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New Kowloon, Hong Kong — Area Guide & Where to Stay
New Kowloon is the area of Hong Kong beyond Boundary Street, rising to the ridges of Lion Rock, Beacon Hill and Kowloon Peak.
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Where to stay in New Kowloon
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Beds in New Kowloon divide along Boundary Street, with the older grid of Sham Shui Po District to the west and the redeveloped ground around Kai Tak East Sports Centre to the east. Kwun Tong District carries the newer towers, while Wong Tai Sin District spreads under the hills toward Lion Rock. Rents fall further inland.
Travellers who want the ridge walks of Beacon Hill and Tate's Cairn, with the whole width of Kowloon City District below them, do better here than beside the harbour.
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Sham Shui Po District side
The older tenement grid west of Boundary Street keeps Pei Ho Street Sports Centre and its street market within walking reach.Find hotels in Sham Shui Po District sidenew-build rooms beside Kai Tak East Sports CentreKai Tak and Kwun Tong District
Kai Tak East Sports Centre marks the redeveloped strip, and Kwun Tong District carries the newest blocks in New Kowloon.Find hotels in Kai Tak and Kwun Tong Districtwalkers starting the climb up Lion RockWong Tai Sin District under the ridge
Morse Park Sports Centre sits where Wong Tai Sin District runs out against the slopes of Lion Rock and Kowloon Peak.Find hotels in Wong Tai Sin District under the ridgeHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About New Kowloon
What are the main landmarks in New Kowloon?
Public sport fills the ground floor here. Morse Park Sports Centre, Ngau Chi Wan Sports Centre and Po Kong Village Road Sports Centre serve the estates of Wong Tai Sin District, while Kowloon Bay Sports Centre and Kai Tak East Sports Centre sit over the flat reclaimed ground to the south. Fa Yuen Street Sports Centre works the market blocks.
Ho Man Tin Sports Centre and Cornwall Street Squash and Table Tennis Centre round out a set that reads like an inventory of how a dense district plays.
What is the history of New Kowloon?
Boundary Street drew the line. The name marks everything that lay beyond the old Kowloon, a band of ground reaching north from that street until the slopes of Eagle's Nest, Beacon Hill and Lion Rock close it off. Administration later broke the same ground into Kwun Tong District and Wong Tai Sin District, together with northern parts of Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District.
The older name outlived the boundary it described.
Where is New Kowloon?
New Kowloon reaches north from Boundary Street to the hill wall of Eagle's Nest, Beacon Hill, Lion Rock, Tate's Cairn and Kowloon Peak.
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What is the best area to stay in New Kowloon?
Sham Shui Po District side: market-street stays a block north of Boundary Street. Kai Tak and Kwun Tong District: new-build rooms beside Kai Tak East Sports Centre. Wong Tai Sin District under the ridge: walkers starting the climb up Lion Rock.
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Updated September 2026