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Ocean Park Hong Kong
Marine mammal park and theme park on the southern side of Hong Kong Island with aquarium exhibits and thrill rides.
2 km · about 5 min drive
AsiaHong KongSouthern District
Lei Tung
Southern District, Hong Kong · Asia
About Lei Tung
Lei Tung works well as a base: 7km from Monster Building.
Lei Tung is in Southern District, Hong Kong, with about 26,000 people.
Lei Tung (Chinese: 利東; Cantonese Yale: Leihdūng) is an underground MTR rapid transit station in Hong Kong on the eastern section of the South Island line, located beside Mount Johnston on Ap Lei Chau in Southern District. Its livery is orange.
The station is named after the adjacent public housing estate of the sameRead more
name, which it serves in addition to Ap Lei Chau Main Street. The station is located below Yue On Court and Lei Tung Estate. It is the southernmost railway station in Hong Kong, with this record previously held by Chai Wan.
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What is there to see near Lei Tung?
Within an hour or so of Lei Tung: Ocean Park Hong Kong (2 km), Victoria Peak (4 km), Lin Heung Tea House (5 km), Monster Building (7 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Guia Circuit.
Where is Lei Tung?
Lei Tung is in Southern District, Hong Kong.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 26,350
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Southern District
- Timezone
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Coordinates
- 22.2405, 114.1576
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Worth the detour from Lei Tung
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Victoria Peak
Hong Kong's highest point on the island, offering spectacular panoramic views of the city skyline and harbour.
4 km · about 10 min drive
restaurant
Lin Heung Tea House
A survivor of old-Canton yum cha culture where dim sum still comes round on pushed trolleys and regulars compete for it, in a room of ceiling fans and communal tables.
5 km · about 10 min drive
photogenic
Monster Building
Five interlocking 1960s housing blocks in Quarry Bay whose courtyard walls of stacked flats close overhead, Hong Kong's most photographed piece of density.
7 km · about 15 min drive
restaurant
Australia Dairy Company
A Jordan institution serving steamed milk pudding and scrambled egg sandwiches at ferocious speed, where waiters clear your table while you are still chewing.
7 km · about 15 min drive
cafe
Mido Cafe
A 1950s cha chaan teng on Temple Street with mosaic tiles, steel window frames and a corner upstairs table overlooking Yau Ma Tei, the archetypal Hong Kong diner.
8 km · about 15 min drive
photogenic
Choi Hung Estate
A 1962 public housing estate painted in rainbow bands, with a rooftop basketball court over the car park that frames the colours against the towers.
12 km · about 20 min drive
photogenic
Ping Shek Estate
A 1970s Kowloon estate whose grey concrete stairwells and repeating balcony grids draw photographers for their brutalist symmetry, far quieter than Choi Hung.
12 km · about 20 min drive
Driving roads near Lei Tung
- 63 kmGuia CircuitA 6.2km street circuit through Macau lined by armco and walls, with the impossibly tight Melco hairpin and the fast Mandarin bend. Everyday public roads outside the November Grand Prix weekend.
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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