Belcher Bay Park — Attraction in Hong Kong

This is a newly refurbished expansive park area situated near the docks in Kennedy Town. It is designed with a familiar English pier cum US boardwalk ambiance. You definitely get the feeling that it's the weekend 7 days a week here. It has excellent dog meeting area where handlers and their beloved pooch can socialise amongst each over.

The availability of deckchairs for gratis i.e. free of rental charge, make this a hugely popular meeting place 24/7. Hong Kong University students can be seen frequenting here way into the wee hours of the graveyard shift. A happy youthful vibrancy can be felt at night. Skateboarders take advantage of the cover of night to display their hard learnt skill without being moved on by the constabulary.

What makes gives this place extra charm is the availability of moveable pallets on casters that are moveable yet can be fixed in location by locking it's wheels. Some are even lined with AstroTurf. You can then practice your landscape gardening nous by setting up your own private seating area with friends.

The only thing missing is an open fireplace. Unfortunately, since this is a wooden walkway an inferno is the last thing the denizens of Kennedy Town would want.

The inclusion of scaffolding and bunting, the purpose of which alludes me, completes an otherwise wide open empty space. These too are also on casters so budding architects and designers can exercise the use of space and position to hone their aesthetic eye and spatial awareness perception. It's like having your own life sized Lego and making your ultimate patio space. This means the skyline is never the same here and area is not fixed and always in flux.

A neat touch and added splash of colour are thewoollen knitted permanent residents of this park. So, even if you are on your own,byou don't get to sit and feel lonely.

The recent modifications to Belcher Bay park has made this a happening place to hang out for all ages. I walked from Central to get here and it is an ideal recharging place before my return walk back. Ideal place for a picnic or remote control model enthusiasts. Definitely...

This comment is for a historical building nearby the park. The address is 12. Belcher Street. “When it was opened in 1923 for use by the Sanitary Department, the building also housed a temporary fire sub-station manned by just 10 firefighters and one motor pump. It then became the Kennedy Town Fire Station and was renamed the Western Fire Station in 1937. It was converted into staff quarters for the Urban Services Department (USD) in 1950, while a primary school was run by the USD Staff General Association on the premises from 1951 to 1976. The building was taken over in 1986 by the Social Welfare Department, which converted it into a home for the elderly managed by the Po Leung Kuk. It is a very handsomely proportioned four-storey brick structure with a symmetrical façade and louvred windows.” The above information is provided by AMO. So sad that the so called revitalisation scheme is often not well executed. This is one of the examples. The historical building’s window is decorated’ by the ventilation pipe that the whole vibe...

Very nice park for a multitude of reasons. Firstly the park is a bit of a hub for local events and is home to events like the yearly autumn lantern festival so often there are things to see in the evening. Secondly this has a nautical theme and various nautical objects are distributed around the park, ships wheel, a bouey and so on. Thirdly the design of the park is well thought out. There is a jogging track that runs around the park rising up and down through various floral displays and intersecting with the main park paths. This is well laid for running. The main part of the park is a wide oval, roughly, path for walking around seeing much of what the park has to offer. There are numerous covered benches along this path. There are some activity areas, a theatre, a raised chess playing area stop a mound and an exercise area. All together these make for a pleasant...