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Bishan New Town, Singapore — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Bishan New Town, also known as Peck San, is a planned residential town at the most central point of Singapore, in the Central Region.
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Where to stay in Bishan New Town
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Three subzones split the choice. Bishan East, Marymount and Thomson each hold a share of the town's housing, and the private residential properties scattered among the planned blocks give a visitor more variety of address than most towns of this kind manage. Central is the whole point.
A bed in Bishan leaves Ang Mo Kio, Toa Payoh and Serangoon each one boundary away, which suits anyone crossing Singapore daily rather than staying put.
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Bishan East
The Bishan East subzone, closest to the Serangoon boundary and mixing private residential properties into Bishan New Town's planned blocks.Find hotels in Bishan Eastthe Marymount subzone of Bishan New TownMarymount
The Marymount subzone on the Toa Payoh flank of Bishan, away from the town centre and within reach of Bishan Sports Hall.Find hotels in Marymountthe Thomson subzone beside the Central Water CatchmentThomson
The Thomson subzone of Bishan New Town, running out toward the Central Water Catchment that closes the town's western edge.Find hotels in ThomsonHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Bishan New Town
What are the main landmarks in Bishan New Town?
Bishan Sports Hall is the listed landmark. It stands as the single entry the record keeps for a town laid out from 1983 onward, which is what a planned residential area tends to leave behind: facilities rather than monuments. Flats take up everything else.
The Bishan East, Marymount and Thomson subzones carry flats alongside private residential properties, and the Central Water Catchment along the western boundary supplies a green edge that no building in Bishan could match.
What is the history of Bishan New Town?
The town dates from 1983. Bishan was laid out as a planning area in the northernmost portion of the Central Region, and the name Peck San belongs to the same ground in an older form. Planning drew the lines.
What came of it is a town of three subzones, Bishan East, Marymount and Thomson, bounded by Ang Mo Kio and Toa Payoh, by Serangoon and by the Central Water Catchment, with private residential properties filling in among the planned blocks afterwards.
Where is Bishan New Town?
Bishan sits at the most central point of Singapore, bordered by Ang Mo Kio and Toa Payoh, with Serangoon to the east and the Central Water Catchment west.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Bishan New Town?
Bishan East: a base in the Bishan East subzone. Marymount: the Marymount subzone of Bishan New Town. Thomson: the Thomson subzone beside the Central Water Catchment.
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Updated September 2026