Thursday, August 18, 2011





Mount Pleasant Cemetery


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Mount Pleasant Cemetery in one of the oldest Cemetery in Singapore. Tombstones are dated back to late 1800s. Driving along Mount Pleasant Road, many may just pass by without noticing that is a cemetery. Lookout for the junction of Onraet Road or a side road that has a metal chain that stops vehicle from entering. Soon after the chain, you can see a massive graveyard beyond it. Most of the tombstone has marking like "Year 5" in chinese characters, which is probably referring to 1905.

Mount Pleasant Cemetery is located near Onraet Road; near Mount Pleasant Road; 0.1 kilometre away from Mount Pleasant Drive; 0.1 kilometre away from Gymkhana Avenue; 0.2 kilometre away from Pie Changi Ramp; Mount Pleasant Cemetery is geographically located at latitude (1.3296 degrees) 1° 19' 46" North of the Equator and longitude (103.8292 degrees) 103° 49' 45" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of Singapore or JB.

The locations related to Mount Pleasant Cemetery are represented by the path the bullet takes from the muzzle of the gun to the target and may not be nearest by road. For example, Mount Pleasant Cemetery is located 0.1 kilometre from Onraet Road Closed. Mount Pleasant Cemetery is located 0.3 kilometre from House along Mount Pleasant Road. Mount Pleasant Cemetery is located 0.5 kilometre from Cc18 Bukit Brown. Mount Pleasant Cemetery is located 0.5 kilometre from Whitley Road Detention Centre. Mount Pleasant Cemetery is located 0.5 kilometre from Malcolm Park.

Copthorne Orchid 1.1km, YMCA Metropolitan 1.5km, Sloane Court 1.6km, V.I.P. Hotel 1.6km, Garden Hotel 1.7km, RELC Building International Hotel 1.8km, Relc International 1.9km, Hotel Royal 2km, are places to stay (hotel, service apartment, inn) located near Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Zhu Hua Yuan 1km, Fun's Florist 1.1km, Spa 1.1km, Far East Flora 1.1km, Nature Company 1.2km, Hawaii Landscape 1.2km, Goodwood Florist 1.3km, Candy's Greenhouse 1.4km, are places to shop (shopping mall, shop houses) located near Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall 2km, Nat'l Orchid Garden 2.5km, Land Transport Gallery 3.2km, Visitor Centre 3.2km, Jelutong Tower 3.5km, Ranger Station 3.6km, Treetop Walk 3.9km, Thief Market 4km, are places of interest (attraction) located near Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Macritchie Peak Food Hut 1.4km, Prata Cafe Building 1.7km, Adam Road Food Centre 1.8km, Newton Food Centre 2.2km, Balestier Food Centre 2.3km, Longhouse 2.5km, Greenwood Village 2.5km, Old Chang Kee Kiosk 2.6km, are eating places (food court, cafe, hawker food) located near Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

St Joseph's Institution 0.7km, Catholic Junior College 0.8km, Singapore Chinese Girls' School 0.9km, Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School 1km, Raffles House Preschool 1.1km, SJI International School 1.2km, Anglo Chinese Primary School 1.3km, Marymount Kindergarten 1.4km, are places of learning (school, college, university) located near Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Polo Club Riding Track 0.8km, Malcolm Road Park 0.8km, Goldhill Ave Playground 1km, University Road Park 1.4km, Macritchie Park 1.4km, Jacob Ballas Childrens Garden 1.5km, Waterside Chinese Altar 1.7km, Eco Lake, Botanic Gardens 1.7km, are parks, playgrounds, open fields or commons located near Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

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