 Battery Road, Singapore
Battery Road is a short road in the Downtown Core of Singapore. It links Chulia Street on one end with Collyer Quay and Fullerton Road on the other. It is one of the earliest roads south of the Singapore River.
Battery Road was, of course, not named after dry cell batteries, or those you use in your car, but rather to the Fort Fullerton, the defence fortress or battery guarding the entrance to Singapore River. The fort is located on the site presently occupied by the Fullerton Hotel. During the 19th century, Battery Road links Fort Fullerton to Commercial Square, which is today Raffles Place.
Nearby Buildings
- Bank of China Building
- Maybank Building
- HSBC Building
How to reach Battery Road
Take the North South Line or the East West Line of the Singapore MRT to the Raffles Place MRT Station.
Learn more about the Streets of Singapore
If you wish to learn more about the streets of Singapore, I recommend that you get a copy of the Toponymics: A Study of Singapore Street Names (Geography & Environment Research) by Victor R. Savage and Brenda S.A. Yeoh (Eastern Universities Press by Marshall Cavendish, ISBN 981 210 364 3). It helped me a lot in broadening my knowledge of the streets, and made it more fun when I explored and get to know them personally.
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