Victoria Park, Urban park in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Victoria Park is a flat 19-hectare public park in Causeway Bay, Wan Chai District, on Hong Kong Island. Its central section holds a complex of fourteen tennis courts, including a main court seating about 3,600 spectators, beside a two-hectare central lawn ringed by a 625-metre jogging path. South of the courts lie six football pitches overlooked by a bronze statue of Queen Victoria on a dark plinth atop a broad grey stone base; four basketball courts with green, blue and reddish-brown surfaces sit in the southeast.
Victoria Park was built from August 1954 on land reclaimed from the old Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, using rubble from war-damaged buildings; it was named in November 1954, partly opened on 7 September 1957 and officially opened in October 1957. The typhoon shelter was moved west, and a Queen Victoria statue cast in Pimlico, London, was placed in the park in 1955 after being retrieved from Japan. A central lawn followed in 1974, a tennis court in 1981, and a renovation between 2000 and 2002.
The name honors Queen Victoria, and the layout reflects British garden traditions still visible today. Each morning, older residents gather here to practice Tai Chi or join outdoor exercise corners.
Reachable via Causeway Bay MTR Station Exit E or Tin Hau Station nearby, with several bus lines around the area. Entry is open around the clock, though early morning hours tend to be quieter.
The Queen Victoria statue at the main entrance was cast in Pimlico, London, for her 1897 Diamond Jubilee. During the Japanese occupation it was shipped to Japan to be melted down, but the war ended before that happened. In 1996 a performance artist bent its nose with a hammer and splashed it with red paint; the nose was rebuilt for HK$150,000.
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