Mountbatten (also known as ''Mountbatten Estate'') is a neighbourhood located in the planning area of

Marine Parade Marine Parade is a planning area and residential estate located on the eastern fringe of the Central Region of Singapore. Straddling the tip of the southeastern coast of Pulau Ujong, Marine Parade serves as a buffer between the Central and ...

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History

The neighbourhood is named after

Lord Louis Mountbatten Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman, Royal Navy off ...

, the Supreme Allied Commander of the

South East Asia Command South East Asia Command (SEAC) was the body set up to be in overall charge of Allied operations in the South-East Asian Theatre during the Second World War. History Organisation The initial supreme commander of the theatre was General Sir ...

, Governor General of India and British Military Administrator of Malaya from 1945 to 1946.

Layout

Mountbatten Road is a major thoroughfare that stretches all the way from the junction with

Nicoll Highway Nicoll Highway ( , , , ) is a major arterial road in Singapore which links the junctions of Guillemard Road, Sims Way and Mountbatten Road in Kallang to the junctions of Esplanade Drive, Raffles Avenue and Stamford Road in the city. En route, ...

, Guillemard Road and Sims Way (where Kallang Airport Way branches out from Sims Way) in

Kallang Kallang ( ) is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential zone located in the Central Region, Singapore, Central Region of Singapore. Development of the town is centered around the Kallang River, the l ...

to Haig Road in

Katong Katong (commonly referred to as Tanjong Katong) is a residential neighbourhood in the eastern portion of the Central Region of Singapore, within the Marine Parade planning area. The Katong district stretches from Fort Road area to the Joo ...

where it continues eastward as East Coast Road.

Points of interest

* Chung Cheng High School (Main) * Goodman Arts Centre (former LASALLE College of the Arts) * Katong Community Centre (formally Mountbatten CC) *

Katong Shopping Centre Katong Shopping Centre ( Chinese: 加东购物中心) is a shopping centre located along Mountbatten Road in Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country ...

* Katong Swimming Complex * Sing Hoe Hotel (formerly Sin Hoe) * Singapore Sindhi Association

Transportation

Mountbatten is served by

Mountbatten MRT station Mountbatten MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line, located on the boundary of Kallang, Geylang and Marine Parade, Singapore. Serving the Mountbatten subzone, the area and the station is named aft ...

and Dakota MRT station on the Circle MRT line. Both stations are situated beneath Old Airport Road.

Gallery

File:Mountbatten_Road_2.JPG, A view of Mountbatten Road in Singapore File:Mountbatten_Road.JPG, A view of Mountbatten Road in Singapore File:Mountbatten_Road_3.JPG, A view of Mountbatten Road in Singapore File:Mountbatten_Road_4.JPG, A view of Mountbatten Road in Singapore File:Mountbatten_Road-_West_-_panoramio.jpg, A view of Mountbatten Road in Singapore File:Mountbatten_Rd_-_Nicoll_Highway_-_Sims_Way_-_Guillemard_Rd_junction_20060407.JPG, The junction of Mountbatten Road, Nicoll Highway, Sims Way and Guillemard Road.

References

Places in Singapore Marine Parade Kallang Central Region, Singapore Lord Mountbatten {{Singapore-geo-stub