Bukit Besar
Bukit Besar is a hill in Singapore and has an elevation of 15 metres. Bukit Besar is situated nearby to the suburb Queenstown, as well as near the neighborhood Tanglin Halt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Commonwealth and Queenstown Public Library.
Commonwealth
Metro station
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Commonwealth MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East–West Line in Queenstown, Singapore. Operated by SMRT, the station serves nearby landmarks such as the Delta Swimming Complex and Thye Hong Centre.
Queenstown Public Library
Library
Queenstown Public Library is one of the 26 public libraries established by the National Library Board of Singapore. It was the first full-time Branch Library to be built by the National Library in its plan to decentralise home reading services.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tanglin Halt and Commonwealth.
Tanglin Halt
Neighborhood
Tanglin Halt is a public housing estate, planning subzone and former industrial estate in Queenstown, Singapore. Most of the older buildings in the estate are set to be demolished by 2024 to make way for redevelopments under the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme.
Commonwealth
Neighborhood
Commonwealth is a subzone of Queenstown, located in the central-western part of Singapore. It is named after the Commonwealth of Nations. Commonwealth consists of Housing and Development Board flats, and there is one primary school and a secondary school in the area, New Town Primary School and Queensway Secondary School.
Biopolis
Quarter
Biopolis is a research and development centre for biomedical sciences in Singapore. It is located at one-north in Buona Vista, and is close to the National University of Singapore, the Singapore Polytechnic, the Singapore Institute of Technology, the National University Hospital, the Singapore Science Park, Ministry of Education, ESSEC Business School, INSEAD Business School, and Fusionopolis.
Bukit Besar
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 15 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.3° or 1° 18′ northLongitude
103.8° or 103° 48′ eastElevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
6PH57RX2+X2GeoNames ID
1880772
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