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Ipoh Old TownIpoh Old Town, on the west side of Sungai Kinta. (3 May 2016)


Ipoh Old Town is the original part of Ipoh town that developed in the 1880's. It is located to the west of the Kinta River, and is the small area from the Ipoh Railway Station all the way to the river. On this travel guide, let me help you explore the sights in Ipoh Old Town with map and GPS coordinates. Just key in the coordinates into your GPS device to be naviagates to the sights listed.

Map of Ipoh Old Town

Places of Interest and Heritage Sites in Ipoh Old Town

  1. Ali Pitchay Townhouse (GPS: 4.59756, 101.07841)
  2. Ambika Estates Office (GPS: 4.59517, 101.077)
  3. Birch Memorial (GPS: 4.59686, 101.0762)
  4. Cenotaph (GPS: 4.59756, 101.07428)
  5. Chennai Potty (GPS: 4.59516, 101.0767)
  6. Chinese Theatre Hostel (GPS: 4.59646, 101.07786)
  7. Chung Thye Phin Building (GPS: 4.59682, 101.07723)
  8. Church of St John the Divine (GPS: 4.6015, 101.07587)
  9. Elken Building (GPS: 4.59731, 101.0765)
  10. Eu Yan Sang Building (GPS: 4.59426, 101.0775)
  11. FMS Bar & Restaurant (GPS: 4.59866, 101.07807)
  12. Han Chin Pet Soo (GPS: 4.59629, 101.07904)
  13. HSBC Building (GPS: 4.59755, 101.07741)
  14. Indian Muslim Mosque (GPS: 4.6001, 101.0774)
  15. Ipoh Court House (GPS: 4.59831, 101.07538)
  16. Ipoh Flagpole (GPS: 4.59913, 101.07573)
  17. Ipoh Multi-Level Car Park (GPS: 4.59711, 101.07631)
  18. Ipoh Railway Station (GPS: 4.59611, 101.07396)
  19. Ipoh Riverfront Park (GPS: 4.59451, 101.07919)
  20. Ipoh Tourist Information Centre (GPS: 4.59802, 101.076)
  21. Ipoh Town Hall (GPS: 4.59723, 101.07492)
  22. Ipoh Tree (GPS: 4.59708, 101.07398)
  23. Jalan Sultan Yusuf Heritage Row (GPS: 4.5963, 101.07708)
  24. Kian Aik Chan (GPS: 4.59563, 101.07932)
  25. Kin Kwok Daily News Building (GPS: 4.59677, 101.07818)
  26. Kinta Aerated Water Company (GPS: 4.59328, 101.0769; demolished)
  27. Leong Yew Koh Office (GPS: 4.59714, 101.07709)
  28. OCBC Bank Building (GPS: 4.59683, 101.07677)
  29. Old OCBC Bank Building (GPS: 4.59513, 101.07711)
  30. Pakistani Mosque (GPS: 4.59414, 101.07602)
  31. Paloh Ku Miao (GPS: 4.59328, 101.0788)
  32. Perak Ku Kong Chow Kung Wui Association (GPS: 4.596713, 101.078652)
  33. Police Headquarters (GPS: 4.59496, 101.07462)
  34. Royal Ipoh Club (GPS: 4.59955, 101.07544)
  35. Seenivasagam Brothers' Law Office (GPS: 4.59785, 101.07648)
  36. Sinhalese Bar (GPS: 4.59558, 101.07869)
  37. SPH De Silva (GPS: 4.59558, 101.07869)
  38. Standard Charterd Bank Building (GPS: 4.59722, 101.07685)
  39. St Michael's Institution (GPS: 4.60131, 101.07724)
  40. Tenaga Nasional Building (GPS: 4.59742, 101.07613)
  41. Yau Tet Shin Mansion (GPS: 4.59296, 101.07451)
  42. Birch Bridge (GPS: 6.435766, 100.190755)
  43. Chua Cheng Bok Building (GPS: 4.59438, 101.08022)
  44. Dato Seri Adika Raja House (GPS: 4.58992, 101.07921)
  45. Foong Seong Building (GPS: 4.59578, 101.0811)
  46. Hong Leong Bank Building (GPS: 4.59723, 101.08186)
  47. Hugh Low Bridge (GPS: 4.59438, 101.08022)
  48. Japanese Counter Espionage Headquarters (GPS: 4.59942, 101.08599)
  49. Masjid Paloh (GPS: 4.58986, 101.07721)
  50. Kompleks Yik Foong (GPS: 4.59708, 101.08134)
  51. Kuan Yin Temple (GPS: 4.59851, 101.07943)
  52. Majuperak Building (GPS: 4.59757, 101.0808)
  53. Masjid Panglima Kinta (GPS: 4.59342, 101.08063)
  54. McDonalds Ipoh (GPS: 4.59567, 101.08305)
  55. Public Bank Building (GPS: 4.59764, 101.08204)
  56. Sew Cheong Building (GPS: 4.59491, 101.08107)
  57. St Michael's Church (GPS: 4.59508, 101.08827)
  58. Wan Muhammad Saleh Mausoleum (GPS: 4.58996, 101.07676)
  59. Warta Kinta Office (GPS: 4.58976, 101.07766)
  60. UTC Perak (GPS: 4.59578, 101.08219)

Ipoh Old TownMy wife and I at the Ipoh Railway Station, in the Ipoh Old Town (19 August 2006)

About Ipoh Old Town

The area where Ipoh is located has been settled as early as the 16th century, but it was little more than a collection of villages. Early settlers were Malays led by one Tok Keluang, son of a minor chieftain of Upper Perak. After his father Tok Sabang was defeated and liquidated by Sultan Mudzaffar Shah, the first Sultan of Perak (and son of Sultan Mahmud Shah, the last sultan of Malacca who was deposed by the Portuguese), Tok Keluang fled down the Perak River and up its tributary, the Kinta River, where he founded a settlement that would become Ipoh.

Jalan Dato Maharajalela in Ipoh Old Town.

For the subsequent two hundred years, there was nothing of significance happening in Ipoh until the late part of the 19th century, when one of the richest tin deposits in Malaya were discovered in the Kinta Valley, centered on Ipoh. The resulting boom propelled Ipoh to become the fastest growing and richest town in Malaya, much to the chagrin of the people of Taiping, which had a head start in the tin mining industry, but was seeing its tin deposits depleting.

Tin mining created many rich Chinese tycoons in Ipoh, among them Yau Tet Shin, Leong Fee, Lam Look Ing and Chung Thye Phin. Many of these people owned mines not and businesses not only in Ipoh, but also in Taiping, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Seremban and Singapore.

The central business district of Ipoh is in the Old Town. This is where you find the main branches of banks. The court house, post office and other government buildings are all on this part of town.

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