Southorn Stadium

Southorn Playground
Entrance sign along Hennessy Road
Location on Hong Kong Island
Type	Public park
Location	Wan Chai Hong Kong
Area	0.9 ha (approx.)
Opened	11 July 1934 (1934-07-11)
Operated by	Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Open	24 hours
Public transit access	Wan Chai Station

Southorn Playground (Chinese: 修頓遊樂場) is a sports and recreational facility in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It comprises a football field, four basketball courts, and a children's playground.

Southorn Playground is surrounded by Hennessy Road to the north, Luard Road to the west, Johnston Road to the south, and buildings to the east. It has been Wan Chai's main recreational area since the 1930s. Formerly a thriving night market, it was named in 1934 after Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn who was the Colonial Secretary from 1925 to 1936.

Though the site is not big, it is often used for district functions such as fun fairs and sports matches. It is also popular among local residents as a place for relaxation and socialising.

The land on which the Southorn Playground sits was reclaimed from Victoria Harbour as part of the Praya East Reclamation Scheme during the 1920s. In 1929, the government set up the Playing Fields Committee to study the provision of children's playgrounds. The committee recommended setting aside areas for children, and Southorn suggested preserving the land between Johnston Road and Hennessy Road as a playground.

Two designated playgrounds, the Blake Gardens and the Wanchai grounds (today's Southorn Playground), were allotted by the government to the Chinese Y.M.C.A. and the Rotary Club, respectively. On 1 July 1933, the new Children's Playground Association (today the Hong Kong Playground Association) took over responsibility of these grounds. A public toilet and bathhouse opened on 12 February 1934 at the junction of Hennessy Road and O’Brien Road.

A formal opening ceremony was held for the then-Wanchai Children's Playground, officiated by Thomas Southorn and Rotary Club president Ts'o Seen Wan, on 11 July 1934. The playground was actually open in some capacity prior to the commemorative opening ceremony – an April 1934 news article stated that the facility already had an average daily attendance of some 275 children.