Jurong Lake Gardens
Singapore's national gardens in the west of the island: three linked gardens around Jurong Lake, the Chinese, the Japanese and the Lakeside. The lakeside side has wetlands, boardwalks and play areas, while the Chinese Garden is known for its pagoda by the water.
- Where
- Singapore, Singapore
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 1.3363, 103.7288
Get the Jurong Lake Gardens stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Jurong Lake Gardens. 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 Jurong Lake Gardens
Science Centre Singapore 0.9 km
A hands-on science museum in Jurong East with more than 850 exhibits across eight galleries. It has drawn school groups and families since the late 1970s, and more than a million visitors come through every year.
Former Ford Factory 4.8 km
The car assembly plant on Upper Bukit Timah Road where British forces surrendered Singapore to the Japanese army on 15 February 1942. Now a national monument, it holds a gallery on life in Singapore under the wartime occupation.
Haw Par Villa 8.3 km
A garden built in 1937 by Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par, the brothers behind Tiger Balm, along Pasir Panjang Road. Over 1,000 statues and 150 dioramas act out Chinese myths, legends and moral tales, including a grisly walk through the Ten Courts of Hell.
Kent Ridge Park 8.8 km
A 47-hectare park on a ridge between the National University of Singapore and the Science Park. Its undisturbed forest draws bird-watchers, and a canopy walk links it into the Southern Ridges trail towards Mount Faber.
Reflections at Bukit Chandu 9.6 km
A Second World War interpretive centre on a hill off Pasir Panjang Road, run by the National Archives of Singapore. It recalls the stand made by the Malay Regiment on this ridge during the Battle of Pasir Panjang in 1942.
Dempsey Hill 9.7 km
A cluster of former British army barracks across from the Singapore Botanic Gardens, now turned into restaurants, bars and shops. The low colonial blocks sit among big trees, which makes it feel a long way from the city centre.
National Orchid Garden 9.7 km
A garden within the Singapore Botanic Gardens given over to orchids, opened in 1995 and holding more than a thousand species and many more hybrids. Some of its hybrids are named after visiting heads of state and celebrities, a custom known as orchid diplomacy.
Kranji War Memorial 9.8 km
A Commonwealth war cemetery and memorial in the north of Singapore, for the men and women who died defending Singapore and Malaya in the Second World War. Rows of graves climb a gentle slope to memorial walls carved with the names of thousands who have no known grave.
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Questions
Where is Jurong Lake Gardens?
Jurong Lake Gardens is in Singapore, Singapore. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Science Centre Singapore (0.9 km), Former Ford Factory (4.8 km), Haw Par Villa (8.3 km).
How do I get the Jurong Lake Gardens stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Jurong Lake Gardens 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 Jurong Lake Gardens 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.
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