Shatin Pass Road () is a road in the

Wong Tai Sin District Wong Tai Sin District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 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 Ton ...

Kowloon Kowloon () is one of the areas of Hong Kong, three areas of Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories. It is an urban area comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a populat ...

, Hong Kong, linking the

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area in the south to the junction of

Fei Ngo Shan Road Kowloon Peak, also known as Fei Ngo Shan (literally: "Soaring Goose Mountain", Chinese: 飛鵝山), is a mountain in the northeast corner of New Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in Ma On Shan Country Park. With the summit located just to the east o ...

and

Jat's Incline Jat's Incline () is a road in Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Location Jat's Incline connects Clear Water Bay Road in the south to the junction of Shatin Pass Road and the western end Fei Ngo Shan Road, next to the top of Tate's Cairn i ...

in the north. Along the way, it passes through the

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. Temple Hill is also called ''Tsz Wan Shan'' , but Tsz Wan Shan usually refers to the area. It is ...

area and

Sha Tin Pass Sha Tin Pass (; ) or Shatin Pass, and sometimes Sha Tin Au (), is a mountain pass between Temple Hill and Unicorn Ridge in Hong Kong. The pass is located north of the populous area of Tsz Wan Shan, and used to be the only path connecting Kowlo ...

. The northern part of Shatin Pass Road, between Sha Tin Pass and the junction of Fei Ngo Shan Road and Jat's Incline, is part of the Stage 4 of the

Wilson Trail The Wilson Trail () is a long-distance footpath in Hong Kong, 63 km of which runs through Hong Kong country parks.

and Section 5 of the

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. It is the longest trail in Hong ...

. This section of the road also marks the border between

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 ...

and Wong Tai Sin District.

History

Shatin Pass Road was built by the

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to access Sha Tin Pass and its remote villages in the

from Kowloon. The road was damaged by a storm in June 2008, that caused a landslide. It reopened in December, 2008.

Features along the road

In alphabetic order: *

Chuk Yuen (North) Estate Chuk Yuen Estate () is a public housing estate in Kowloon, Hong Kong, located north of Wong Tai Sin and underneath Lion Rock. Its site was formerly the Chuk Yuen Resettlement Area. It is divided into Chuk Yuen (North) Estate () and Chuk Yuen (S ...

() * Fat Jong Temple () * Lions Pavilion at Sha Tin Pass () * Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate () * Muk Lun Street Playground () *

Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital () is a Roman Catholic hospital at Wong Tai Sin area in New Kowloon of Hong Kong. History Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital was founded by the Maryknoll Sisters The Maryknoll Sisters, (formerly the Maryknoll Si ...

() * Our Lady's College *

* Sha Tin Pass Estate (沙田坳邨) * SKH Calvary Church () * Tsz Lok Estate () * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Tai Sin Hospital () * Wong Tai Sin Police Station () * Ying Fuk Court () Roads in New Kowloon Tsz Wan Shan Wong Tai Sin Sha Tin District {{NewKowloon-geo-stub