Sam Shing Estate Market

Sam Shing Estate Market is a marketplace in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. Sam Shing Estate Market is situated nearby to the shopping center Sam Shing Shopping Centre, as well as near the marketplace Sam Shing Hui Seafood Street.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castle Peak Beach and Sam Shing.

Castle Peak Beach

Beach

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Castle Peak Beach is a gazetted beach in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, beside Sam Shing Estate. It looks onto Castle Peak Bay and the Tuen Mun typhoon shelter, although it is separated from the typhoon shelter by a breakwater. Castle Peak Beach is situated 250 metres southeast of Sam Shing Estate Market.

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 290 metres northwest of Sam Shing Estate Market.

Sam Shing Temple

Place of worship

Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sam Shing Temple is a place of worship, which is situated 330 metres northeast of Sam Shing Estate Market.

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.