Stamford Road ( Chinese: 史丹福路; ) is a one-way

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within the planning areas of

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and

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. The road continues after the

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junction of

Nicoll Highway Nicoll Highway ( , , , ) is a major arterial road in Singapore which links the junctions of Guillemard Road, Sims Way and Mountbatten Road in Kallang to the junctions of Esplanade Drive, Raffles Avenue and Stamford Road in the city. En route, ...

, Esplanade Drive and Raffles Avenue towards

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. It then ends at the junction of Fort Canning Road, Bencoolen Street and Orchard Road, which it continues to be Orchard Road. Stamford Road is home to several landmarks, including Swissôtel The Stamford and the National Museum of Singapore.

Etymology and history

Stamford Road was named after the modern founder of Singapore, Thomas Stamford Raffles. The road used to house the Saint Andrew's School from the late 19th century till 1941 when it moved to Woodsville Hill. The site was taken by the

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in 1960 until it was demolished in 2005 to make way for the new Fort Canning Tunnel.

Landmarks

This is a list of landmarks, from east to west. * Civilian War Memorial * Saint Andrew's Cathedral * Raffles City and Swissôtel The Stamford *

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* SMRT Headquarters Building * Capitol Building * CHIJMES * Stamford House * Stamford Court * Singapore Management University * National Museum of Singapore * Vanguard Building (formerly known as the MPH Building) - located at corner of Stamford Road and Armenian Street - former site of Methodist Publishing Press and MPH Bookstore"MPH Building" (entry) in: Wan Meng Hao and Jacqueline Lau,
Heritage Places of Singapore
', Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Limited, 2009, pages 85-87. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

References

*Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004), ''Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names'', Eastern University Press, {{coord, 1, 17, 39, N, 103, 51, 04, E, region:SG_type:landmark_source:kolossus-ruwiki, display=title Roads in Singapore Downtown Core (Singapore) Museum Planning Area