Caldecott Hill

Caldecott Hill is a private housing estate, located along Thomson Road in the Central Region of Singapore. It is tied to the growth of the media industry in Singapore.

Caldecott Hill
Name transcription(s)
  Chinese加利谷山
  MalayBukit Caldecott
  Tamilகால்டிகாட்
CountrySingapore

In the past, Singapore's broadcast station, Mediacorp was located there. In 2017, Mediacorp moved to its new campus on Stars Avenue, one-north.[1] After Mediacorp moved, the old campus at Andrew Road was left abandoned until October 2020 where they appointed real estate consultants to market the area to hold 67 bungalow plots.[2][3] In December 2020, the land was sold for $280.9million to a private estate company.[4]

It was also referred to as "The Hill" by the local media and MediaCorp employees.

It is served by Caldecott MRT station on the Circle MRT line.

Etymology

Caldecott Hill is named after respected British colonial administrator and former Governor of Hong Kong Sir Andrew Caldecott, who had served in various posts around British Malaya (Officer Administering the Government of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Malay States in 1934) for nearly three decades.

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