Stanley Fort, Military fort in Stanley Peninsula, Hong Kong.

Stanley Fort occupies the southern tip of the Stanley Peninsula, just south of Che Pau Teng peak and including the Wong Ma Kok headland. The 1935–1937 fort held three 9.2-inch coastal guns on Mk VII mounts; today the site is Chek Chue Barracks and the Hong Kong Earth Station, whose white dishes and faceted geodesic dome stand on the rocky ridge above the water.

The present fort was built between 1935 and 1937, when rising Japanese aggression led the British to strengthen Hong Kong Island's southern defences. Its three 9.2-inch coastal guns, remounted from Mount Davis and Gough batteries on Mk VII mountings, could fire 27 km. The garrison held out until 26 December 1941, a day after the colony's surrender, and the guns were captured intact. Japan held the site until 1945; Britain returned, then handed it to the People's Liberation Army in 1997.

The name Stanley honours Lord Stanley, the British colonial secretary when the settlement was renamed; the Chinese name Chek Chue refers to the red kapok trees once growing there. The fort's construction displaced villagers, who were rehoused in a terrace of eight houses on Stanley Main Street still called Pat Kan, the Eight Houses.

The site is a closed military zone occupied by the PLA Chek Chue Barracks and the Hong Kong Earth Station, so the public cannot enter. The Stanley Fort Gate bus terminus sits just outside the barracks entrance, and the gate is the closest a visitor can get. The satellite dishes and the faceted white structure are visible from outside the perimeter.

The site is a closed military zone: the public cannot enter, and the gate bus terminus sits just outside the barracks entrance. Inside, gun emplacement No. 1 of the 9.2-inch coastal battery survives, while emplacements No. 2 and No. 3 were rebuilt as the Hong Kong Earth Station, whose dishes appear among the buildings on the ridge.