Emerald Hill
A short, sloping street just off Orchard Road lined with terraced houses once owned by wealthy Peranakan families. Many of the homes are in the Chinese Baroque style, with carved doors, coloured tiles and shuttered windows.
- Where
- Singapore, Singapore
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 1.3018, 103.8391
Get the Emerald Hill stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Emerald Hill. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Singapore volume with your photos and a note.
Near Emerald Hill
The Istana 0.7 km
A white Palladian mansion in large parkland off Orchard Road, built in 1869 as Government House for the British governors. It is now the office of the President and Prime Minister, and the grounds are opened to the public on a few holidays each year.
Orchard Road 0.9 km
A 2.5 kilometre boulevard of department stores, malls, restaurants and coffeehouses in central Singapore. It takes its name from the nutmeg and pepper orchards that once lined it, and it is at its busiest at night and when the Christmas lights go up.
Sri Thendayuthapani Temple 0.9 km
A temple to Murugan on Tank Road, built by the Chettiar community in 1859 and among the most important Hindu monuments in Singapore. It is the end point of the Thaipusam procession, when devotees carrying kavadis walk here from Little India.
The Battlebox 1.0 km
A bomb-proof command bunker dug under Fort Canning Hill, from which British commanders ran the defence of Malaya and Singapore in the Second World War. Its underground rooms are now a museum that retraces the last days before the surrender in 1942.
Newton Food Centre 1.1 km
An open-air hawker centre on Newton Circus, busiest in the evening. It is known for satay and for seafood stalls grilling stingray and cooking chilli crab, and it appeared in the film Crazy Rich Asians.
Fort Canning Hill 1.2 km
A 48 metre hill in the city centre, once the seat of ancient Malay kings and later home to Stamford Raffles and a British fort. Today it is a wooded park with old gates, gardens and the Battlebox, the underground bunker of the British command in 1942.
National Museum of Singapore 1.2 km
The country's oldest museum, which grew from a section of a library founded in 1849, now in a domed colonial building on Stamford Road. Its galleries tell the history and culture of Singapore from early times to the present.
Maghain Aboth Synagogue 1.3 km
The oldest synagogue in Southeast Asia, built in 1878 on Waterloo Street in the old heart of the city. A modest classical building with a pale facade, it still serves the Jewish community and is a national monument.
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Questions
Where is Emerald Hill?
Emerald Hill is in Singapore, Singapore. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are The Istana (0.7 km), Orchard Road (0.9 km), Sri Thendayuthapani Temple (0.9 km).
How do I get the Emerald Hill stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Emerald Hill and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Singapore volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Emerald Hill before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Singapore volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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