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Shek Wu Hui

Shek Wu Hui is a non-administrative subdivision (neighbourhood) and former indigenous market town located in Sheung Shui in the North District of Hong Kong.

Shek Wu Hui
Shek Wu Hui · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Shek Wu Hui is a non-administrative subdivision (neighbourhood) and former indigenous market town located in Sheung Shui in the North District of Hong Kong. The place name can be found in the record that published in 1819.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Shek Wu Hui

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
    Lo 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.

    2.1 km · building in North District, China · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Sheung Shui Mosque and Islamic Centre

    The Sheung Shui Mosque and Islamic Centre, also known as the King Abdullah Islamic Centre and Elderly Home, is a proposed mosque and Islamic centre currently under construction in Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town, North District, New Territories, Hong Kong. When completed, it will be the sixth mosque built in Hong Kong and the first one in New Territories.

    300 m · building in New Territories, Hong Kong · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Fung Ying Seen Koon

    Fung Ying Seen Koon was founded in 1929 as an affiliate of the Quanzhen Longmen Lineage of Taoism. FYSK is a superb example of Taoist design and craftsmanship.

    2 km · Taoist temple in Hong Kong · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery

    Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery, in Wo Hop Shek near Fanling in Hong Kong, is the largest public cemetery in Hong Kong. The cemetery opened in 1950 in the New Territories as cemeteries began to reach capacity on Hong Kong Island.

    3.5 km · cemetery in Hong Kong · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Landmark North

    Landmark North is an office tower-and-shopping centre complex in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong. It was developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties and is located in the commercial centre of Sheung Shui.

    300 m · shopping mall in Hong Kong · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    North District Park

    North District Park is a public park situated between Sheung Shui and Fanling in North District, Hong Kong. It opened on 10 March 1990.

    1 km · public park in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Former Fanling Magistracy

    The Former Fanling Magistracy is located at No. 302 Jockey Club Road in Fanling, Hong Kong.

    1.8 km · magistrates building in Hong Kong used 1961 to 2002 · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Lo Wu Bridge

    The Lo Wu Bridge is a footbridge and steel railway truss bridge across Sham Chun River linking Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Due to the course of widening the river section at Lo Wu, it is necessary to reconstruct the Lo Wu railway bridge as its span is not long enough for the widened river section.

    3.1 km · bridge in People's Republic of China · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Luohu Commercial City

    Luohu Commercial City is an enclosed shopping mall located on the Shenzhen side of the Shenzhen River, right outside the entrance/exit to Luohu Immigration Control Point. Also called "Luohu commercial market", it is popular with Hong Kong residents for cheap counterfeit "as good as original" clothes, merchandise and electronics.

    3.4 km · shopping mall in Shenzhen, China · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall

    The Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall is the main ancestral hall of the Tang Clan of Lung Yeuk Tau and one of the largest ancestral halls in Hong Kong. It is still used for worship and celebrations of traditional festivals and ceremonies, as well as a meeting place for the Tang Clan of Lung Yeuk Tau.

    2.8 km · ancestral hall in Hong Kong · 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 Shek Wu Hui

Airports
Hong Kong (HKG), 31 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 36 km · Macau (MFM), 68 km
Stations
Sheung Shui station, 500 m · Lo Wu station, 2.9 km · Fanling station, 1.9 km · Luohu Station, 3.4 km · Shenzhen Railway Station, 3.6 km
  • Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Shek Wu Hui
    70 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · $8–11
  • Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Shek Wu Hui
    90 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · ¥45–60
  • Guangzhou (Huadu) → Shek Wu Hui
    142 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · ¥70–90
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Shek Wu Hui

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 Shek Wu Hui. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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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    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    484 km
  2. 02
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    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

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  3. 03
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  4. 04
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    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,036 km
  5. 05
    Sa PaVN

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    1,055 km

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

Around it

Next door to Shek Wu Hui

Shek Wu Hui is 5 km from Luohu District, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.