{{Short description|British military installation in Hong Kong}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military installation |name=Perowne Barracks |image=File:PerowneBarracksEntrance.jpg |caption = Perowne Barracks Entrance |type = Barracks |map_type = Hong Kong |pushpin_map_caption = Location within Hong Kong |location = Hong Kong |coordinates = {{Coord|22.374151|113.992252|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |ownership = Ministry of Defence |operator = {{army|United Kingdom}} |built = {{Start date and age|1931}} |used=1931-1994 |architect = |built_for = War Office |garrison = |occupants = Brigade of Gurkhas }} '''Perowne Barracks''' is a former British Army barracks in Hong Kong. The barracks are no longer in military use.
==History== The barracks, which were established as Tai Lam Military Camp in 1931, were subsequently renamed Perowne Barracks after Major General Lancelot Perowne, Major General of the Brigade of Gurkhas, who were based there.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/historic_8_new_items.pdf|title=Historic Building Appraisal|publisher=Antiquities Advisory Board|accessdate=7 August 2014}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/14/half-of-site-used-by-ngo-crossroads-to-be-returned-to-govt-for-housing-project Half of site used by NGO Crossroads to be returned to gov’t for housing project], Hong Kong Free Press, by Kris Cheng, 14 September 2015</ref> The barracks closed in 1994 as part of the withdrawal of British military presence prior to the handover of sovereignty in 1997.<ref name=history/> They were then used in the 1990s as living accommodation for the then-Lingnan College, as a training school for the Immigration Department and more recently by the Crossroads Foundation, a charity.<ref name=history/>
The barracks were used until 2008 as the final checkpoint and finish line for the annual Trailwalker event along the MacLehose Trail. In 2009, the Trailwalker route changed to end in Tai Tong, Yuen Long, however this proved to be only a temporary move.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfamtrailwalker.org.hk/opencms.war/opencms/_info_/about/history.html?__locale=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721081754/http://www.oxfamtrailwalker.org.hk/opencms.war/opencms/_info_/about/history.html?__locale=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2011|title=2012 (31st anniversary)|publisher=Oxfam Trailwalker|accessdate=7 August 2014}}</ref> After the southern portion of the barracks facing Castle Peak Road was demolished and the new campus of Chu Hai College of Higher Education was constructed on the same site, it was re-established as the finish line of Trailwalker in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfam.org.hk/en/news-and-publication/oxfam-trailwalker-2019-new-finish-point-and-experts-shared-training-tips-at-briefing|title=Oxfam Hong Kong - Oxfam Trailwalker 2019: New Finish Line and Experts Shared Training Tips at Briefing|last=|first=|date=28 October 2019|website=Oxfam Hong Kong|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left"> File:Gordon Hard Camp building view 2015.jpg|Gordon Hard building - with signage still in situ - as seen from Cafeteria New Beach. File:GordonHard2.JPG|Gordon Hard building - as seen from Cafeteria New Beach. File:Gordon Hard Camp 2015.jpg|Gordon Hard Nissen huts and slipway - as seen from Cafeteria New Beach. <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: File:Perowne-barracks.jpg|Gurkha School --> </gallery>
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Category:Installations of the British Army Category:Military of Hong Kong under British rule Category:Barracks in Hong Kong Category:So Kwun Wat Category:Military installations established in 1931 Category:Military installations closed in 1994
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