The Fort Canning Tree Tunnel consists of a spiral staircase encased within a brick-lined, open-air subterranean shaft. From the base of the stairs, the circular opening of the shaft frames a ring of sky and the canopy of an overhanging…
Fort Canning Hill Heritage
This walk climbs Singapore's historic hill, tracing its evolution from the seat of medieval Malay kings to a colonial military stronghold. You will walk past tranquil gardens, wartime bunkers, and sacred ancient tombs while taking in lush forest canopy views.
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1. Fort Canning Tree Tunnel
2. Gothic Gate
The Gothic Gate stands out for its pointed, somber arches and the letters I-H-S carved in stone above them, representing the first three letters of the Greek word for Jesus. This structure is one of a pair designed by Captain Charles…
3. Battlebox
The Battlebox is an underground command center buried thirty feet beneath Fort Canning Hill. You can identify it by the reinforced concrete structure designed to survive aerial bombardment, featuring walls nearly three feet thick. Built…
4. Fort Gate
Fort Gate stands as a heavy, thick-walled masonry archway on the crest of Fort Canning Hill. It is the lone surviving entrance to the British fort that occupied this site from eighteen sixty-one until nineteen twenty-six. Constructed of…
5. Keramat Sultan Iskandar Shah
The Keramat Sultan Iskandar Shah is a wooden, pavilion-style shrine on Fort Canning Hill, distinguished by a tiered roof and twenty wooden pillars. Inside the structure, a rectangular stone cenotaph marks the spot traditionally believed to…
6. Artisan's Garden
The Artisan's Garden sits on the lower eastern slopes of Fort Canning Hill, marked by a preserved archaeological dig site shielded by a protective cover. It serves as a rare window into fourteenth-century Singapore, a time when this hill…
7. Sang Nila Utama Garden
The Sang Nila Utama Garden is defined by its Javanese-style split gates and a symmetrical layout that reimagines the royal landscapes of the fourteenth century. Opened in twenty nineteen, this garden occupies a portion of Fort Canning…
8. Raffles House
Raffles House is a single-story brick building distinguished by its white walls and dark tile roof, perched atop Fort Canning Hill. This site first entered the colonial record in eighteen twenty-two, when Sir Stamford Raffles commissioned…