Dairy Farm Residences – Where Nature, Retail and Home come together

Dairy Farm Residences sees an eclectic mix of educational institutes to suit students of various learning capabilities.

Right at the doorstep is the German European School Singapore (GESS), an international school to close to 2,000 students over 65 nationalities.

For local students, the nearest primary school is CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace, approximately 5 minutes drive. As this is a convent school, the nearest primary school for boys is Bukit Panjang Primary which takes about 3 minutes of driving from Dairy Farm Residences to reach in Bukit Panjang.

The brighter students are also accessible to top and established schools along the Bukit Timah/Dunearn Roads belt. Methodist Girls’ School, Hwa Chong Institution, Nanyang Primary & Girls’ High, and National Junior College can be reached in no more than 15 minutes of driving or a maximum of 4 stations via DTL.

Assumption Pathway School, a secondary school that focuses on vocational training, is a 7-minute drive and next to Assumption English School.

Parents with toddlers and pre-schoolers will be pleased to know that there will be a childcare centre right in the commercial portion of Dairy Farm Residences.

What makes Dairy Farm Residences standout from other new launches in 2019 is that the immediate view residents will be getting is the lush pristine forests rather than the usual towering concrete jungles. A total of 6 nature parks and 1 nature reserve covering over 430ha await residents to explore its magnificent flora and fauna.

A designated forest reserve since 1883, the 163ha Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is not only home to Singapore’s highest peak Bukit Timah Hill, it is also the place where trekkers get to explore native plants and wildlife in its pristine and virgin habitat. Declared as nature reserve in 1990 and ASEAN Heritage Park in 2011, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve today is gazetted for cultivating Singapore’s indigenous flora and fauna and representing a spectrum of ecosystems for ASEAN.

To further protect the rich biodiversity of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, three nature parks are created as buffer parks and at the same time provide an alternative venue for the public to enjoy recreational activities.

Dairy Farm Nature Park, the nearest from Dairy Farm Residences via a 3-minute walk, covers 63ha of the former dairy farm and quarry. It offers visitors nature trails to native and rare dragonfly species, rock climbing facility and Wallace Education Centre, the former cow shed now showcasing the transformation of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and Dairy Farm Nature Park.

Further in towards the nature reserve is the smaller Hindhede Nature Park, an excellent spot for bird watching and trekking with its scenic Hindhede Quarry as its backdrop. Families with young children and elderly will find this nature park welcoming with its easy to navigate footpaths.

The furthest of three buffer parks is Rifle Range Nature Park which is set to open in 2020. This 67ha nature park will feature freshwater habitat to attract wetland fauna and aerial rope bridges for wildlife to roam freely and safely into the nature reserve.

Heading west to Hillview, a 4km stretch of the former 24km Malayan Railway is now undergoing enhancement works to become Rail Corridor (Central). To celebrate its biodiversity and heritage, Rail Corridor (Central) will conserve and convert the former Bukit Timah Railway Station into a heritage gallery, while reintroducing plants commonly found in the former kampongs nearby during the 1960s. The 4km Rail Corridor (Central) stretching from Hillview to King Albert Park MRT stations will be ready by 2021. (See picture below)

Right next to Rail Corridor (Central) is Bukit Batok Nature Park, developed from an abandoned quarry in 1988. Its tranquillity and gorgeous view of the crystal clear quarry water from lookout points more than 10-storey high is the main draw for visitors. Besides the picturesque rock formations of the quarry which is over 200 million years old, Bukit Batok Nature Park is also a historic site where the Japanese used to build a memorial for fallen Japanese soldiers during the Japanese Occupation.

All recreational attractions around Dairy Farm Residences are linked by park connectors forming the larger Nature Park Network. This is good news for residents looking to take advantage of the cooler temperatures of living near forests and explore these parks by foot or cycling.