Hillock Park and Nature near Lentor Gardens Residences

Few new homes have a park on their doorstep and a nature reserve within a short drive. Lentor Gardens Residences borders the future Hillock Park, and the forests and reservoirs of the central catchment lie to the west. Distances below are straight lines on OneMap from the site.

Hillock Park and Lentor Gardens Residences

Hillock Park is the green heart planned for the Lentor Hills estate, and the developer’s brochure lists it as directly accessible from the development. The architect’s briefing describes the site as bordering the future Hillock Park, a linear park and a green link, and a side gate from the grounds opens onto the Green Finger, the strip of green that runs beside the park.

The developer puts the walk through the park to Lentor station at about six minutes, about 440 metres to Exit 1 in a straight line, and the architect’s answers note that homes in Blocks 74, 76 and 78 clear the tree line towards the park from the 3rd storey and look beyond it from the 10th.

Thomson Nature Park and the Reservoirs near Lentor Gardens Residences

Thomson Nature Park, on the far side of Upper Thomson Road, is about 1.1 kilometres from the site in a straight line; its trails pass the ruins of a former Hainanese village among secondary forest. Lower Peirce Reservoir Park is about 1.8 kilometres away and Upper Peirce Reservoir Park about 2.5 kilometres, and Lower Seletar Reservoir Park, about 2.8 kilometres to the north, is the water the upper floors look towards. The brochure gives drive times of about five minutes to Thomson Nature Park and seven to Lower Peirce.

Measured on OneMap (SLA) from the site; walking routes are longer.

Park Connectors and Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park from Lentor Gardens Residences

The brochure’s map shows the park connectors and cycling paths that run through the estate towards Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, whose Pond Gardens are about 2.3 kilometres from the site, and the future paths along the North-South Corridor. Its table of nature parks adds Windsor Nature Park, Springleaf Nature Park, Mandai and the Singapore Botanic Gardens further out.

Green Space Within Lentor Gardens Residences

Inside the gate, the landscape by Ecoplan Asia is built around water: the 50-metre lap pool and the 75-metre Skyline, lagoons and decks, with the sky terraces of the 9th storey looking over the park. The amenities page lists every space, and the Lentor Hills estate guide explains how the estate links to the parks.