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LAND USE HISTORY soared and quarrying became a booming industry. As the dangers of quarry runs from Central to Northern Singapore.

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HINDHEDE
NATURE PARK - Respect your fellow visitors’ rights to peaceful
Ford Factory at
Bukit Timah. infrastructure for human enjoyment of the nature reserves and leave radios
and sound systems at home.

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Hillview Dairy Farm Singapore Rail (PCN) This free guide is made available through Garden City Fund,
MRT Quarry Quarry Corridor National Parks Board’s registered charity and IPC. Support the
King
Albert
Park conservation of our natural heritage at www.gardencityfund.gov.sg.
Chestnut 1
(DT6)

Chestnut North 2
Hiking Trail
8 9 Observation

BUKIT TIMAH
RAILWAY
STATION
Tower

Photo credit: Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection,

courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

A Guide to Bukit Timah A Guide to Hiking Trails A Guide to Hiking Trails

Nature Park Network around Bukit Timah around Bukit Timah

Photo credit: NP
The Asian Fairy Bluebird can arks

PIECES OF BUKIT TIMAH’S HISTORY EASY WALKING

sometimes be seen in our
Nature Parks. Keep an eye out
for their bright blue plumage!
(6.6 KM) (4.5 KM)
Photo credit: NParks
On top of their rich biodiversity, our nature parks and green spaces have Families with children and seniors who are keen on exploring our nature
unique histories behind them. Embark on this trail and take a step back parks should attempt this family-friendly trail. These green spaces have
in time as you visit places which have a part of Singapore’s mining, easy walking trails and can be completed within an hour for a brisk and
manufacturing, war, and transport histories. relaxing hike followed by a meal at the Beauty World area.

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BUKIT TIMAH
2

RAILWAY
STATION
up invasive weeds
over the years, human being restored such that such as Dioscorea
sansibarensis.
impacts such as erosion, they can be a part of the Invasive weeds
often outcompete or
King
Albert
Park

mature forest landscape

(DT6)

smother our native

soil compaction and trail plants and have to
in time to come. be removed regularly 6
BUKIT TIMAH

widening can cumulatively

RAILWAY
STATION

to promote good
regeneration of Bukit Gombak Little WW2 King Albert Bukit Timah Rail
result in habitat degradation native trees. MRT Guilin Memorial Park MRT Railway Station Corridor
and fragmentation within our We invite you to explore BOTTOM 1 2 3 1 2 3
NParks Friends
reserves. Therefore, nature our nature parks, which of Bukit Timah
ROUTE ROUTE
volunteers help to
parks are introduced to reduce plant native trees at
Dairy Farm Nature 6 5 4 6 5 4
the impact of visitors on areas recreational experiences Park. Photo credit:
Joseph Koh Bukit Timah Former Former Ford Beauty World Hindhede Sin Seng
of high conservation value. and have curated 4 hiking Railway Station Gun Club Factory MRT Quarry Quarry
As part of our Forest trails for you to explore.
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around Bukit Timah

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memorial plaque await you. the forest has regrown and been restored

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to a nature park with lush biodiversity.
Families can also look forward to visiting
the Wallace Education Centre which Observation
showcases our natural history. Tower

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Known to many as ‘Little Guilin’ as Tucked away in a corner of the Nature
it features granite rock formations Reserve, Hindhede Nature Park is a NATURE PARK
that resemble its namesake in Guilin, popular photography spot with
China. Take a quick getaway to this abundant wildlife, scenic Hindhede Bukit Panjang Roa
d
park nested in a quiet neighbourhood. Quarry and easy walking trails.

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Tima
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Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Rail Corridor

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Opening hours: 7am to 7pm Opening hours: 24hrs

(BKE
Home to one of the few remaining Once the KTM railway that ran from

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patches of primary forests and the Tanjong Pagar to Johor, the Rail Corridor
highest peak in Singapore, Bukit Timah now serves as an important ecological
Nature Reserve is an area with high corridor for wildlife movement.
conservation importance. *Take note that there is no lighting provided at night.
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Opening hours: 7am to 7pm Opening hours: 7am to 7pm

At 81 hectares, this is Singapore's The newest addition to the Bukit
largest nature park to date. While Timah Nature Park Network. Check

Petir Road
known for its mountain biking trails, out the Colugo Deck to enjoy panoramic
it is also home to many hiking trails views of Singapore!
and is a great place to visit for
bird watchers.

ZHENGHUA
Zhenghua Nature Park
NATURE PARK
Opening hours: 24hrs
Admire a curated planting of bird
and butterfly-attracting plants as you
travel between the Bukit Panjang Park
Connector and the Bukit Timah Nature
Park Network.
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LEGEND
Trail Easy Walking Trail Shelter Bus-stop
King

Long Distance Trail

Albert
Scenic Quarries Trail Toilet MRT Park
(DT6)

Bukit Timah’s Rail Corridor Carpark Visitor Centre

History Trail
Automated External Building Water Point
Bridge Defibrillator
BUKIT TIMAH
RAILWAY
STATION