Hong Kong — Blake Pier at Stanley 赤柱卜公碼頭, Hong Kong

Exploring Stanley

September 2015

The history of Blake Pier 赤柱卜公碼頭 is somewhat confusing. The pier seems to have moved around Hong Kong and undergone some name changes.

The pier was called Pedder Wharf and was located on the waterfront facing Des Voeux Road Central. In 1900, the pier was renamed after Sir Henry Blake, the 12th Governor of Hong Kong (1898 to 1903).

In 1904, after the completion of the waterfront (praya) reclamation in the Central District…