Dover is a relatively small neighbourhood of Singapore, located in Queenstown. It is bordered by Ghim Moh to the north, Kent Ridge to the south and southeast,

one-north One-north (stylized as one-north) is a subzone of Queenstown, Singapore, first developed by JTC Corporation as the country's research and development and high technology cluster. It was first conceptualised in 1991 as part of the National Tec ...

and Queenstown to the east,

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and Holland Village to the northeast Clementi to the west and

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to the southwest. It is often a noted location due to the sheer number of educational facilities it holds, while lying in a zone between the Central Area and near industrial zone in the vicinity of Jurong.

Etymology and history

The Dover neighbourhood was formerly a

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and

residential A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family residen ...

area. Hence, many road names in the area are derived from English (specifically Kentish) place names. For example, those in Medway Park off Dover Road include names associated with the southern coastal areas of England, including

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20t ...

and Maidstone, apart from

Dover Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...

itself. The name "Dover" is from the Celtic word meaning "The Waters", alluding to the English Channel. Medway Park, for instance, is named after the

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, which marks the middle of Kent. Kent is the

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where the town of

, the namesake is locatedVictor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), ''Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names'', Eastern Universities Press,

Roads in Dover

*Dover Road *Dover Crescent *Dover Close East *Dover Avenue *Dover Drive *Dover Rise

Transport

There are two Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations which are in proximity to Dover. One is

Dover MRT station Dover MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Queenstown planning area, Singapore, located along Commonwealth Avenue West. It was the first infill station added to an existing line on the Singapore ...

, which is EW22 on the East West MRT line, and the other is

Buona Vista MRT station Buona Vista MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the East West line and Circle line in Queenstown, Singapore. This station is close to one-north, a high technology business park for the biomedical science, infoc ...

which is EW21/CC22. However, neither MRT station is situated near the heart of Dover. The former is located next to Singapore Polytechnic, whilst the latter at the intersection of North Buona Vista Road and Commonwealth Avenue. A portion of most residents drop at Dover MRT station ( East West line) and transfer to a bus (14, 74, 105, 106, 166 or 185), while another portion drop at

(East West line and Circle line), takes a kilometre walk to Dover or transfer to buses 14, 74 or 196. Alternately, one-north MRT station is within walking distance of the eastern end of Dover, although not being located in it.

Education

Dover is known for having many schools and education institutions in its neighbourhood and vicinity. *Primary schools ** Fairfield Methodist Primary School *Secondary schools **

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (ACS(I)) is an independent Methodist secondary school in Dover, Singapore. Founded in 1886 by Reverend William Fitzjames Oldham, it was recognised as an International Baccalaureate World School in 2005, and ha ...

** Fairfield Methodist Secondary School ** Nan Hua High School ** New Town Secondary School ** NUS High School of Math and Science ** School of Science and Technology, Singapore *Higher institutions of learning **

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

(NUS) (Kent Ridge) ** Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) (Dover Campus, previously occupied by

Singapore University of Technology and Design The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is a public autonomous university in Singapore. History The founding president is Thomas L. Magnanti, who is a professor associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M ...

till 2015) ** Singapore Polytechnic ** Anglo-Chinese Junior College ** INSEAD *International schools ** Dover Court International School ** Japanese Secondary School (Clementi) ** Norwegian Supplementary School ** United World College of South East Asia *Other education institutions **

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References

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