Parks of Singapore | |
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Location | Various locations around Singapore |
Use | Recreational |
Sights | Flowering plants, Secondary forests |
There are numerous parks throughout the sovereign island country of Singapore. This is a list of parks in Singapore that are currently existing and have articles on Wikipedia. Most parks in Singapore are managed by the National Parks Board, although smaller neighbourhood parks are managed by the Housing Development Board. Most of these parks are connected via the Park Connector Network (PCN).
Name | Type | Area (m) |
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Admiralty Park | Nature | 270,000 |
Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East | Community | 49,000 |
Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West | Community | 206,000 |
Bedok Town Park | Community | 146,000 |
Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park | Community | 620,000 |
Bukit Batok Nature Park | Nature | 357,000 |
Bukit Batok Town Park | Nature | 422,000 |
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve | Nature reserve | 1,640,000 |
Central Catchment Nature Reserve | Nature reserve | 28,800,000 |
Changi Beach Park | Coastal | 311,000 |
Chek Jawa | Offshore islands | 1,000,000 |
Chinese Garden | Jurong Lake Gardens | 135,000 |
Choa Chu Kang Park | Community | 50,000 |
Clementi Woods Park | Community | 117,000 |
Coney Island Park | Offshore islands | 500,000 |
Dairy Farm Nature Park | Nature | 630,000 |
Dhoby Ghaut Green | Arts and heritage | 11,144 |
East Coast Park | Coastal | 1,860,000 |
Esplanade Park | Arts and heritage | 24,000 |
Fort Canning Park | Arts and heritage | 179,000 |
Gardens by the Bay | Arts and heritage | 940,000 |
Hindhede Nature Park | Nature | 95,000 |
Hong Lim Park | Arts and heritage | 9,400 |
HortPark - The Gardening Hub | HortPark and Southern Ridges | 23,000 |
Istana Park | Arts and heritage | 13,000 |
Japanese Cemetery Park | Community | 29,359 |
Japanese Garden | Jurong Lake Gardens | 135,000 |
Jurong Central Park | Community | 80,000 |
Kallang Riverside Park | Riverine | 48,000 |
Kent Ridge Park | HortPark and Southern Ridges | 465,000 |
Ketam Mountain Bike Park | Community | 450,000 |
Kranji Marshes | Nature reserve | 540,000 |
Kranji Reservoir Park | Riverine | 90,000 |
Labrador Nature Reserve | Nature reserve | 220,000 |
Labrador Park | Coastal | 120,000 |
Lower Seletar Reservoir Park | Riverine | 33,000 |
MacRitchie Reservoir Park | Riverine | 120,000 |
Marsiling Park | Community | 110,000 |
Mount Emily Park, Singapore | Community | 31,000 |
Mount Faber Park | HortPark and Southern Ridges | 565,000 |
National Orchid Garden | Singapore Botanic Gardens | 30,000 |
One-north Park | Community | 33,000 |
Pasir Ris Park | Coastal | 705,000 |
Pasir Ris Town Park | Community | 140,000 |
Pearl's Hill City Park | Arts and heritage | 90,000 |
Pulau Ubin | Offshore islands | 10,200,000 |
Punggol Park | Community | 163,000 |
Punggol Point Park | Community | 163,000 |
Punggol Waterway Park | Riverine | 122,500 |
Raffles Place Park | Arts and heritage | 6,000 |
Sembawang Park | Coastal | 155,000 |
Sengkang Riverside Park | Riverine | 210,000 |
Sengkang Sculpture Park | Community | |
Singapore Botanic Gardens | Singapore Botanic Gardens | 630,000 |
Sisters' Island Marine Park | Marine | 400,000 |
Sun Plaza Park | Community | 96,000 |
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve | Nature reserve | 1,300,000 |
Tampines Eco Green | Community | 360,000 |
Tanjong Pagar Park | Arts and heritage | 10,200 |
Telok Blangah Hill Park | HortPark and Southern Ridges | 345,000 |
The Southern Ridges | HortPark and Southern Ridges | 9,000 |
Tiong Bahru Park | Arts and heritage | 30,000 |
Toa Payoh Town Park | Community | 48,000 |
Upper Peirce Reservoir Park | Riverine | 50,000 |
Upper Seletar Reservoir | Riverine | 15,000 |
War Memorial Park | Arts and heritage | 16,000 |
Waterboat House Garden | Arts and heritage | |
West Coast Park | Coastal | 500,000 |
Woodlands Waterfront Park | Community | 110,000 |
Yishun Neighbourhood Park | Community | 77,000 |
Yishun Park | Nature | 139,000 |
Yishun Pond Park | Riverine | 23,000 |
Youth Olympic Park | Arts and heritage | 4,000 |
Zhenghua Park | Nature | 135,000 |
Pulau Ubin, also simply known as Ubin, is an island situated in the north east of Singapore, to the west of Pulau Tekong. The granite quarry used to be supported by a few thousand settlers on Pulau Ubin in the 1960s, but only about 38 villagers remained as of 2012. It is one of the last rural areas to be found in Singapore, with an abundance of natural flora and fauna. The island forms part of the Ubin–Khatib Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports significant numbers of visiting and resident birds, some of which are threatened. Today, the island is managed by the National Parks Board, compared to 12 agencies managing different areas of the island previously.
