Sha Tau Kok
Sha Tau Kok is a closed town in North District, Hong Kong.
Sha Tau Kok is a closed town in North District, Hong Kong. It is the last remaining major settlement in the Frontier Closed Area and is Hong Kong's northernmost town. Its residents are mostly descendants of Hakka farmers and Hoklo fishermen who settled the area as a consequence of the Qing dynasty's "Great Clearance" in the 17th century.
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Worth seeing in and around Sha Tau Kok
8 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.
- 01Wutong Mountain
Wutong Mountain is a mountain located near the border of Luohu and Yantian in Shenzhen, China. At 943.7m, it is the tallest mountain in Shenzhen.
3.6 km · mountain · Wikipedia - 02Hongfa Temple
Hongfa Temple is a Buddhist temple located at Fairylake Botanical Garden, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
5.3 km · building in Shenzhen, China · Wikipedia - 03Robin's Nest
Robin's Nest ) is a hill located in Robin's Nest Country Park, northeastern Hong Kong, south of the border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen in the New Territories. Robin's Nest is the 55th tallest hill in Hong Kong.
2.9 km · mountain in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 04Minsk World
Minsk World was a military theme park located in Dapeng Bay, Shatoujiao, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It included the former Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk, redesigned as a tourist attraction.
2.1 km · defunct military theme park in China · Wikipedia - 05Plover Cove Country Park
Plover Cove Country Park is a country park in Hong Kong located in the Northeastern New Territories. The original country park was established on 7 April 1978, covering 4,594 hectares of natural terrain in the administrative North District and Tai Po District.
4.4 km · country park in New Territories, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 06Hung Fa Chai
Hung Fa Chai is a hill in Robin's Nest Country Park, New Territories, Hong Kong. With a height of 489 metres, it lies 500 metres to the northeast of Robin's Nest, and is no longer inside the Frontier Closed Area south of the border with Shenzhen in mainland China.
2.5 km · mountain of Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 07Kang Yung Study Hall
Kang Yung Study Hall is located in Sheung Wo Hang Village, Sha Tau Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, and is one of the few study hall built specifically for teaching purposes. It was built in the early Qing dynasty by a Hakka family named Li from Sheung Wo Hang.
3.8 km · study hall in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 08Sha Tau Kok Public Pier
Sha Tau Kok Public Pier or Sha Tau Kok Pier is a public pier in Sha Tau Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located at the easternmost land border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, and lies to the west of the former Sha Tau Kok Public Pier.
1.3 km · public pier in Hong Kong · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sha Tau Kok
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 41 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 44 km · Macau (MFM), 78 km
- Stations
- Xianhu Road station, 6 km · Liantang station, 5.1 km · Haishan station, 2.1 km · Shatoujiao station, 1 km · Wutong Mountain South station, 3.9 km
- Hong Kong → Sha Tau Kok30 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · HK$31–41
- Shenzhen → Sha Tau Kok16 km · quickest by road, 41 min · ¥9–12
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Sha Tau Kok81 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · $9–12
- 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 Sha Tau Kok
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 Sha Tau Kok. 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 Sha Tau Kok
Sha Tau Kok is 9 km from Luohu District, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Yantian Districtdistrict of Shenzhen, China2 km
- Kuk PoArea of Hong Kong3.3 km
- So Lo Punvillage of Hong Kong4 km
- Kap Tongvillage in Hong Kong5.7 km
- Lai Chi Wovillage of Hong Kong5 km
- Luk Kengarea of Hong Kong2.7 km