Places Tours & Trails

So, where’s the Beach?

by thelongandwindingroad (Jerome Lim)
1 - 2, 10 May • 05:00pm

'Beach Road’ recalls a shoreline that is long missing. Was the same beach that the Malay Annals says drew Sang Nila Utama here? Join Jerome Lim to discover more and be surprised by what else the tides have washed in.

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This programme is sold out. 

Friday (1 May): 5pm - 7pm
Saturday (2 May): 5pm - 7pm
Sunday (10 May): 5pm - 7pm

Meeting Point: Level 1, ArCH Square 
Ending Point: Duo Galleria (Bugis MRT Street Level)

Beach Road takes its name from a sandy stretch of shoreline that has all but faded from our memories. Now home to the world-renowned Raffles Hotel, the former shoreline seemed to have already found fame through the retelling of the late 13th century exploits of Singapura’s first sovereign. As the newly minted British trading post’s first exclusive neighbourhood, the beach was bookended at its far end by a royal quarter flavoured by sojourners from across the Nusantara, and from lands beyond the Arabian Sea. 

Join Jerome Lim for a walk to uncover the ‘beach’ in Beach Road and discover how the flow and ebb of the tides along its now forgotten shores have left lasting and colourful imprints. 

thelongandwindingroad (Jerome Lim)

Jerome Lim is a heritage enthusiast, a keen photographer, and a blogger who captures Singapore’s fast evolving urban and cultural landscape through the award-winning ‘The Long and Winding Road’ blog.

He is also the author of ‘Uncommon Ground: The Places You Know, The Stories You Don’t’ and co-author of ‘Secret Singapore’ through which he brings out the stories that are hidden in many of Singapore’s lesser-known sites.

Through Jerome’s collaboration with the Singapore Land Authority, he has led guided visits to State Properties under the agency’s care since 2017, including several that have featured in NHB’s Battle for Singapore and Singapore HeritageFest tour programmes.





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