Place in China
Tin Shui Wai
Tin Shui Wai New Town is a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong.
Originally a gei wai (基圍) fish pond area, it was developed in the 1980s as the second new town in Yuen Long District and the eighth in Hong Kong. It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) due northwest of Central, the main business area in the territory, on land reclaimed from low-lying areas south of Deep Bay, next to Ping Shan. The population was 283,595 as of 2021.
How locals move
Getting around Tin Shui Wai the local way
Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
- 公共小巴元朗至大棠線（往元朗） Public Light Bus Yuen Long – Tai Tong (to Yuen Long)
- 公共小巴元朗至大棠線（往大棠） Public Light Bus Yuen Long – Tai Tong (to Tai Tong)
- 611 新界專線小巴611線 New Territories Green Minibus 611 （山貝路 Shan Pui Road ↺ 元朗（阜財街） Yuen Long (Fau Tsoi Street)）
- 618 新界專綫小巴618線 New Territories Green Minibus 618 (深圳灣口岸 Shenzhen Bay Port → 天恩邨 Tin Yan Estate) · 天祐有限公司 Yield Team Limited
- 618 新界專綫小巴618線 New Territories Green Minibus 618 (天恩邨 Tin Yan Estate → 深圳灣口岸 Shenzhen Bay Port) · 天祐有限公司 Yield Team Limited
OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Get inShenzhen's main ferry terminal, , is in this district, providing service from Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai, including direct service from Hong Kong International Airport that allows you to skip Hong Kong customs and immigration.
- Get inThe ferry terminal is connected to a Line 12 metro station Taiziwan.
- Get aroundThe Chiwan neighborhood (with some of the district's main historic sites) is served by a free minibus which goes from Chiwan metro station past Tianhou Temple and the Tomb of the Young Song Emperor.
- Go nextWestern Shenzhen – mostly industrial, but has more parks and hiking than Nanshan Central Shenzhen Hong Kong, Macau, or Zhuhai by ferry from Shekou
From Wikivoyage: Shenzhen/Nanshan, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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