South of Thomson Eight, Novena combines one of Singapore’s largest concentrations of hospitals and specialist clinics with a set of malls around its MRT station.
The Hospitals Near Thomson Eight
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, on Jalan Tan Tock Seng, lies roughly 1.1 kilometres from Thomson Eight as the crow flies. It is one of the country’s major public hospitals and the hub of a wider health campus around Novena.
Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, on Irrawaddy Road, is about 1.0 kilometre away. With the specialist centres and medical suites that have grown up along Thomson Road and around the station, the two hospitals make Novena a place many households visit for appointments, and short journeys matter.
The Toa Payoh Polyclinic, to the north, is being redeveloped within the Toa Payoh Integrated Development, which Sport Singapore and its partners expect to complete by 2030.
Shopping and Dining in Novena Near Thomson Eight
Velocity @ Novena Square stands over Novena station, about 1.2 kilometres from the site, with Square 2 beside it, and United Square is a little further down Thomson Road, about 1.5 kilometres away. Between them they carry supermarkets, restaurants, enrichment centres and the everyday shops of a busy district.
| Place | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital | about 1.0 km |
| Tan Tock Seng Hospital | about 1.1 km |
| Novena MRT (NS20) | about 1.1 km |
| Velocity @ Novena Square | about 1.2 km |
| United Square | about 1.5 km |
Approximate straight-line distances from the site; routes on foot and by road are longer.
Getting to Novena From Thomson Eight
Novena is one stop south of Toa Payoh on the North-South Line, and Thomson Road connects the two by car or bus. From Novena the line continues to Newton, for the Downtown Line, and to Orchard and the city.
The amenities page places Novena alongside Toa Payoh, Balestier and MacRitchie.
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