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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.
About Bukit Batok New Town
Where to stay in Bukit Batok New Town
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
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.
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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Updated August 2026