Kam Sheung Rd KCR. Kam Tin township is famous for its outlying walled villages, though these are not now particularly traditional. Kat Hing Wai (take exit B from the KCR, cross the small footbridge, turn left and follow Kam Sheung Rd to the intersection, turn right onto Kam Tin Rd and walk for 100m; daily 9am-5pm; $1) is the best known, with square walls and a moat, and has been inhabited for four hundred years by the Tang clan. It was infamous as a centre of resistance to the British takeover of the New Territories in 1898, for which the iron gates of the village were confiscated - they were returned in 1925 after having been found in Ireland. Today, Kat Hing Wai is somewhat commercialized, its buildings badly restored, and the main street lined with souvenir stalls and Hakka ladies posing for photos in traditional garb.

About 600m north over a canal from here on Shui Tau Road, Shui Tau Tsuen village is bigger, though new building on the outskirts has destroyed the sense of a walled settlement, and many of the old buildings are decrepit. The elegant carved roofs are still apparent, though, and a walk around the tight alleys reveals an ancestral hall and the elderly Tin Hau Temple.