Pinewood Battery, Artillery battery in Central and Western District, Hong Kong

Pinewood Battery is a ruined coastal artillery installation on a hilltop in the Central and Western District of Hong Kong. The site has two gun positions on an upper terrace and a concrete command post set just behind them.

The battery was completed in 1905 and fitted with two large guns for coastal defense. In the 1920s, anti-aircraft weapons were added as aircraft became a new military threat in the region.

The name comes from the pine trees among which the battery was built, which also gave it its Chinese name, 松林炮台 ("pine forest battery"). The site now forms the Pinewood Battery Heritage Trail and is part of the Central and Western Heritage Trail, Western District and the Peak Route, with interpretive signs explaining the ruins. Picnic tables occupy the former military ground.

The site is reached by hiking trails and has picnic areas and seating on the grounds. Dry weather makes the paths easier to walk, so it is worth checking conditions before you set out.

The battery's two 6-inch coastal guns were removed in 1913 when the site was decommissioned after the Mount Davis Fortress opened. The anti-aircraft guns seen in 1941 were later additions: two 3-inch high-angle guns installed when the site was converted for air defence in the 1930s, one of which was destroyed on 15 December 1941.