Old District Office North 旧北区理民府Jiù Běiqū Lǐmínfǔ

About Old District Office North

The Old District Office North was built around 1907 and was the first seat of civil administration in the New Territories after the area was leased to Britain; government business and land registration for the northern New Territories were handled here, and a magistrate's court sat in the building until 1961. It is a red-brick colonial building with open verandahs and brick arches along its east and west sides, and its antique fireplaces survive. Since 2002 it has housed the Law Ting Pong Scout Centre of the Scout Association of Hong Kong.

How to get to Old District Office North

On Wan Tau Kok Lane in Tai Po, a short walk north of Tai Po Market MTR station and next to the Green Hub; it is a working Scout centre, so check that it is open before going.

Nearby

• Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 20 km
  Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
• Victoria Peak 太平山顶 20 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 30 km
  A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride

Also within 20 km: Old Tai Po Police Station (Green Hub) 旧大埔警署 (under 10 km), Hong Kong Railway Museum 香港铁路博物馆 (under 10 km), Man Mo Temple, Tai Po 大埔文武二帝庙 (under 10 km), Island House, Tai Po 前政务司官邸 (under 10 km), Fan Sin Temple and Wun Yiu Kilns 上碗窑樊仙宫及碗窑 (under 10 km), King Law Ka Shuk, Tai Po Tau Tsuen 敬罗家塾 (under 10 km).

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