Tai Lam Country Park

Tai Lam Country Park, established on 23 February 1979, is a country park located in Tai Lam, at the south of Yuen Long Town, Kam Tin and Shek Kong and east of Tuen Mun Town, in the western New Territories of Hong Kong. This country park has an area of 54 km².

Tai Lam Country Park
Location within Hong Kong
Type	Country park
Location	New Territories, Hong Kong
Area	5,412 ha
Designated	23 February 1979; 46 years ago (1979-02-23)
Managed by	Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

Tai Lam Country Park
Traditional Chinese	大欖郊野公園
Simplified Chinese	大榄郊野公园
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàlǎn Jiāoyě Gōngyuán Yue: Cantonese Jyutping daai6 laam5 gaau1 je5 gung1 jyun4

Etymology

The country park is named after Tai Lam where the park is located nearby. A river stream also named after the area as Tai Lam Chung (大欖涌). Due to the construction of a dam, the water flows into the Tai Lam Chung Reservoir. The reservoir is entirely surrounded by the country park. The reservoir is managed by the Water Supplies Department. Tai Lam Tunnel and Tai Lam railway tunnel pass through the country park underground. A village, as well as two prisons: Tai Lam Centre for Women and Tai Lam Correctional Institution (zh), all outside the boundary of the country park, are named after Tai Lam.

The tai (Chinese: 大) in Tai Lam means large. There is another area known as Siu Lam, which siu (Chinese: 小) means small in Chinese.

Highlights

A series of barbecue and picnic sites are provided along Route Twisk, the Shek Kong, Pat Heung catchwater and the Tuen Mun catchwater. In addition, there are a lot of trails. For example, the MacLehose Trail and the Kap Lung Forest Trail start from the top of Route Twisk near the Country Park Management Centre. The Twisk Nature Trail near the Country Park Management Centre introduces the natural environment and human impacts in the area.

The fitness trail at So Kwun Wat catchwater provides 14 sets of fitness equipment for visitors and morning walkers.

See also

• Conservation in Hong Kong
• Tin Fu Tsai

External links

• Initial text based on information provided by the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), under the provision that the re-dissemination or reproduction is for non-commercial use.
• AFCD Tai Lam

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