangzhou (Huadu) → Lok Ma Chau137 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · ¥70–90
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lok Ma Chau
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 Lok Ma Chau. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThis visa is available at some land entry points from Hong Kong such as Lo Wu/Luohu and Lok Ma Chau/Huanggang (which is not Lok Ma Chau Spur Line/Futian where the MTR East Rail Line terminates, you get there with shuttle bus (HK$10) from Lok Ma Chau (San Tin) terminus, the same shuttle will then take you across no man's land to Shenzhen after HK border check, so keep the ticket), Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (only for passengers arriving from Macau by helicopter) and the Shekou ferry terminal.
- Get inVisa-on-arrival is only available for those arriving on the helicopter service from Macau.
- Get inFerry from the airport ferry terminal (Fuyong Ferry Terminal) to Hong Kong, Macau, Zhongshan, or Zhuhai.
- Get inA free shuttle bus connects the ferry terminal to the airport itself.
- Get inFuyong is also served by a direct ferry service to Hong Kong International Airport which allows you to skip Hong Kong immigration, making this a convenient option if you need to connect between flights at the two airports.
From Wikivoyage: Shenzhen, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Lok Ma Chau
Lok Ma Chau is 4 km from Shenzhen, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Futian Districtdistrict of Shenzhen, China3 km
- Frontier Closed Arearestricted border area of Hong Kong3.5 km
- Ho Sheung Heungarea of Hong Kong3.6 km
- Ngau Tam Meivillage in Hong Kong3.9 km
- Chau Tauvillage of Hong Kong1.1 km
- Wai Tsaivillage of Ngau Tam Mei3.5 km