Cairnhill Road, Singapore
Cairnhill Road is a road in
Singapore. It forms a curve connecting
Scotts Road in the north with
Orchard Road in the south. The road is within
Newton for much of the way, with a small portion passing through
Orchard Planning Area, and is entirely within Postal District 9. Towards the middle portion of the road, it connects with Cairnhill Circle and
Bideford Road. Junctions emerging from Cairnhill Road include Anthony Road, Hullet Road and Emerald Link.
Cairnhill is located in Singapore Postal
District 09.
Cairnhill Road is believed to have been named after a 19th century mansion built by one Charles Carnie, who had a nutmeg plantation there around 1848. At the junction with Bideford Road is the Al-Falah Mosque, the first mosque in Singapore to the housed in a high-rise building. At the other end of Cairnhill Road is The Heeren Shops and the Singapore Visitor Centre.
Sights along Cairnhill Road, Singapore
Prewar terrace houses at the Cairnhill Road junction with Cairnhill Circle. (1 August 2017)
Electronic Road Pricing gantry on Cairnhill Road, Singapore
Cairnhill Road, viewed north in the direction towards Scotts Road.
Cairnhill Road roadsign (1 August 2017)
Cairnhill Road roadsign (1 August 2017)
Cairnhill Road Singapore (Feb 2022)