Blackhead Point — Local services in Hong Kong

Quite a bit of history around this little parked tucked away between apartment buildings and construction sites behind the former Mariners Club in TST.

A quick hike up a steep little hill gets you to the main section of the park.

The Tower you can find there dates back to 1907 and was used to house a time ball that sailors used to set their chronometers with before radio-telegraphy became a thing.

There are also four concrete gun emplacements on the south side facing Victoria Harbour.

The Signal Tower is worth a walk through, but be warned it only opens twice a day at certain times. I went around 4pm during the week and the nice lady was opening it up for a couple of hours.

That aside, there is a pagoda and some seats that face the harbour and get a decent breeze on a hot day.

Worth a visit if you are in to history and want to know more...

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