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Rivervale, Singapore
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Rivervale |
| settlement_type | Subzone of Sengkang Planning Area & |
| Housing Estate | |
| translit_lang1 | Name |
| translit_lang1_type | Chinese |
| translit_lang1_info | 河谷 |
| translit_lang1_type1 | Pinyin |
| translit_lang1_info1 | hégǔ |
| translit_lang1_type2 | Hokkien POJ |
| translit_lang1_type3 | Teochew Peng'im |
| translit_lang1_type4 | Malay |
| translit_lang1_info4 | Rivervale |
| translit_lang1_type5 | Tamil |
| translit_lang1_info5 | ரிவர்வேல் |
| translit_lang1_type6 | Tamil Romanisation |
| pushpin_map | Singapore |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Rivervale within Singapore |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Singapore |
| subdivision_type1 | Planning area |
| subdivision_name1 | Sengkang Planning Area |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 62,470 |
| population_as_of | 2025 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
Housing Estate
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
Indian temple
- Arulmigu Velmurugan Gnanamuneeswarar Temple
Commerce
- 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 () is the first private mixed development in Sengkang New Town and opened on 21 April 2001, with about 85,000 square feet (7,900 m2) of retail space. The development has a modern architectural design.
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.
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
File:Kangkar LRT Station, Oct 06.JPG|Kangkar LRT station
Educational institutions
File:North Vista Secondary School.jpg|North Vista Secondary School File:North Vista Secondary School, Nov 06.JPG|North Vista Secondary School File:NorthVistaSecondary.JPG|North Vista Secondary School (Inner Rotunda Courtyard)
Housing estates
File:Park Green, Nov 06.JPG|Park Green File:Rivervale Court, Sep 06.JPG|Rivervale Court File:Rivervale Court 2, Sep 06.JPG|Rivervale Court File:Rivervale Edge, Oct 06.JPG|Rivervale Edge File:Rivervale Gardens, Oct 06.JPG|Rivervale Gardens File:Rivervale Grove, Sep 06.JPG|Rivervale Grove File:The Rivervale, Nov 06.JPG|The Rivervale File:The Rivervale 2, Nov 06.JPG|The Rivervale
References
References
- "Singapore Residents by Planning Area / Subzone, Age Group, Sex and Type of Dwelling, June 2025". Department of Statistics Singapore..
- "New community club in Punggol East to open in 2020". The Straits Times.
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