Sengkang Riverside Park is a riverine park located at Anchorvale Street and Fernvale Street abutting

Sungei Punggol Sungei Punggol ( Malay for Punggol River; Chinese: 榜鵝河; Pinyin: Bǎng'é Hé) is a river located within the North-East Region in Singapore. Geography Other than Punggol New Town, the river flows through 7 other towns in the late 1990s a ...

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. The park consist of three open-space land parcels and is also home to a

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. The Sengkang Sports Centre is located just adjacent to the riverine park, connected by a floating

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, Sengkang Floating Wetland.

History

The 21-hectare park was opened to the public in November 2008. The park is situated alongside the

. The integration of urban planning and protection of Singapore's water resources has earned Sengkang Riverside Park an ABC Waters Certification.

Sengkang Floating Wetland

On 7 November 2010, Prime Minister

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officially opened the floating wetland that is designed with a "fruitful" theme. The wetland is about half the size of a football field, and connects the Sengkang Riverside Park with the Sengkang Sports Centre. The floating

helps to collect and filter rainwater naturally through its aquatic plants. The wetland also acts as a habitat for fish, birds and other wildlife. Since the completion of the wetland, more birds and dragonflies were noticed to be attracted in the area.

Facilities

Visitor centre

The Visitor Centre is a covered

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, located at the central part of the park. The sheltered centre provides visitors to the park with a shelter from bad weather.

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and

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are also available here.

Fruit Tree Trail

Sengkang Riverside Park is also unique for its Fruit Tree Trail that consist of 16 different fruit trees, with some that cannot be found in the local

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and are really rare. The trail runs along the parameters of the constructed wetlands. The 16 different fruit trees that can be found in the trail are

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Tree, Ordeal Tree,

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, Weeping Tea Tree, Island Lychee,

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, Pond Apple Tree, Asam Tree, Java Olive Tree,

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, Fish Killer Tree,

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, Pig's Mango and Wine Palm.

Others

Visitors to the park can use the available facilities to

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and

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at the park. There are various resting points throughout the park and along the tracks. The Civic Event Lawn at the park provides a venue for

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to be hosted here.

Travel

The park can be reached via the

Sengkang LRT line The Sengkang LRT line (SKLRT) is a elevated automated guideway transit line in Sengkang, Singapore. The driverless system consists of 14 stations on two loops, with Sengkang station serving as the interchange for both loops and linking the ...

Farmway LRT station The Sengkang LRT line (SKLRT) is a elevated automated guideway transit line in Sengkang, Singapore. The driverless system consists of 14 stations on two loops, with Sengkang station serving as the interchange for both loops and linking the ...

Kupang LRT station The Sengkang LRT line (SKLRT) is a elevated automated guideway transit line in Sengkang, Singapore. The driverless system consists of 14 stations on two loops, with Sengkang station serving as the interchange for both loops and linking the ...

. Visitors can also choose to reach there by car, where the park's car park is located in front of the Visitor Centre.

References

External links

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National Parks Board, Singapore
{{Parks in Singapore Parks in Singapore Sengkang Constructed wetlands Tourist attractions in North-East Region, Singapore Wetlands of Singapore