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Clarke Quay on Foot

A walk through Clarke Quay, the middle quay on the Singapore River. Ordered west to east by nearest next stop, so the list reads along the ground rather than by any judgement of which is better. Clarke Quay has no official boundary; these are the places this corpus records within walking distance of the centre it holds for the name.

Assembled and reviewed by Global City Intelligence on 2026-09-07. The order below is a suggested route, not a ranking.

The route

  1. Clarke Quay

    Singapore River

    An MRT station, and a sensible place to start or finish in Singapore River.

    Painted river boats tied up along a quay, with the towers of the business district behind
    Bumboats moored at Clarke Quay. Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy · CC-BY-2.0

  2. Elgin Bridge

    Singapore River

    Worth looking at from the street whether or not it is open in Singapore River.

    Elgin Bridge, a building in Singapore
    Elgin Bridge, photographed as a building and confirmed by inspection to show this place rather than its surroundings. Frank Schulenburg · CC-BY-SA-4.0

  3. Former Hill Street Police Station

    Museum

    A civic or heritage building in Museum.

  4. Fort Canning Park

    Museum

    Public green space, open without a ticket in Museum.

    The spreading branches of a large tree seen from beneath, filling the frame with foliage
    The canopy of a rain tree on Fort Canning. Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada · CC-BY-SA-2.0

  5. River Valley

    Singapore River

    An MRT station, and a sensible place to start or finish in Singapore River.

  6. The Old Thong Chai Medical Institution

    Singapore River

    A civic or heritage building in Singapore River.

6 of 6 places shown on the map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.