1. The History
Located inside the historic Tung Chung Fort on Lantau Island, Tung Chung Public School is a former rural primary school on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. The school was founded between 1937 and 1941 by the Tung Chung Rural Committee. It served local village children for decades before finally closing in 2003, during a territory-wide wave of rural school closures. The former campus grounds included a playground and basketball court and remain preserved inside the Tung Chung.
The Fort itself was completed, during the Qing dynasty, a hundred years prior in 1832 as a naval headquarters to fight pirates and smugglers, including the trade in opium. In 1898, the British took over the administration of Hong Kong and the Qing military vacated fort and from 1918, it served as a police station. The fort was declared a monument in 1979. More details of the fort’s history HERE.
2. The Explore
If one thing Hong Kong isn’t short on, urbex-wise, it’s abandoned schools. This place is a bit of a two-for-the-price-of-one. The former public school sits within a fairly low-key tourist site on Lantau Island. The old fort is worth a look in its own right and is an interesting heritage asset of Hong Kong. There’s a couple of rooms with history board in about the fort and a fort guardian in one of them.
The school, itself, is pretty photogenic. Some of the buildings are locked up, but you can easily see through the windows and point your camera in to get some pics. Other parts you can sneak into. Was a pleasurable place to spend an hour of my time.
3. The Pictures
Entering the fort:
Inside the fort main entrance:
Battlements:
Main school entrance (more of this building later):
Chinese lanterns:
Onto the classrooms first:
Table tennis anyone?
Tree ingress:
This room is in the worst condition:
Plenty left behind here:
And another classroom:
Old PC:
This classroom is a little less cluttered:
Loads of stacked up chairs in here:
Outside sink:
Small out-house:
Located inside the historic Tung Chung Fort on Lantau Island, Tung Chung Public School is a former rural primary school on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. The school was founded between 1937 and 1941 by the Tung Chung Rural Committee. It served local village children for decades before finally closing in 2003, during a territory-wide wave of rural school closures. The former campus grounds included a playground and basketball court and remain preserved inside the Tung Chung.
The Fort itself was completed, during the Qing dynasty, a hundred years prior in 1832 as a naval headquarters to fight pirates and smugglers, including the trade in opium. In 1898, the British took over the administration of Hong Kong and the Qing military vacated fort and from 1918, it served as a police station. The fort was declared a monument in 1979. More details of the fort’s history HERE.
2. The Explore
If one thing Hong Kong isn’t short on, urbex-wise, it’s abandoned schools. This place is a bit of a two-for-the-price-of-one. The former public school sits within a fairly low-key tourist site on Lantau Island. The old fort is worth a look in its own right and is an interesting heritage asset of Hong Kong. There’s a couple of rooms with history board in about the fort and a fort guardian in one of them.
The school, itself, is pretty photogenic. Some of the buildings are locked up, but you can easily see through the windows and point your camera in to get some pics. Other parts you can sneak into. Was a pleasurable place to spend an hour of my time.
3. The Pictures
Entering the fort:
Inside the fort main entrance:
Battlements:
Main school entrance (more of this building later):
Chinese lanterns:
Onto the classrooms first:
Table tennis anyone?
Tree ingress:
This room is in the worst condition:
Plenty left behind here:
And another classroom:
Old PC:
This classroom is a little less cluttered:
Loads of stacked up chairs in here:
Outside sink:
Small out-house:
