Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter

Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter is in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter is situated nearby to the place of worship Hong Kong Evangelical Yan Yiu Church, as well as near the residential area Regency Bay.

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Type: Body of water
Description: typhoon shelter in Hong Kong
Also known as: “屯門避風塘 Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hoi Wong Road and Goodview Garden.

Hoi Wong Road

Railway station

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Hoi Wong Road is an MTR Light Rail stop located at ground level at the junction of Hoi Wong Road and Hoi Wing Road, next to KMB Tuen Mun South Depot and to the southeast of Tuen Mun Swimming Pool, an aquatics centre in Area 16 of Tuen Mun. Hoi Wong Road is situated 450 metres northwest of Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter.

Goodview Garden

Railway station

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Goodview Garden is an MTR Light Rail stop located at ground level between Hoi Chu Road and Hang Fu Street, south of Goodview Garden and east of Oceania Heights in Tuen Mun District. Goodview Garden is situated 530 metres north of Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter.

Sam Shing

Railway station

Photo: LRT505, FAL.

Sam Shing is an MTR Light Rail terminus located on the ground near Hoi Wing Road, inside Hanford Garden and next to Sam Shing Estate in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. Sam Shing is situated 530 metres northeast of Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Peak Bay and Tuenmen.

Castle Peak Bay

Quarter

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Castle Peak Bay is a bay outside Tuen Mun. Tuen Mun River empties into the bay. In the past, many Tanka fishermen harboured at the bay. In 1513, explorer Jorge Álvares arrived in the Pearl River Delta and started a Portuguese settlement, Tamão.

Tuenmen

Town

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Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the west of New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period.