Beach Road, Singapore
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Beach Road is a road located within the planning areas of
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 ...
,
Rochor Rochor ( or ) is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area located within the Central Area, Singapore, Central Area of the Central Region, Singapore, Central Region of Singapore. Rochor shares boundaries with the following planning areas †...
and the
Downtown Core The Downtown Core is the historical and downtown centre of the city-state of Singapore and the main commercial area in Singapore excluding reclaimed lands with two integrated resorts such as the Marina Bay Sands, one of the most expensive buil ...
in Singapore. The road starts at its junction with Crawford Street in Kallang in the north, runs in a generally southerly direction, enters the Downtown Core at its junction with Ophir Road, and ends at its junction with
Stamford Road Stamford Road ( Chinese: 史丹福路; ) is a one-way road in Singapore within the planning areas of Downtown Core and Museum. The road continues after the traffic light junction of Nicoll Highway, Esplanade Drive and Raffles Avenue towards Or ...
and St. Andrew's Road to the south. As its name implies, Beach Road used to run along Singapore's southern coast, before land reclamation took place in the Kallang Basin area.


Landmarks

The prominent landmarks located along Beach Road include (from north to south):
South Beach Residences
Mixed Development with Grade A offices, hotel and residential component
DUO
a contemporary twin-tower integrated development comprising residences, offices, a 5-star hotel and retail gallery * Golden Mile Complex and Golden Mile Tower
Destination Singapore Beach Road
*Golden Mile Food Centre * Masjid Hajjah Fatimah * Saint John Headquarters * The Concourse * Parkroyal on Beach Road * The Plaza * The Gateway *Shaw Tower *Old Beach Road Police Station * South Beach * Raffles Hotel * Civilian War Memorial and War Memorial Park * Raffles City with Swissôtel The Stamford and Fairmont Singapore Les Garçons Singapore


References

* *Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004), ''Toponymics – A Study of Singapore Street Names'', Eastern University Press, *National Heritage Board (2002), ''Singapore's 100 Historic Places'', Archipelago Press, {{Authority control Roads in Singapore Kallang Downtown Core (Singapore) Rochor