Emerald Hill
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighbourhood and conservation area in Singapore
- Also known as: “Emerald Hill, Singapore”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Centrepoint and Orchard Central.
The Centrepoint
Shopping center
Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
The Centrepoint is a shopping mall in Singapore which opened in 1983 as Centrepoint Shopping Centre until its renaming in 2006 as The Centrepoint.
Orchard Central
Shopping center
Orchard Central is a shopping mall in Singapore located along the main shopping belt at Orchard Road. It sits on the land previously occupied by an open air carpark and has a 160m frontage along Orchard Road.
Sri Temasek
Castle
Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
Sri Temasek is a two-storey detached house built in 1869 which is sited within the grounds of the Istana in Singapore. During the island's colonial era, it served as the residence of the Chief Secretary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orchard and Newton.
Orchard
Photo: soeperbaby, CC BY 2.0.
Orchard Road is Singaporean consumerism at its most manic, a two-kilometre stretch of interconnected shopping malls, hotels, and hotels with shopping malls catering to all budgets and tastes.
Newton
Suburb
Newton is a town that is located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The planning area is bounded by the following planning areas - Orchard and Museum to the south, Tanglin to the west, Novena to the north, Kallang to the northeast and Rochor to the east.
Riverside
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Singapore River forms a central artery in Singapore's densely packed Central Business District. The north bank of the river is where Raffles landed and founded his colony, and to this day many central government buildings can be found in the area.
Emerald Hill
- Categories: protected area, tourism, tourist attraction, and locality
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.30306° or 1° 18′ 11″ northLongitude
103.83935° or 103° 50′ 22″ eastOpen location code
6PH58R3Q+6POpenStreetMap ID
way 41662089OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5370441
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Emerald Hill” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “翡翠山”
- French: “quartier emerald hill road à singapour”
- French: “Quartier emerald hill road à singapour”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Emerald Hill”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cairnhill and Orchard Circus.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sian Teck Tng Temple and Midpoint Orchard.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Emerald Hill”. Photo: Khairul Nizam, CC BY 2.0.