Heritage Road - Mount Pleasant Road

Heritage Road - Mount Pleasant Road (2020 1101)

Location: Thompson Road

Starting point: At the junction of Denham Road/Mount Pleasant Road

Ending point: Pan Island Expressway Slip Road

Distance: 1353 meters

Getting There:

MRT Novena (NS20)/ Opp Novena Ch Stop ID: 50031 Board bus 54/141/162/162M/166/167/851/980 and alight at Old Police Academy - Thompson Rd Stop ID: 51021 for 3 stops

Enjoy a slow relaxing walk as you navigate through the meandering and serene Mount Pleasant Road flanked by mature Saga trees. Take a trip down memory lane and experience the old world charm of period black-and-white bungalows fronted by wild sown trees such as cinnamon, palms and figs.

The elegant pre-war homes in this area were built to house families of Police Force officers during Singapore’s colonial era. An early resident, Mr G. H. Brown owned the estate in the 1860s and lived in a residence that shared the same name as the hill it was sited on – Mount Pleasant (Source: Makepeace et al, 1921*). Part of the property had been called Bukit Brown, possibly after Mr Brown, and cemetery grounds now cover the hilly slopes along Lornie Road.

Mount Pleasant Road Heritage Trail

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