Singapore
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Rochor lies north-east of the civic district and holds two of Singapore's conserved shophouse quarters: Kampong Glam, laid out for the Malay and Arab communities, and the southern end of Little India.
- Type
- planning area
- Status
- Defined by a planning or statistical authority rather than a tier of government.
Also known as Rochor, Kampong Glam, Little India.
Rochor is a planning area that contains the conservation districts of Kampong Glam and part of Little India. The planning name and the names people use for the ground inside it are different, and this record uses both.
What is recorded here
Counts describe this corpus, not the area as a whole.
- Shopping5
- Religious sites4
- Transport gateways4
- Restaurants3
- Markets2
- Cafés2
- Civic & heritage1
Places in Rochor and Kampong Glam
Shopping
Haji Lane
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Haji Lane is a narrow shophouse street in Singapore's Kampong Glam, lined with independent retail and painted facades, within the Kampong Glam conservation area.
Shopping
Little India Arcade
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Little India Arcade on Serangoon Road in Singapore is a conserved block of shophouses of the 1920s, restored in 1994 and trading as a covered retail arcade.
Markets
Berseh Food Centre
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Berseh Food Centre is a government-run hawker centre in Singapore, operating 66 cooked food stalls under the programme through which Singapore rehoused its street hawkers from the 1970s.
Religious sites
Sultan Mosque
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Sultan Mosque is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.
Religious sites
Church of Our Lady Lourdes
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Church of Our Lady Lourdes is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.
Religious sites
Abdul Gaffoor Mosque
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Abdul Gaffoor Mosque is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.
Religious sites
Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.
Civic & heritage
Former Istana Kg Glam
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Former Istana Kg Glam is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.
Markets
Buffalo Road Block 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market)
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Buffalo Road Block 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market) is a wet market and hawker centre in Rochor, Singapore with 119 cooked food stalls and 284 market stalls, run by the National Environment Agency. The agency describes it: "More commonly known as Tekka Centre, the hawker centre is a popular haunt for marketing and dining needs, especially with the Indian community. An amazing variety of fresh produce is sold at the market. Built in 1980, it is the second largest hawker centre in Singapore housing more than 400 stalls. An iconic landmark in the Little India area!"
Visit info checked Sept 2026
Transport gateways
Farrer Park
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Farrer Park is an MRT station in Rochor, Singapore, recorded in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan rail layer.
Transport gateways
Little India Interchange
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Little India Interchange is an MRT station in Rochor, Singapore, recorded in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan rail layer.
Transport gateways
Jalan Besar
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Jalan Besar is an MRT station in Rochor, Singapore, recorded in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan rail layer.
Transport gateways
Rochor
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Rochor is an MRT station in Rochor, Singapore, recorded in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan rail layer.
Cafés
Apartment Coffee
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Apartment Coffee is a cafe at 139 Selegie Road, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Selegie Road coffee studio, part of the independent coffee cluster running from Jalan Besar into the Bras Basah arts belt.
Restaurants
Hjh Maimunah Jalan Pisang
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Hjh Maimunah Jalan Pisang is a restaurant at 11 Jalan Pisang, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. The original Jalan Pisang nasi padang restaurant serving Kampong Glam since 1992, and a fixture of Ramadan in the district.
Visit info checked Sept 2026
Restaurants
Komala Vilas
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Komala Vilas is a restaurant at 76-78 Serangoon Road, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Serangoon Road vegetarian restaurant since 1947, one of Little India's founding food institutions.
Visit info checked Sept 2026
Shopping
Sifr Aromatics
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Sifr Aromatics is a shop at 42 Arab Street, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. An Arab Street perfumery run by the third generation of a family that has blended attar in Kampong Glam since 1933.
Visit info checked Sept 2026
Shopping
Sim Lim Square
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Sim Lim Square is a shop at 1 Rochor Canal Road, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Rochor Canal Road electronics mall that has been the city's computer-parts centre since 1987.
Restaurants
Swee Choon Tim Sum
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Swee Choon Tim Sum is a restaurant at 183/185/187/189/191/193 Jalan Besar, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Jalan Besar dim sum restaurant open since 1962 and long associated with late-night eating in the district.
Cafés
Symmetry
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Symmetry is a cafe at 9 Jalan Kubor, #01-01, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Jalan Kubor cafe on the edge of Kampong Glam, in the shophouse row facing the Malay cemetery.
Shopping
Wardah Books
Rochor and Kampong Glam
Wardah Books is a shop at 58 Bussorah Street, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Bussorah Street bookshop specialising in Islamic and Malay-world titles, facing Sultan Mosque.
Visit info checked Sept 2026
21 of 21 places shown on the map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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