North East Hong Kong Villages
North East Hong Kong Villages
North East Hong Kong Villages
In the far north east of Hong Kong, across Starling Inlet from China, these ghost villages are now mostly abandoned.
Sai Kung Villages
North East Hong Kong Villages
North East Hong Kong Villages
Once thriving fishing and farming villages are now largely abandoned in the remote Sai Kung countryside.
Abandoned Lantau
North East Hong Kong Villages
Abandoned Lantau
Remote villages, deserted farming, cut off communities.
Luk Chau
Luk Chau Tsuen in Lamma is partially populated but a number of houses in the village, including the striking no. 7, are abandoned and dilapidated.
Ma Wan
In the shadow of the suspension bridge that services Hong Kong airport, stands Ma Wan, a deserted village with 250 years of history.
Abandoned Resort
Abandoned TV Studios
Abandoned TV Studios
Club Captain Bear was in an idyllic location but this abandoned resort in Tai She Wan on the now former High Island in Sai Kung is hard to get to.
Abandoned TV Studios
Abandoned TV Studios
Abandoned TV Studios
This old ATV studio is just off Hiram's Highway on the way to Sai Kung and is now being taken over by nature and graffiti. It must once have been a glamorous place.
Abandoned Lime Kiln
Abandoned TV Studios
Abandoned Match Factory
Lime kiln factory built in the 1920s. Business declined in the 1950s facing competition from cheap import white lime and the factory was closed down in the 1970s.
Abandoned Match Factory
Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir
Abandoned Match Factory
Established in 1939. Due to trade restrictions imposed by other countries the match making industry in Hong Kong declined and the factory closed down around 1981.
Abandoned Stanley Mine
Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir
Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir
Overlooking Stanley is an old abandoned mine. The area is barely accessible.now and covered in deep forest growth.
Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir
Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir
Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir
The Workmen’s Quarters and Senior Staff Bungalow are at the top of a small hill to the south-west of Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir dam.
Abandoned Mansions
Abandoned Mansions
Abandoned Mansions
Abandoned grand homes falling into a state of disrepair.
Military Sites
Abandoned Mansions
Abandoned Mansions
Colonial era batteries, pillboxes, tunnels and observation posts, dotted around Hong Kong, especially around the coast looking out for invaders.
Macintosh Forts
Abandoned Mansions
Macintosh Forts
Seven MacIntosh Forts were built along Shenzhen River between 1949 and 1953, serving as observation posts to strengthen border defence when there was an influx of refugees.
Abandon Ship!
Abandon Ship!
Macintosh Forts
On 21 February 2014, a Vietnamese ship taking cement from Guangdong to Indonesia got into a spot of bother.
Dairy Farm
Abandon Ship!
Dairy Farm
Old Dairy Farm structures in Pok Fu Lam - cattle sheds, piggeries, manure pits, paddocks and stream crossings.