Sha Tin: Hiking, Football and History

Sha Tin offers specific options for active days: Sha Tin Wai Playground, with a football pitch for seven-a-side football, and the D1 Shui Chuen O–Monkey Hill hiking route. Relics from wartime can also be found on Section 5 of the MacLehose Trail. When choosing your holiday rental, you can consider which of these different experiences you would like to include in your trip.

Football Pitch and Facilities at Sha Tin Wai Playground

Sha Tin Wai Playground has a football pitch for seven-a-side football. It also has spectator stands and floodlighting. This gives the venue both a sporting focus and seating for spectators. If your travel group has varied interests, you can treat the playground as a separate activity alongside a hike, rather than combining both activities into a single outing.

The playground has men’s and women’s toilets with changing rooms, as well as a drinking fountain. There is also an accessible toilet. For orientation, it has a tactile guide path, tactile information in Braille and a tactile map. These details describe different aspects of the facilities: amenities, a place to get drinking water and tactile orientation aids. This can help you weigh up which facilities are important for your visit as you plan your trip.

Hiking the D1 Route

The D1 Shui Chuen O–Monkey Hill hiking route takes about five hours. Bear this approximate duration in mind when planning your day around the route. Access is also described: from Sha Tin Wai MTR Station, it takes about 10 minutes to walk to the route via Shui Chuen Au Street. The walking time refers to the journey from the station to the route; this gives you both a starting point and an approximate hiking duration to factor into your plans.

Sha Tin Wai is a station on the Tuen Ma Line of the MTR. You can therefore use the station as a reference point when travelling to the walking route described here. The approximate times—about 10 minutes to reach the route and about five hours for the hike—refer to different parts of your itinerary.

A Hike with a Historical Connection

Hikers can see wartime relics on Section 5 of the MacLehose Trail between Sha Tin Pass and Beacon Hill. An information board provides some background on the history of this wartime period. Those interested in history will find a specific historical connection along this hiking route: visible relics and an information board add a historical focus to the trail.

The Kowloon Route is also connected to Sha Tin Wai: one section ran downhill from Sha Tin Pass to Sha Tin Wai village. This is a different historical reference point from the relics and information board on the MacLehose Trail. Together, these details offer a glimpse of the different connections between routes and local history, without implying that they form a single route today.

Getting Your Bearings in the Area

Nearby, pedestrian footbridge NF89 crosses Sha Tin Wai Road near Sha Kok Street. A cycle path runs along Sha Tin Wai Road towards the north, near Skylark House in Sha Kok Estate. The bridge and cycle path are different local landmarks; the cycle path is specifically associated with the northbound direction and the area near Skylark House. Along with the MTR station, these details can help you locate the transport points relevant to your trip planning.

More Destinations

More destinations to explore include Tsuen Wan, Causeway Bay, Aberdeen Harbour, Tung Chung, Lamma Island, Yuen Long, Mong Kok and Hong Kong.

For the main travel overview: Hong Kong.