Atlas of China
Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse 鹤咀灯塔Hèzuǐ Dēngtǎ
Declared monument · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Hong Kong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Declared monument
About Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse
Put into service in April 1875, this is the oldest surviving lighthouse in Hong Kong, a 9.7-metre round granite tower with a rusticated base and an arched doorway closed by an iron door. It was taken out of service in 1896 after Waglan Island Lighthouse opened, and its lantern was re-lit and automated in 1975. It stands on the south-east shore of Hong Kong Island, at the end of the Cape D'Aguilar peninsula.
How to get to Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse
Only the exterior can be seen, as the Marine Department still runs the lighthouse and it is not open to the public. It stands at the end of the Cape D'Aguilar peninsula, about 2.5 km south-south-east of Shek O village; bus route 9 runs from Shau Kei Wan MTR station to Shek O.
Nearby
- Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 10 km
Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes - Victoria Peak 太平山顶 10 km
Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop - Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 40 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
Also within 20 km: Rock Carving at Big Wave Bay 大浪湾石刻 (under 10 km), Old Stanley Police Station 旧赤柱警署 (under 10 km), Stanley Market 赤柱市集 (under 10 km), Stanley Main Street 赤柱大街 (under 10 km), Rock Carvings on Po Toi 蒲台岛石刻 (under 10 km), Rock Carving on Tung Lung Chau 东龙洲石刻 (under 10 km).
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