Fort Canning Hill Heritage

The Fort Canning Tree Tunnel sits at the base of a spiral staircase that connects the park to the street level below. Its concrete walls frame a circular opening at the top, where the sprawling branches of a heritage tree canopy over the…

The Gothic Gate is defined by its two tall, dark stone pillars topped with pointed arches, standing as a lonely entrance to what was once a grander Victorian-era fort. Built in eighteen fifty-nine, it served as the main sally port for Fort…

The Battlebox lies nine meters beneath the crest of Fort Canning Hill, encased in thick concrete. This underground bunker served as the British Malaya Command operations room during the Second World War. When Japanese forces invaded in…

The Fort Gate stands as the final, lonely remnant of a nineteenth-century brick fortress that once crowned the hill. Its thick, arched gateway served as the primary entrance to the barracks and command post designed by the British to…

The Keramat Sultan Iskandar Shah sits under a canopy of rain trees, marked by a bright yellow roof and stone pillars. This small shrine commemorates the last king of Singapura before the island fell to invading forces in the fourteenth…

The Artisan's Garden occupies a terrace where Raffles Terrace meets the fort's old brick retaining walls. This site housed the original spice garden established by Sir Stamford Raffles in eighteen twenty-two. His goal was to experiment…

The Sang Nila Utama Garden features Javanese split gates, or candi bentar, that frame the entrance to a series of terraced lawns and pools. This space honors the Palembang prince who legend says arrived on the island in thirteen hundred…

The white, two-story colonial structure sitting atop Fort Canning Hill features a distinct veranda and deep, overhanging eaves designed to catch the tropical breeze. Known as Raffles House, this building marks the approximate site where…