An underground reservoir with a rich history dating back over a century.
Content provided by Time Out Hong Kong
Located on Mission Hill, the Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir is an underground reservoir built in 1904. With granite piers and distinct red brick arches that resemble Roman civil engineering works, the reservoir once held about 9,900 cubic metres of fresh water for residents in Kowloon Tong, Sham Shui Po, and Tai Hang Tung. This reservoir was rediscovered in 2020 and was accorded a Grade I historic status by the Antiquities Advisory Board in 2021. Since then, the government has launched guided individual and group tours, allowing visitors to visit the reservoir and learn more about the history of Hong Kong’s water supply. The tour begins from Berwick Street in Shek Kip Mei, and it takes about 15 minutes to walk to the service reservoir at the top of Mission Hill. In addition to an in-person visit, you can also take a virtual guided tour provided by the Water Supplies Department to experience a 360-degree panoramic view of the reservoir and gain an in-depth understanding of its architecture.
Information on this page is subject to change without advance notice.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board disclaims any liability as to the quality or fitness for purpose of third party products and services; and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, adequacy or reliability of any information contained herein.
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website, to understand your interests and provide personalized content to you as further set out in our Cookie Policy here. If you accept the use of cookies on our website, please indicate your acceptance by clicking the "I accept" button. You may manage your cookies settings at any time.
Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of the Services, and include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of the Services. They include features, for example, Social Media plug-in
Analytical/performance cookies
These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around and use our Services. This helps us to improve the way our Services work, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. These cookies are also used to help us understand what interests our users, and measure how effective our advertising is
Functionality cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to the Services. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences, for example, your choice of language or region, browsing font size etc
Location-based cookies
These cookies are used when you are in Hong Kong, to suggest nearby places of interest, give point-to-point navigation to identify your location and send location-based push notifications to you
Targeting cookies
These cookies record your visit to the Services, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Services and any material displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose
Advertising cookies
These cookies will remember your preferences, and in general, that you used the Services, to tailor advertising to you and your interests. These cookies are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of advertisements
Third party cookies
These cookies on the Website and other parts of the Services are managed by third parties. You should refer to the ‘third parties’ own cookie and privacy policies for information about how they may use your information