Dover is a relatively small

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

of Singapore, located in Queenstown. It is bordered by

Ghim Moh Ghim Moh () is a neighbourhood located in Queenstown, Singapore. Etymology According to a mural in Buona Vista MRT station, the name is derived from the Southern Min word 金毛 meaning "golden hair" (Hokkien: kim-mô͘, Teochew: gim1 mo5), li ...

to the north,

Kent Ridge Kent Ridge is the name of a ridge and a neighbourhood located in Pasir Panjang, in the Queenstown, Singapore, Queenstown Planning Area of Singapore. The area is notable for housing two parks within the Southern Ridges, Kent Ridge Park and HortPark ...

to the south and southeast,

one-north one-north is a subzone of Queenstown, Singapore, 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 Tech ...

and Queenstown to the east,

Commonwealth A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the 15th century. Originally a phrase (the common-wealth ...

and Holland Village to the northeast

Clementi Clementi may refer to: People * Aldo Clementi (1925–2011), Italian composer * Carlo Mazzone-Clementi (1920–2000), Italian actor and mime * Cecil Clementi (1875–1947), British colonial administrator, Governor of Hong Kong and Straits Sett ...

to the west and West Coast to the southwest. It is often a noted location due to the sheer number of

educational facilities An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, primary-elementary schools, secondary-high schools, and universities. They provide a large variety of learning environments a ...

it holds, while lying in a zone between the Central Area and near industrial zone in the vicinity of

Jurong Jurong () is a major Region, geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the Planning Areas of Singapore, ...

Etymology and history

The name "Dover" is from the Celtic word meaning "The Waters", alluding to the

English Channel The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busi ...

. Medway Park, for instance, is named after the

River Medway The River Medway is a river in South East England. It rises in the High Weald AONB, High Weald, West Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a to ...

, which marks the middle of Kent.

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

is the

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where the town of

Dover Dover ( ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, southeast 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 southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. ...

, the namesake is located.

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 (EWL) in Singapore. Located along Commonwealth Avenue West, the station is directly linked to Singapore Polytechnic and serves various residential develop ...

, which is EW22 on the

East West MRT line East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that eas ...

, and the other is

Buona Vista MRT station Buona Vista MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the East West MRT line, East West line and Circle MRT line, Circle line in Queenstown, Singapore, Queenstown, Singapore. This station i ...

which is EW21/CC22. However, neither MRT station is situated near the heart of Dover. The former is located next to

Singapore Polytechnic Singapore Polytechnic (SP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in 1954, SP is the first and oldest polytechnic in Singapore, and is renowned for ...

, 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 one-north MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line (CCL) in Queenstown, Singapore. Located along Ayer Rajah Avenue underneath Fusionpolis One, the station serves the business park of one-north. Othe ...

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 Methodism, Methodist secondary school in Dover, Singapore. Founded in 1886 by Reverend William Fitzjames Oldham, it was recognised as an International Baccalaureate World School in 20 ...

** Fairfield Methodist Secondary School **

Nan Hua High School Nan Hua High School (NHHS) () is a coeducational, co-educational autonomous government secondary school in Clementi, Singapore. The school offers the four-year Express course leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level national examin ...

New Town Secondary School New Town Secondary School (NTSS) (simplified Chinese: 光伟中学; pinyin: ''Guāngwěi'' ''Zhōngxué)'' is a co-educational government secondary school located along Dover Road in Queenstown, Singapore. Established in 1965, it ...

NUS High School of Math and Science The NUS High School of Math and Science, also known as NUS High School or NUSH, is a specialised independent high school in Singapore offering a six-year Integrated Programme (IP) leading to the NUS High School Diploma. Its parent university is t ...

School of Science and Technology, Singapore School of Science and Technology, Singapore (SST) is a specialised independent school in Singapore, offering a four-year curriculum leading to a Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level (O-Levels) or first year entry to a STEM-related diploma cou ...

*Higher institutions of learning **

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national university, national Public university, public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merging of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University ...

(NUS) (Kent Ridge) **

Singapore Institute of Technology The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT or Singaporetech) is a public autonomous university in Singapore. The university offers industry-focused, applied degree programmes; it confers its own degree programmes as well as specialised degree ...

(SIT) (Dover Campus, previously occupied by

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

till 2015) **

Anglo-Chinese Junior College Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) is a junior college in Singapore that offers a two-year pre-university programme leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. Established in 1977, Anglo-Chinese Junior College is the ju ...

INSEAD INSEAD ( ; French: ''Institut européen d'administration des affaires'') is a non-profit business school with locations in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and North America (San Francisco, USA ...

*International schools ** Dover Court International School ** Japanese Secondary School (Clementi) ** Norwegian Supplementary School **

United World College of South East Asia The United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) is an independent international school in Singapore. It is a member of the United World College (UWC) movement, which includes 18 schools worldwide. UWCSEA provides a K–12 education consi ...

*Other education institutions **

Ministry of Education (Singapore) The Ministry of Education (MOE; ; zh, 教育部; ) is a ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the education in Singapore. Organisati ...

References

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