Guided tours will travel by open-top bus through Northern Metropolis heritage sites for the first time as part of Hong Kong’s 2026 heritage programme, which runs from October to December. Organised by the Development Bureau’s Commissioner for Heritage's Office, the programme focuses on 12 statutory monuments and graded historic buildings, with more than 170 free guided tours.
The bus tours will run on designated weekends along three routes: through Ping Shan and Ha Tsuen, around Lung Yeuk Tau in Sheung Shui, and on the Sheung Shui–San Tin route. Guides will introduce historic buildings along the way and explain their stories.
The programme’s three strands look at clan culture and traditional New Territories life, the reuse of historic buildings, and the history of education. The featured buildings range from ancestral halls and study halls to schools and a former police station. Some are government-owned, others are revitalised and operated by non-governmental organisations, while others are managed by private owners or clans.
One example is Liu Man Shek Tong Ancestral Hall in Sheung Shui, built in the early years of the Qing dynasty’s Yongzheng period. The Liu clan used the hall for ancestral rites, banquets and village affairs. In 1932, a primary school opened at the site, adding an educational role to its life as a centre of clan activity.
Built in 1900, the former Ping Shan police station was revitalised through a partnership between the government and the local Tang clan in 2007. It now houses a clan heritage museum and a visitor centre for the heritage trail.