Location
Two minutes
to the train
Upper Thomson TE8 · Thomson Plaza · MacRitchie
Location
Upper Thomson TE8 · Thomson Plaza · MacRitchie
Location
Thomson Reserve sits at Bright Hill Drive, between the Central Catchment Nature Reserve and the Upper Thomson shophouse belt. Upper Thomson station on the Thomson–East Coast Line is a two-minute walk from the development, and Bright Hill — a future interchange is ten minutes' walk in the other direction. Two stations within walking distance, one of them an interchange, is unusual for a site this green.
| Destination | From Thomson Reserve |
|---|---|
| Upper Thomson MRT (TE8) | 2 minutes' walk |
| Thomson Plaza | 3 minutes' walk |
| Ai Tong School | 4 minutes' walk · within 1km |
| MacRitchie Reservoir | 4 minutes' walk |
| Windsor Nature Park | 7 minutes' cycle |
| Bright Hill MRT (TE7) · future interchange | 10 minutes' walk · 1 MRT stop |
| Caldecott MRT (interchange) | 2 MRT stops |
| Orchard · ION Orchard | 5 MRT stops |
| Great World | 6 MRT stops |
| Central Business District | 9 MRT stops |
| Marina Bay Sands | within 11 stops |
| Novena Medical Health City | short drive |
| Changi Airport | direct train ride |
| Johor Bahru via RTS at Woodlands North | direct line, RTS under construction |
Daily Life
Beyond the mall, the Upper Thomson eateries are a walk away, and Sembawang Hills Food Centre, Shunfu Market and the Thomson Road hawker stretch are all within the immediate neighbourhood.
Schools
Ai Tong School falls within the one-kilometre radius that matters most at Primary One registration — a four-minute walk from the development.
Reputable schools within one to two kilometres: Catholic High School, CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School and Ang Mo Kio Primary School from every block, and Marymount Convent School from five of the six — not from 11 Bright Hill Drive. Eunoia Junior College, Raffles Institution and Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) are all within the wider Bishan–Thomson catchment.
Coming
The North-South Corridor is Singapore's first integrated multi-modal transit priority corridor: 21.5km from Woodlands to the East Coast Parkway, built around a “Walk-Cycle-Ride” design rather than a conventional expressway.
Express bus lane priority and seamless expressway integration along the length of the corridor.
A continuous cycling route running the full corridor, connecting the northern towns to the city.
A People's Wellness Corridor of parks and walkways above the road itself.
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