Kallang is a planning area and residential zone located in the Central Region of Singapore.
The Kallang River is the longest river in Singapore, flowing for 10 kilometers. from the Lower Peirce Reservoir to the Kallang Basin. It originates in the planning area of Central Water Catchment, flows in a southeast direction through Bishan and Toa Payoh, before finally arriving in Kallang.
Tanjong Chek Jawa is a cape and the name of its 100-hectare wetlands located on the south-eastern tip of Pulau Ubin, an island off the north-eastern coast of the main island of Singapore. Chek Jawa is among the last few places left in Singapore with a natural rocky shore.
The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is a 1.7-square-kilometre (0.66 sq mi) nature reserve near the geographic centre of Singapore, located on the slopes of Bukit Timah Hill, the country's highest natural peak standing at a height of approximately 165-metre (541 ft), and parts of the surrounding area. The nature reserve is about 15 kilometres from the Downtown Core, Singapore's central business district (CBD).
East Coast Park is a beach and a park encompassing Marine Parade, Bedok and Tampines, along the southeastern coast of Singapore. It was opened in the 1970s, after the Singapore government had completed reclaiming land off the coast at Katong which extends from Changi to Kallang. It serves these and other seaside communities.
The statutory boards of the Government of Singapore are autonomous organisations that have been tasked to perform an operational function by legal statutes passed as Acts in the Parliament of Singapore. The statutes define the purpose, rights and powers of each authority. These organisations would usually subsequently report to one specific ministry. This list includes both current and new statutory boards formed.
Pasir Ris Park is a beach park located in the eastern part of Singapore. It covers an area of 70 hectares, and was partially built on reclaimed land. Initially planned in the late 1970s to serve people living in the vicinity, the park was designed with the help of two Japanese landscape specialists. Construction began on the park in September 1984, and the park was opened in phases from August 1986 to 1991. The park was further expanded in 2007, with the addition of new areas such as a herb garden.
Marina City Park was a park in Singapore formerly located at Marina South, with entrances at Marina Boulevard and Marina Park. It is about 26.2 ha. Standing on reclaimed land, this park was planned to be a premier park of Singapore's proposed "city of the 21st century", as part of Singapore's vision to be a "City in a Garden". The park was closed on 1 June 2007 to make way for the Gardens by the Bay.
Mount Emily Park covers 3.1 hectares in Singapore.
Yishun Park is a 14-hectare park located in Yishun, Singapore. It is within the vicinity of Northland Primary School, SAFRA Yishun Country Club and Yishun Park Hawker Centre. The park is connected to Yishun Pond Park by an 84-meter elevated bridge.
The National Parks Board (NParks) is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore.
Singapore has a wide variety of flora. Plants are mainly used to beautify the landscape of Singapore. The national flower is a hybrid orchid, Vanda Miss Joaquim.
The Southern Ridges comprise 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of trails connecting three parks along the southern ridge of Singapore. Some of the attractions along these trails include its greenery and the connecting bridges. This project linked up the parks between the Kent Ridge Park and HarbourFront. The idea to link these parks was coined in 2002 by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and it took 2 years to complete and cost S$25.5 million.
HortPark is a 9-hectare (22-acre) park and garden located in the southwestern part of Singapore. It opened in December 2007, but it was not until May 10, 2008, that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, officially launched it.
Ketam Mountain Bike Park is a mountain bike trail located in Pulau Ubin, Singapore.
West Coast Park is a park located at the south-westernmost corner of Queenstown in Singapore. It runs parallel to West Coast Highway. The park covers an area of roughly 50 hectares.
The Park Connector Network (PCN) of Singapore is a network of walking/running/cycling paths that connects the various parks and other green spaces in Singapore. Both the parks and the PCN are managed by National Parks Board (NParks).
The National Biodiversity Centre is a branch of the National Parks Board and serves as Singapore's one-stop centre for biodiversity-related information and activities. It manages all available information and data on biodiversity in Singapore. Diverse biodiversity-related information and data are currently generated, stored and updated by different organisations and individuals. The National Biodiversity Centre will maximize the usefulness of such information and data by linking them in a single meta-database. Having complete and up-to-date information is crucial for many decision-making processes involving biodiversity. This hub of biodiversity information and data at the National Biodiversity Centre will also allow knowledge gaps to be better identified and addressed.
Sisters’ Islands Marine Park is a 400,000 square metre(40ha) marine park located in Southern Islands planning area, Singapore, which was designated a marine protected area (MPA) by the Government of Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore in 2014. The park encompasses the land and waters surrounding Sisters' Islands, and also covers the western coasts of both St John's Island and Pulau Tekukor.