Gun Club Hill Barracks (Chinese: 槍會山兵房 or 槍會山軍營) are barracks in King's Park, Hong Kong formerly used by British Army garrisons during British colonial rule. The military began using the area shortly after 1860 when the British acquired Kowloon. The barracks are bounded by Austin Road, Jordan Path, Gascoigne Road and Chatham Road South.
The barracks are currently occupied by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who began using them after the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong on 1 July 1997. The compound now includes a hospital constructed for the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong completed around 1997.
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