Sha Tin Pass (; ) or Shatin Pass, and sometimes Sha Tin Au (), is a mountain pass between Temple Hill and

Unicorn Ridge Unicorn Ridge () is a mountain in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative regio ...

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. The pass is located north of the populous area of

Tsz Wan Shan Tsz Wan Shan () is a residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Located below Temple Hill, it is administratively part of Wong Tai Sin District. (Note that Temple Hill is also called ''Tsz Wan Shan'' , but Tsz Wan Shan usually refers to the ar ...

, and used to be the only path connecting Kowloon and

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ...

. The area is administratively divided along the border between

Lion Rock Country Park Lion Rock Country Park (established 24 June 1977) is a country park, located in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It consists of approximately of land, including Lion Rock and Mong Fu Shek (Amah Rock) and their surrounding scenic hillsides, of w ...

and Tsz Chuk Pavillion (), with the area inside the mountain belonging to

Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most populo ...

, and the area under the foothill belonging to

Wong Tai Sin District Wong Tai Sin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the only landlocked district in Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon, and is the northernmost district in Kowloon. It borders the districts of Kwun Tong to its southeast, Ko ...

History

Sha Tin Pass was one of major accesses from Kowloon to the south to

to the north before the construction of roads and railway. A survey conducted in 1904 recorded 600 persons a day crossing Sha Tin Pass, including 280 of them "carrying goods". A substantial portion of these goods were fresh fish from

Tolo Harbour Tolo Harbour, or Tai Po Hoi (, historically ) is a sheltered harbour in northeast New Territories of Hong Kong. Geography Tide Cove aka. Sha Tin Hoi is to the south of the harbour, and Plover Cove, Three Fathoms Cove and Tolo Channel are ...

being carried for sale at

Kowloon City Kowloon City is an area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is part of Kowloon City District. Compared with the council area of Kowloon City District, the Kowloon City area is History As early as in the Qin dynasty (221 BCE – 206 BCE ...

Market. The

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gur ...

built a road in 19th century,

Shatin Pass Road Shatin Pass Road () is a road in the Wong Tai Sin District of Kowloon, Hong Kong, linking the Wong Tai Sin area in the south to the junction of Fei Ngo Shan Road and Jat's Incline in the north. Along the way, it passes through the Tsz Wan Sha ...

from Kowloon to the pass and some villages in

but not to the town of Sha Tin.

Features

Sheng Kung Hui The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (abbreviated SKH), also known as the Hong Kong Anglican Church (Episcopal), is the Anglican church in Hong Kong and Macao. It is the 38th Province of the Anglican Communion. It is also one of the major denominations ...

has a site of

Diocesan Youth Retreat House In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

at the pass. The villages of

Mau Tat Mau Tat () is a village in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong. Administration Mau Tat is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. See also * Kau Yeuk (Sha Tin) * Sha Tin Pass Sha Tin Pass (; ) or Shatin Pass, and sometimes S ...

and

Shap Yi Wat Shap Yi Wat () is a village in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong. It is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It had a population of six in 1911. See also * Kau Yeuk (Sha Tin) * Sha Tin Pass Sha Tin Pass (; ) or Shatin P ...

are located north of Sha Tin Pass. The is located in the vicinity of the pass, to its south. It can be accessed via Sha Tin Pass Road.

Access

Sha Tin Pass can be accessed via

. Stage 4 of

Wilson Trail The Wilson Trail () is a long-distance footpath in Hong Kong, 63 km of which runs through Hong Kong country parks.MacLehose Trail The MacLehose Trail is a 100-kilometre hiking trail that crosses much of the New Territories, Hong Kong, starting from Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung District in the east to Tuen Mun Town, Tuen Mun District in the west. The path is marked by distance p ...

split at the pass.

References

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