Thomson Nature Park

Thomson Nature Park is a 50-hectare nature park in northern Singapore along Old Upper Thomson Road, within the Ang Mo Kio planning area. Opened in 2019, it serves as a buffer for the adjacent Central Catchment Nature Reserve. The park features forest trails, freshwater streams and ruins of a former Hainan Village. It is notable for biodiversity, including Raffles' banded langurs, and for combining nature recreation with heritage interpretation.

Visitors can expect a forested buffer park with several earth and boardwalk trails winding through secondary forest, streams and freshwater habitat. Trails lead past conserved ruins of the former Hainan Village with interpretive signs. The setting is quiet and natural, adjacent to Central Catchment Nature Reserve, with opportunities for nature walks, birdwatching and observing wildlife such as langurs, squirrels and forest birds. Facilities are concentrated near the entrance car park.

The site was home to Hainan Village, a kampong established in the 1930s by Hainanese immigrants along Old Upper Thomson Road. The village had houses, shops and a school and was inhabited until the 1980s when residents were resettled. Ruins of the settlement were conserved when the park was developed and are now interpreted along the heritage trail.

The park preserves and interprets the heritage of a former rural kampong community, illustrating mid-20th century village life in Singapore through conserved ruins, former pathways and interpretive signage.