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Beach Road, Singapore

Beach Road, Singapore

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Beach Road is a road located within the planning areas of Kallang, Rochor and the Downtown Core in Singapore.

Beach Road near Raffles Hotel.

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 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 Concourse

The prominent landmarks located along Beach Road include (from north to south):

Les Garçons Singapore

References

  • "Singapore Infopedia: Beach Road". National Library Board. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2006.
  • Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004), Toponymics – A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern University Press, ISBN 981-210-364-3
  • National Heritage Board (2002), Singapore's 100 Historic Places, Archipelago Press, ISBN 981-4068-23-3

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