Rivervale is a neighbourhood of

Sengkang New Town Sengkang (, ta, செங்காங்) is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town located in the North-East Region, Singapore, North-East Region of Singapore. The town is the second most po ...

located between

Sungei Serangoon Sungei Serangoon (Malay for Serangoon River; Chinese: 实龙岗河) is a river in the north-eastern part of Singapore. The 8-kilometre river starts as a canal near Tampines Road, and flows through Hougang, where it is joined by tributary Sungei Pi ...

and

Compassvale Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. Compassvale encompasses the Sengkang Town Centre. History There used to be a few low-rise flats along Punggol Road with a defunct road named B ...

. The block numbers of the public apartment blocks in Rivervale begin with the number '1' (1xx). Rivervale was the first neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town to be built, and many of the existing housing estates in Rivervale were completed by the

Housing and Development Board The Housing & Development Board (HDB) (; ms, Lembaga Perumahan dan Pembangunan; ta, வீடமைப்பு வளர்ச்சிக் கழகம்) or often referred to as the Housing Board, is a statutory board under the M ...

(HDB) as early as 1997.

Educational institutions

Primary schools

*North Spring Primary School *Rivervale Primary School

Secondary schools

* CHIJ Saint Joseph's Convent *

North Vista Secondary School North Vista Secondary School is a co-educational government secondary school in Sengkang, Singapore. Founded in 1956 as Gan Eng Seng Government Chinese Middle School, North Vista had a rich heritage to providing all with a holistic education. Hi ...

Places of worship

Chinese temples

* Chong Ghee Temple (崇义庙) * Kampong Tengah Thian Hou Keng (半港天后宫) * Chong Hua Tong Tou Teck Hwee Temple

Church

St Anne's Church

Indian temple

* Arulmigu Velmurugan Gnanamuneeswarar Temple

Shopping amenities

*Rivervale Plaza :Rivervale Plaza (

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: 鲤河大厦) was the first shopping mall in Sengkang New Town. It opened in mid 1999. *Rivervale Mall :Rivervale Mall (

: 河滨坊) is the first private mixed development in Sengkang New Town and opened on 21 April 2001, with about 85,000 square feet (7,900 m²) of retail space. The development has a modern architectural design. Retail units include

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, Food Junction,

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and EC House.

Other facilities

*Rivervale Community Club The Rivervale Community Centre was official opened on 20 June 2004. Its original site was at the foot of Block 193 Rivervale Drive, it had served the residents for many years at the location before being relocated to its current site with its own building behind Rivervale Plaza. The new building, which had its groundbreaking ceremony on 16 September 2018, is constructed with Mass Engineered Timber (MET); a first for such buildings in Singapore. The community club was completed and opened on 15 September 2021. It will have much more and bigger communal facilities as compared to its previous location, a childcare centre and a rooftop garden.

Public transport

The Rivervale neighbourhood is linked to

Sengkang Bus Interchange Sengkang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located on the ground level of Compass Heights condominium in the town centre of Sengkang New Town, Singapore. Located next to Sengkang MRT/LRT station, it is the second bus interchange in Singapore ...

and

Sengkang MRT/LRT station Sengkang MRT/LRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) interchange station in Sengkang, Singapore. It is an interchange between the North East line (NEL) and Sengkang LRT (SKLRT). Along with Buangkok station, i ...

at the town centre via bus services originating from the

and other parts of the island. The east loop of the Sengkang LRT line also serves the area at the Rumbia,

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and Kangkar stations. Bus services that call at a pair of bus stops located along the

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-Punggol Road Interchange also serves residents living in the vicinity, at the Sengkang-Punggol boundary.

Gallery

Transport infrastructure

File:Kangkar LRT Station, Oct 06.JPG, Kangkar LRT station

Educational institutions

File:North Vista Secondary School.jpg, North Vista Secondary School File:North Vista Secondary School, Nov 06.JPG, North Vista Secondary School File:NorthVistaSecondary.JPG, North Vista Secondary School (Inner Rotunda Courtyard)

Housing estates

File:Park Green, Nov 06.JPG, Park Green File:Rivervale Court, Sep 06.JPG, Rivervale Court File:Rivervale Court 2, Sep 06.JPG, Rivervale Court File:Rivervale Edge, Oct 06.JPG, Rivervale Edge File:Rivervale Gardens, Oct 06.JPG, Rivervale Gardens File:Rivervale Grove, Sep 06.JPG, Rivervale Grove File:The Rivervale, Nov 06.JPG, The Rivervale File:The Rivervale 2, Nov 06.JPG, The Rivervale

References

External links

{{Places in Singapore Sengkang Places in Singapore