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Fort Canning Park - Park in the city

Singapore, Central Region

Fort Canning Park - Park in the city

Length1.7 mi
Elev. Gain209.9 ft
Est. Steps4000

Forest

Historic site

Quiet place

Steep slope

Private property

Created by Mr.Bean
Fort Canning Park - Park in the city Introduction
Fort Canning Park - Park in the city is a 1.7 mile (4,000-step) route located near Singapore, Central Region. This route has an elevation gain of about 209.9 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Uphill park in the heart of Singapore overseeing Clarke Quay and Robertson Quay with Museum of Singapore in it. It takes steep staircases to reach it and many sudden uphill and downhill
Attractions Near Fort Canning Park - Park in the city
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National Museum of Singapore

Tourist Attraction
The National Museum of Singapore is the oldest museum in Singapore. Its history dates back to 1849, when it was started as a section of a library at Singapore Institution and called the Raffles Library and Museum. After several relocations, in 1887 it moved to its permanent site at Stamford Road in the Museum Planning Area.

Fort Canning Hill

Park
Fort Canning Hill, formerly Government Hill, Singapore Hill and Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill in Malay), is a small hill about 48 metres (157 ft) high in the southeast portion of the island city-state of Singapore, within the Central Area that forms Singapore's central business district. Although small in physical size, it has a long history intertwined with that of the city-state due to its location as the highest elevation within walking distance to the city's civic district within the Downtown Core.

The Battle Box

Tourist Attraction
The Battle Box is the popular name of the Fort Canning Bunker, formerly known as Headquarters Malaya Command Operations Bunker, constructed under Fort Canning Hill, Singapore, as an emergency, bomb-proof command centre during the Malayan Campaign and the Battle of Singapore. The Battle Box is currently a museum and tourist attraction.

Hotel Fort Canning

Tourist Attraction
Hotel Fort Canning is a boutique hotel opened in 2010 in Fort Canning Park, Singapore, self-styled as "fashionable" and located near such touristy nightlife areas as Orchard Road and Clarke Quay.The building was the former British Far East Command Headquarters during World War II. The building was restored and reconstructed as a hotel by architectural firm DP Architects which sought to maintain the old style colonial glamour and the multi-columned façade of the old headquarters.

Singapore Philatelic Museum

Tourist Attraction
The Singapore Philatelic Museum (Chinese: 新加坡集邮博物馆) is a museum about the postal history of Singapore and its stamps.

Singapore Management University

School
Singapore Management University (SMU) is the third autonomous university in Singapore. The university provides broad-based business programmes modelled after the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.SMU was established on 29 July 2000 and is located in the Downtown area of Singapore. It has a city campus with a total enrolment of about 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and comprises six schools offering undergraduate, graduate and PhD programmes in business administration, business analytics, financial services, accountancy, economics, information systems management, law and the social sciences.

Ngee Ann Kongsi

Place
The Ngee Ann Kongsi (Chinese: 義安公司) is a charitable foundation located in Singapore and governed by the Ngee Ann Kongsi Ordinance of 1933. It is one of many Overseas Chinese Kongsi, or clan associations, that were set up by immigrants from China in the late 19th century.The foundation's name, Ngee Ann, is the old name for Chaozhou, which may also be transliterated as Teochew.

Maghain Aboth Synagogue

Building
The Maghain Aboth Synagogue (Hebrew: מגן אבות, Ma'gen Ahvot; "Guardian of Patriarchs") is a synagogue in Singapore. It is located at 24/26 Waterloo Street in the Rochor Planning Area, within the Central Area in Singapore's central business district. The synagogue was constructed by 1878. It is the oldest Jewish synagogue in Southeast Asia.

Kenpeitai East District Branch

Place
The Kempeitai East District Branch was the headquarters of the Kempeitai, the Japanese military police, during the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1942 to 1945. It was located at the old YMCA building, at the present site of Singapore's YMCA on Stamford Road. Opened in 1911, the distinctive Art Deco YMCA building was the site of interrogation and torture of many innocent civilians, including the war heroine Elizabeth Choy.

Van Kleef Aquarium

Place
Van Kleef Aquarium was a oceanarium formerly located at Fort Canning Park facing River Valley Road in Singapore. The aquarium was opened in September 1955, closed in 31 May 1991, reopened as World of Aquarium in 1991 and as Fort Canning Aquarium in 1993 respectively. The Aquarium closed for the last time in 1996 and subsequently demolished in 1998.
Route Details

Length

1.7 mi

Elev. Gain

209.9 ft

Est. Steps

4000
Created by
Mr.Bean
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