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Bukit Batok New Town, Singapore — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Bukit Batok New Town, abbreviated Bt Batok, is a planned residential town in the eastern part of the West Region of Singapore, dating from 1975.
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Where to stay in Bukit Batok New Town
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
The Former Ford Factory anchors one end of the town. Beds near it sit closest to the Bukit Timah boundary, which is the side of Bukit Batok that a visitor with any interest in the built record will want. Six planning areas press on the edges.
That is unusual even in Singapore, and it puts a room here within a short hop of Choa Chu Kang or Clementi, of Jurong East or Bukit Panjang, depending on which way the day runs.
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The Former Ford Factory side
The stretch of Bukit Batok New Town nearest the Former Ford Factory, where the town runs up against its Bukit Timah boundary.Find hotels in The Former Ford Factory sidesettled streets by the Church of St Mary of the AngelsAround the Church of St Mary of the Angels
The blocks gathered near the Church of St Mary of the Angels, a quiet corner of Bukit Batok well off the routes that cross the town.Find hotels in Around the Church of St Mary of the Angelsan early run toward Jurong East or ClementiThe Jurong East flank
The southwestern reach of Bukit Batok where the town meets Jurong East and Clementi, taken for the commute rather than for the town itself.Find hotels in The Jurong East flankHotel 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 Bukit Batok New Town
What are the main landmarks in Bukit Batok New Town?
Three landmarks are listed here. The Former Ford Factory carries the most weight of them, and alongside it the record keeps two churches, the Church of St Mary of the Angels and Saint Joseph's Church, which together make an unusual concentration for a town whose plan dates only from 1975. Faith and industry, then.
What the list leaves out is the housing that occupies most of Bukit Batok, so its landmarks read as survivals and additions rather than as the substance of the place.
What is the history of Bukit Batok New Town?
Planning began the town in 1975. Bukit Batok took shape as a residential area in the eastern part of the West Region, on ground where the Former Ford Factory keeps, in its name alone, the industrial use the site once carried. Churches stand among the blocks.
The Church of St Mary of the Angels and Saint Joseph's Church are both listed within the same planning area, and the town that assembled around them came to touch six neighbours, from Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang on one side to Clementi and Tengah on others.
Where is Bukit Batok New Town?
Bukit Batok fills the eastern part of the West Region, hemmed in by Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang, with Clementi to the south and Tengah west.
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What is the best area to stay in Bukit Batok New Town?
The Former Ford Factory side: the Former Ford Factory and the Bukit Timah edge. Around the Church of St Mary of the Angels: settled streets by the Church of St Mary of the Angels. The Jurong East flank: an early run toward Jurong East or Clementi.
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Updated October 2026