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Emerald Hill, Singapore

Emerald Hill is a neighbourhood and a conservation area located in the planning areas of Newton and Orchard in Singapore.

Emerald Hill, Singapore
Emerald Hill, Singapore · Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

Emerald Hill is a neighbourhood and a conservation area located in the planning areas of Newton and Orchard in Singapore. Former home to many members of the city-state's wealthy Peranakan community, it is located near Orchard Road. Many of its homes feature Chinese Baroque architecture. Emerald Hill also the setting for some of the short stories by the late Singaporean author Goh Sin Tub. Many of the homes were designed by Mr R T Rajoo an architect/contractor of those days who died in 1929 at his home in Tank Road, Singapore.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Emerald Hill, Singapore

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Singapore Botanic Gardens

    The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore. It is one of three gardens, and the only tropical garden, to be honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    2.9 km · botanical garden located in Singapore · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Gardens by the Bay

    The Gardens by the Bay is an urban park spanning 105 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden in Marina South, Bay East Garden with the Founders' Memorial in Marina East, and Bay Central Garden in the Downtown Core and Kallang.

    3.6 km · urban park in Singapore · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Singapore Flyer

    The Singapore Flyer is an observation wheel at the Downtown Core district of Singapore. Officially opened on 15 April 2008, it has 28 air-conditioned capsules, each able to accommodate 28 passengers, and incorporates a three-story terminal building.

    3 km · Ferris wheel in Singapore · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Merlion

    The Merlion is the official mascot of Singapore. It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish.

    2.4 km · fountain statue in Singapore · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    National Stadium

    The Singapore National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kallang, Singapore, and serves as the country's national stadium. Opened in 2014, it was built on the site of the former National Stadium, which stood from 1973 to 2010.

    3.9 km · stadium in Singapore · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    One Raffles Place

    One Raffles Place is a skyscraper in Downtown Core, Singapore. The development comprises two towers and a podium.

    2.4 km · skyscraper in Singapore · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    The Helix Bridge

    The Helix Bridge, officially The Helix, and previously known as the Double Helix Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge linking Marina Centre with Marina South in the Marina Bay area in Singapore. It was officially opened on 24 April 2010; however, only half was opened due to ongoing construction at the Marina Bay Sands.

    2.9 km · bridge in Singapore · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    National Museum of Singapore

    The National Museum of Singapore is a public museum dedicated to Singaporean art, culture and history. Located within the country's Civic District at the Downtown Core area, it is the oldest museum in the country, with its history dating back to when it was first established in 1849, starting out as a section of a library at the Singapore Institution as the Raffles Library and Museum.

    1.2 km · national museum of Singapore · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Masjid Sultan

    The Sultan Mosque is a historic congregational mosque located in the Kampong Glam district of Rochor, Singapore. First built in 1826 and later rebuilt into its current form in 1932, the Sultan Mosque is one of the national monuments of Singapore and is considered to be the most well-known mosque in the country.

    2.2 km · major mosque in Singapore · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Singapore Management University

    Singapore Management University is a publicly-funded autonomous university. It was established in 2000, and is located in the Bras Basah-Bugis District.

    1.3 km · autonomous university in Singapore founded in 2000 · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Emerald Hill, Singapore

Airports
Singapore Changi (SIN), 18 km · Hang Nadim (BTH), 37 km · Senai (JHB), 42 km
Stations
City Hall MRT station, 1.7 km · Dhoby Ghaut MRT station, 800 m · Bugis MRT station, 1.9 km · Raffles Place MRT station, 2.4 km · Promenade MRT station, 2.6 km
  • Johor Bahru → Emerald Hill, Singapore
    20 km · quickest by road, 41 min · RM5–7
  • Sepang → Emerald Hill, Singapore
    279 km · quickest by road, 4h 57m · RM65–85
  • Subang → Emerald Hill, Singapore
    977 km · quickest by air, 10h 31m · Rp2,311,470–3,556,930
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Emerald Hill, Singapore

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Emerald Hill, Singapore. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inA similar scheme is available for citizens of India who have a valid visa or residence permit issued by Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or the United States (Schengen visas issued by other countries do not count), and have an onward plane, ferry or cruise ticket to a third country.
  • Get inFerries link Singapore with the neighbouring Indonesian province of Riau Islands, and the Malaysian state of Johor.
  • Get inSingapore has two terminals that handle international ferries: near Sentosa and near Changi Airport.
  • Get inHarbourFront Ferry Terminal is located inside HarbourFront Centre shopping mall, not to be confused with the adjoining VivoCity.
  • Get inTanah Merah Ferry Terminal is located south of Changi Airport.

From Wikivoyage: Singapore, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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Around it

Next door to Emerald Hill, Singapore

Emerald Hill, Singapore is 2 km from Singapore, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Chinatownneighborhood in Singapore, subzone of Outram2.1 km
  • Kallangplanning area and residential town in Singapore3.1 km
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  • Central Regionregion in the city-state of Singapore1.9 km
  • Downtown Coreurban planning area of Singapore2.4 km