Rivervale, Singapore

Rivervale
Subzone of Sengkang Planning Area & Housing Estate
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese	河谷
• Pinyin	hégǔ
• Malay	Rivervale
• Tamil	ரிவர்வேல்
Rivervale Location of Rivervale within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°23′14.3″N 103°54′16.7″E
Country	Singapore
Planning area	Sengkang Planning Area

Rivervale, Sengkang New Town, Singapore.

Rivervale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town located between Sungei Serangoon and Compassvale. The block numbers of the public apartment blocks in Rivervale begin with the number '1' (1xx). Rivervale was the first neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town to be built, and many of the existing housing estates in Rivervale were completed by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) as early as 1997.

Educational institutions

Primary schools

• North Spring Primary School
• Rivervale Primary School

Secondary schools

• CHIJ Saint Joseph's Convent
• North Vista Secondary School

Places of worship

Chinese temples

• Chong Ghee Temple (崇义庙)
• Kampong Tengah Thian Hou Keng (半港天后宫)
• Chong Hua Tong Tou Teck Hwee Temple

Church

• St Anne's Church

Indian temple

• Arulmigu Velmurugan Gnanamuneeswarar Temple

Shopping amenities

Rivervale Plaza.

• Rivervale Plaza

Rivervale Plaza (Chinese: 鲤河大厦) was the first shopping mall in Sengkang New Town. It opened in mid 1999.

• Rivervale Mall

Rivervale Mall (Chinese: 河滨坊) is the first private mixed development in Sengkang New Town and opened on 21 April 2001, with about 85,000 square feet (7,900 m^2) of retail space. The development has a modern architectural design. Retail units include NTUC FairPrice, McDonald's, Food Junction, KFC and EC House.

Other facilities

• Rivervale Community Club

The Rivervale Community Centre was official opened on 20 June 2004. Its original site was at the foot of Block 193 Rivervale Drive, it had served the residents for many years at the location before being relocated to its current site with its own building behind Rivervale Plaza.

The new building, which had its groundbreaking ceremony on 16 September 2018, is constructed with Mass Engineered Timber (MET); a first for such buildings in Singapore. The community club was completed and opened on 15 September 2021. It will have much more and bigger communal facilities as compared to its previous location, a childcare centre and a rooftop garden.[1]

Public transport

The Rivervale neighbourhood is linked to Sengkang Bus Interchange and Sengkang MRT/LRT station at the town centre via bus services originating from the Sengkang Bus Interchange and other parts of the island. The east loop of the Sengkang LRT line also serves the area at the Rumbia, Bakau and Kangkar stations.

Bus services that call at a pair of bus stops located along the TPE-Punggol Road Interchange also serves residents living in the vicinity, at the Sengkang-Punggol boundary.

Gallery

Transport infrastructure

• 
  Kangkar LRT station

Educational institutions

• 
  North Vista Secondary School
• 
  North Vista Secondary School
• 
  North Vista Secondary School (Inner Rotunda Courtyard)

Housing estates

• 
  Park Green
• 
  Rivervale Court
• 
  Rivervale Court
• 
  Rivervale Edge
• 
  Rivervale Gardens
• 
  Rivervale Grove
• 
  The Rivervale
• 
  The Rivervale

References

1. "New community club in Punggol East to open in 2020". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2021-10-20.

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