This is a record of my own DIY (Do It Yourself) tour that included Singapore's Chinatown and the surrounding areas. Starting at the Outram Park MRT station and ending at Clarke Quay MRT station. Feel free to follow my journey in a way that suits your health condition, fitness level, and pace, to explore and capture your fond memories of Singapore.
Chinatown is filled with wall murals, statues, heritage shophouses, temples, food centres, shopping malls, restarants, eateries, pubs, cafes, people, buildings and structures that are well worth capturing.
1) Starting Journey at Exit 6 MRT (EW 16, NE 3, TE 17) Outram Park Station
We are starting the journey at the Exit 6 of the MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park station.
While at the station, admire the wall murals inside Outram Park MRT Station.
Starting Journey at Exit 6 of the MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park station.
At the Exit 6 of the MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park station, turn right and walk towards Kg Bahru Rd and Hospital Drive. On the way, look across the street to see The Pinacle@Duxton and some heritage shophouses.
2) The Pinnacle@Duxton
The Pinnacle@Duxton is an eye catching 7 blocks of 50 storeys high residential estates that are interconnected via skybridges on the 26th and 50th storeys. The skybridges create long and continuous skygardens, offering exciting views of the city skyline. Only the 50th storey skybridge is open to the public.
To access the 50th storey skybridge, you have to pay a fee per entry. Click here for further information.
The Pinnacle@Duxton
3) Heritage Shophouses along Kg Bahru Rd
The area along Kg Bahru Rd has been destinated as a conservation area to preserve its cultural and architectural significance.
Heritage Shophouses along Kg Bahru Rd
Continue walking along Kg Bahru Rd until it became Jalan Bukit Merah and until you see the Silat Rd Sikh Temple on the opposite side of the road at 8 Jalan Bukit Merah.
4) The Silat Rd Sikh Temple
The Silat Rd Sikh Temple was built in 1924 and has been declared a historic site. It was name after the road it was built on, but the road has been renamed Jalan Bukit Merah.
The Silat Rd Sikh Temple.
The Wat Ananda Metyarama Thai Buddhist Temple is on the same side of the road as the Sikh Temple. Continue walking deeper into Jalan Bukit Merah to reach the Thai Buddhist Temple at 50B Jalan Bukit Merah.
5) The Wat Ananda Metyarama Thai Buddhist Temple
The Wat Ananda Metyarama Thai Buddhist Temple was founded in the 1920s. It is both a monastery and a temple. It is one of the oldest Thai Theravada Buddhist temples in Singapore. It has many beautiful statues and murals. It is open daily from 6:30am to 8pm.
The Wat Ananda Metyarama Thai Buddhist Temple.
On the side of the temple, turnaround and walk back towards Kg Bahru Rd. Turn right into Kg Bahru Rd and continue walking until you see the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Teresa.
6) Roman Catholic Church of Saint Teresa
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Teresa was built in 1929. It was gazetted by the National Heritage Board as a National monument.
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Teresa.
7) Saint Theresa, Pray for Us
Saint Theresa, Pray for Us.
Walk back down Kg Bahru Rd by keeping on the right side of Kg Bahru Rd. Turn right into Spottiswoode Park Rd and enjoy the rows of heritage buildings.
8) Heritage Buildings at Spottiswoode Park Rd
Heritage Building at Spottiswoode Park Rd
Continue walking until you see the wall mural at Everton Rd and Spottiswoode Park Rd.
9) Provision Shop Mural by Yip Yew Chong at Everton Rd
Provision Shop Mural by Yip Yew Chong at Everton Rd.
10) Heritage Building at Intersection of Blair, Spottiswoode Park Rd and Everton Rd
Heritage Building at Intersection of Blair, Spottiswoode Park Rd and Everton Rd.
At the intersection of Blair, Spottiswoode Park Rd and Everton Rd, go and look at the rear wall of house #57 on Blair Rd, to discover the goldfish mural.
11) Goldfish mural by Unknown Artist
Goldfish mural by Unknown Artist.
Walk back to the intersection of Blair, Spottiswoode Park Rd and Everton Rd and then walk to the end of Blair Rd to view the heritage house there.
12) Heritage house at end of Blair Rd
Heritage house at end of Blair Rd.
Return to the intersection of Blair, Spottiswoode Park Rd and Everton Rd, walk across into Everton Rd. Observe a statue along the way.
13) Statue at Everton Rd
Statue at Everton Rd.
Continue walking until you reached an intersection, with you facing the Everton Park Arch and a heritage building on your right.
14) Heritage Building at Everton Rd and Everton Park Intersection
Heritage Building at Everton Rd and Everton Park Intersection.
Turn left and walk towards Neil Rd intersection ahead. At the intersection, turn right into Neil Rd and continue walking towards The Pinacle@Duxton. Along the way, enjoy the view of the Former Fairfield Methodist Girls School heritage building. The HomeTeam Career Centre is a heritage building that used to be part of Fairfield Methodist Girls School and is as old as 1888!
Unfortunately, because it is part of the police complex, it is therefore banned from videography and photography, for security reasons.
Turn right and walk down Cantonment Rd. Observe the two heritage buildings right after The Pinacle@Duxton.
15) Heritage Building right after The Pinacle@Duxton at Cantonment Rd
Heritage Building right after The Pinacle@Duxton at Cantonment Rd.
16) Heritage Building right after The Pinacle@Duxton at Cantonment Rd
Heritage Building right after The Pinacle@Duxton at Cantonment Rd.
Walk back to Neil Rd and turn right into Neil Rd and walk down to side wall of Jekyll and Hyde, at 74 Neil Rd to see a wall mural.
17) Wall Mural by Unknown Artist at side wall of 74 Neil Rd
Wall Mural by Unknown Artist at side wall of 74 Neil Rd.
18) Singapore in Chinese and English, on the wall of 114 Neil Rd by Unknown Artist
Singapore in Chinese and English, on the wall of 114 Neil Rd by Unknown Artist.
Walk back along Neil Rd, to the Pinacle@Duxton, turn right and walk down Bukit Pasoh Rd and into heritage!
19) Heritage building at the beginning of Bukit Pasoh Rd
Heritage building at the beginning of Bukit Pasoh Rd.
Bukit Pasoh Rd used to have the nicknames: "Street of Clans" and "Mistress Street" as it had many clans headquartered there and rich merchants used to house their mistresses there too. Bukit Pasoh Rd is in the Bukit Pasoh Conservation Area as it has many heritage buildings.
