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Kowloon Park is located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon Peninsula
Tsim Sha Tsui
Austin Road
The 22nd
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, yes
Kowloon District
One of the largest parks, with a large area of green trees, attracting a large number of birds.
- Chinese name
- Kowloon Park
- Foreign name
- Kowloon Park [1]
- Geographical position
- 22 Austin Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
- Opening hours
- All year round 05:00-00:00 [3]
- Ticket price
- free
- Floor space
- 13.3 hectares [2]
- Home country
- China
- Home city
- Hong Kong
- Suggested play time
- 1-2 hours
catalogue
- 1Park introduction
- ▪Park profile
- ▪Garden landscape
- ▪Historical evolution
- 2Indoor facility
- ▪Indoor swimming pool
- ▪gymnasium
- 3Outdoor facilities
- ▪Small football field
- ▪Adventure land
- ▪Sculpture landscape
- ▪Rooftop garden
In the 1830s, Westerners discovered that Victoria Harbour was an ideal place to anchor ships. At that time, the site of Kowloon Park was a strategic military location facing the harbour, and in 1861, the British occupied the Kowloon Peninsula and immediately named the site Whitfield Road Barracks.
On 24 June 1970, Kowloon Park was commissioned by the then Governor
Dai Lingzhi
The jazz was officially unveiled. It was granted Royal Assent in 1989
Hong Kong Jockey Club
To rebuild the park at a cost of 300 million
Hong Kong dollar
.
Kowloon Park covers an area of 13.3 hectares and provides a comprehensive range of dynamic and static recreational facilities for the public. Due to the geographical constraints, the dynamic recreational venues in Kowloon Park are concentrated in the north of the park, while the static recreational venues are mainly located in the south.
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Kowloon Park
Kowloon Park
Kowloon Park was officially opened on 24 June 1970 and rebuilt in 1989. To provide a wide range of sports, leisure and recreational facilities for the public, including four indoor heated swimming pools, four outdoor swimming pools, indoor sports fields with air conditioning, mini football and sports
handball
Dual use area, fitness trail, playground and garden.
Kowloon Park Plaza covers an area of 2,300 square metres and can host carnivals, concerts, outdoor exhibitions and other programmes. The park has a number of gardens with different themes, such as Sculpture Gallery, rooftop garden, Chinese Garden, Magnificent Garden and garden
Labyrinth
The garden. In addition, the park also has bird lake, bird garden, lookout, banyan tree garden, long corridor, nature conservation garden,
Health Education Exhibition and Information Center
To enable the public to better understand and care for nature in their leisure time.
Kowloon Park
Kowloon Park
The swimming pool, which opened on September 12, 1989, is located in the east wing of the park building
Kowloon Park
Indoor pool: The swimming venue has a total of four warm water pools, including one that meets international standards
Olympic Games
Standard 50 m main pool; A 25m training pool; One 20 meters
Diving pool
And an irregular paddling pool.
The depth of the main pool can be adjusted and advanced electronic timing equipment is available. Both the main pool and the diving pool have underwater viewing facilities. The diving pool has five springboards and a diving platform, and is equipped with a special instrument to spray air bubbles into the water to form an "air cushion", reducing the chance of divers being injured during training.
The indoor training pool is located on the second floor of the basement. In addition to the electric heating pipe, there are also incline passageways and lifting platforms for people with disabilities to access the swimming pool. The training pool is available on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays for the elderly, the disabled or the chronically ill.
Other facilities at the swimming pool venue include an air-conditioned public stand with 1,800 seats, fitness room for swimmers, a VIP room, an activity room, two press rooms, an audio-visual room, four changing rooms for men and women, two family changing rooms, 10 electronic entry gates and more than 2,000 coin-operated lockers.
All indoor swimming pools in Kowloon Park are mainly ozone, supplemented by
chlorine
Disinfect the pool water.
Opening hours: 6:30 a.m. to 12 noon; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m
Kowloon Park
The stadium is located in the west wing of the Park Building. The area of the home court is 1 760 square meters, yes
Kowloon District
One of the largest fully air-conditioned gymnasiums, suitable for hosting different types of sports events.
The beech floor is laid on the home floor, which can be divided into different parts and converted into three
Basketball court
Three volleyball courts, three bowling courts, 12 badminton courts or one
Handball court
. All the necessary equipment for large-scale events, such as public address systems, electronic scoreboards and a removable auditorium for up to 250 people, are available.
Other facilities include three air conditioning units located on the ground floor
Squash court
, two rooms for table tennis, martial arts,
swordplay
A multi-purpose activity room, a dance studio and an activity room with handrails and mirrors for dance training or rehearsal; The fitness room is fully equipped with fitness equipment, which can be rented at any time by gold Card holders.
Opening hours: 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., except site maintenance days
Kowloon Park
The forts and gun emplacements on the park's hills have been converted into playgrounds for children under 13 years old.
Opening hours: 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The sculpture gallery is 150 meters by 100 meters, yes
Ge Garden
A scenic spot for long-term and short-term exhibitions of sculpture works by local and overseas artists.
Kowloon Park
Nathan Road
parkway
The shopping mall rooftop has three
Ge Garden
Landscaped garden with plants and seating. Park visitors and after shopping visitors can rest here.
The large open-air plaza with an area of 3300 square meters is suitable for a variety of activities, such as
Street theatre
, outdoor exhibition, band performance,
Puppet show
And other entertainment programs.
To protect wild birds, the park is located in
masjid
A nature reserve was set up at the rear. In terms of daily horticultural maintenance, natural ecological principles are adopted. Apart from reducing the use of chemicals and minimizing tree pruning, dead leaves are also preserved to protect birds
habitat
.
Stalls selling arts and crafts, traditional food or painting, photography and portrait drawing are available at the Kowloon Park Promenade on Sundays and public holidays from 1pm to 7pm.
Every Sunday from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM at the Sculpture Gallery in Kowloon Park. The free programme includes traditional martial arts and animal dance performances and fun activities for the public to learn
Chinese kung fu
Have a taste of
Lion dance
And other traditional skills for fun. In addition, there is an exhibition to introduce the development of Chinese martial arts and information about Chinese kung fu and the Auspicious beast dance. 3. Watch wild birds
In addition to birds at Bird Lake and Pak Bird Court, about 100 species of wild birds have also been found in the park. The best places to see wild birds in the park include the Conservation Garden, Magnificent Garden, Chinese Garden, Bird Lake and fitness Trail.
06:30 to 12:00 in the morning, 13:00 to 17:00 in the afternoon, 18:00 to 22:00 in the evening.
07:00 to 23:00, except on site maintenance days.
1. Take the Metro West Rail Line to Austin Station, Exit F and walk along Austin Road for 5 minutes.
2. Take MTR Tsuen Wan Line to Tsim Sha Tsui Station, Exit A1.
You can take minibus 6, 6A and get off at Dragon Castle International Hotel Station.
