Tiong Bahru Park

“🌿Tiong Bahru Park was built in 1967 and revamped in 2000. 🌳It is a community green space for the residents of Henderson, Bukit Merah and Lower Delta Road. 🚶Many nearby residents visit the community Park for their morning exercise routines. 🚂The tranquil park features a sand-filled Tilted-train Playground centrepiece. 🐈‍⬛🦶🌹Other features includes a Dog Run, Various Fitness Corners, Foot Reflexology Path, and Therapeutic Garden. 🪑Shelters and benches are strategically located around the Park. 🚻There is also a public toilet near the Therapeutic Garden. 🛹A network of paved pathways wound around the spacious park. 🪦Fun note: Tiong Bahru is a combination of Hokkien and Malay word. "Tiong" (塚) in Hokkien means "graveyard" and "Bahru" (Baru) is the Malay word for "new". So, "Tiong Bahru" translates to "new cemetery". ⚰️Tiong Bahru was indeed a cemetery before becoming a housing estate. The older cemeteries was at the Chinatown area.”

“One of the most beautiful parks in Singapore that I have come across. There's a tilting train with numerous slides coming out on both sides of the train cabins. There's also sand in the park and kids love to play in the sand and built sand castles! Surely one of the most fun parks for kids around. There are also two flying foxes set up and my first time seeing this in a playground! There are also other playground set up for toddlers as well as an exercise park for the elderly. Extremely impressed by this park set up. A 'must' visit for kids!!! And it's free too.”

“This Park is considered not very big but is convenient to the neighbouring residents. Since my retirement in year 2015, I lead a group mostly elderly retirees in Daoyin Yangsheng Gong qigong exercise here. This form of Qigong focuses on guiding (daoyin) energy and movement in the body to promote health, wellness, and longevity (yangsheng).”

“A nice decently sized park that is minutes walk away from Tiong Bahru MRT, and about 1km walk away from Redhill MRT. The park features a big playground for children, a therapeutic garden, some gazebos, many sheltered areas with seating, and a dog run. There’s also a public restroom with water coolers for drinking.”