Best & worst heritage trails

The National Heritage Board has been collating heritage trails since 1999, but are they worth the trek? The Sunday Times walks all 19 trails to find out

The elaborately decorated Maha Sasana Ramsi Burmese Buddhist Temple (above), Sim Kwong Ho shophouses and Loong Fatt Tau Sar Piah. PHOTOS: ST FILE, BT FILE, LIANHE ZAOBAO
The elaborately decorated Maha Sasana Ramsi Burmese Buddhist Temple, Sim Kwong Ho shophouses (above) and Loong Fatt Tau Sar Piah. PHOTOS: ST FILE, BT FILE, LIANHE ZAOBAO
The sleek, modern Masjid Assyafaah (above) and Upper Seletar Reservoir. PHOTOS: BH FILE, LIANHE ZAOBAO
Block 316 Hougang Avenue 7 (above) has a sweeping rainbow mural, while Tian Kong and Kancanarama Buddhist Temple houses Taoist and Thai Buddhist temples. ST PHOTOS: OLIVIA HO
The exquisite blue-tiled Malabar Mosque (above), built by Malabar Muslims who migrated here from Kerala, India, and Bussorah Street leading to the great golden-domed Sultan Mosque. ST PHOTOS: KUA CHEE SIONG, ST FILE
The intricate houses on Emerald Hill (above) and Goodwood Park Hotel, built to resemble the German castles of the Rhine. ST PHOTOS: VENESSA LEE
River House (above) in Clarke Quay and First Generation by sculptor Chong Fah Cheong. ST PHOTOS: VENESSA LEE
The first Housing Board flats in Stirling Road. ST PHOTOS: CHONG JUN LIANG
Wessex Estate is home to black-and-white colonial bungalows. ST PHOTOS: CHONG JUN LIANG
Old Jurong line railway bridge (above), Jurong Town Hall and Tuas Pek Kong Temple. PHOTOS: JASON QUAH, TOH WEN LI, ST FILE
Old Jurong line railway bridge, Jurong Town Hall (above) and Tuas Pek Kong Temple. PHOTOS: JASON QUAH, TOH WEN LI, ST FILE
Housing Board block facades fashioned like lighthouses (above) in Pasir Ris Street 11 and the Bumboat Playground next to Elias Mall. ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM
Housing Board block facades fashioned like lighthouses in Pasir Ris Street 11 and the Bumboat Playground (above) next to Elias Mall. ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM
An old sea wall behind 54 Nallur Road. PHOTOS: TOH WEN LI, ST FILE
The watermelon playground at Tampines Central Park. PHOTOS: LIANHE ZAOBAO, BH FILE
Ong Sor Fern
Senior Culture Correspondent
Updated
Dec 06, 2020, 05:42 AM
Published
Dec 06, 2020, 05:00 AM
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