Castle Peak Bay is a bay outside

Tuen Mun Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more re ...

Tuen Mun River The Tuen Mun River is a river in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong. It has many tributaries, with major ones coming from Lam Tei, Kau Keng Shan, Hung Shui Hang and Nai Wai. It flows south, bisecting Tuen Mun New Town. It eventually feeds int ...

empties into the bay. In the past, many

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fishermen harboured at the bay. In 1513, explorer

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arrived in the Pearl River Delta and started a Portuguese settlement,

Tamão Tamão ( zh, 屯門) was a trade settlement set up by the Portuguese on an island in the Pearl River Delta, China. This was the first time Europeans reached China via the sea route around the Cape of Good Hope. The settlement lasted from 1514 ...

. One source specifically states that it was located at the "bay of Tunmen ... now called Castle Peak". There are several

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sites and recreation facilities near the bay including the

Castle Peak Beach Castle Peak Beach () is a gazetted beach in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, beside Sam Shing Estate. It looks onto Castle Peak Bay and the Tuen Mun typhoon shelter, although it is separated from the typhoon shelter by a breakwater. The beach comprises 2.97 ...

and other beaches. Castle Peak Bay is served by

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routes K51, K58,

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52X and 53.

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