MRT, parking, pharmacies, clinics, food centres and local history around Duxton Hill and Tanjong Pagar.
This Tanjong Pagar practical guide covers the south edge of the city centre, where the basics are simple: three MRT lines close by, car parks you pay for by app, and a good spread of pharmacies, clinics and food centres.
Distances are straight-line from Mondrian Singapore Duxton, so allow extra for the walk itself.
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MRT stations for Tanjong Pagar and Duxton
Tanjong Pagar station (EW15) on the East West Line is one of three MRT stations near Duxton Hill, alongside Maxwell and Outram Park, as shown on LTA's rail map.
Maxwell and Outram Park are Thomson-East Coast Line stations, per the LTA TEL brochure.
Chinatown and Telok Ayer stations on the Downtown Line are also nearby.
Outram Park is the station for Singapore General Hospital, and SGH runs a blue campus shuttle from Exit 6 or 7 to the Emergency building (SGH).
Parking around Tanjong Pagar and Duxton
Parking here follows the national rules: coupons or the Parking.sg app at URA and HDB car parks, with rates on the signboard at each entrance (URA's short-term parking page, HDB's short-term parking page).
HDB electronic car parks in the Central Area charge S$1.20 per half hour, capped at S$20 for the day.
Many HDB car parks are free on Sundays and public holidays under HDB's conditions (HDB free parking page).
A public car park, the Erskine Road Off-Street Carpark, sits next to Maxwell Road Food Centre, per the attractions parking page.
OneMotoring's published list does not cover Duxton, so read the signboard or ask the hotel about parking for your own stay.
Pharmacies near Duxton Hill
Several pharmacies near Duxton appear in HSA's pharmacy register.
Unity pharmacy inside the FairPrice at Tanjong Pagar Plaza is closest, and Watsons at International Plaza on Anson Road is the second.
Unity is 320 metres south of the hotel and Watsons at International Plaza is 510 metres south-east, both in a straight line.
General sale list medicines such as paracetamol are sold off the shelf, and pharmacy-only medicines come from a pharmacist, as HSA notes.
Doctors and clinics near Duxton
Four private clinics sit within a short straight-line distance of the hotel.
Duxton Medical Clinic is at Blk 7 Tanjong Pagar Plaza, 160 metres south of Mondrian.
Beacon Medical Clinic is in the same block, 190 metres south.
Angsana Medical is at 1 Everton Park, 320 metres south-west of the hotel, and Parkway Shenton is at Guoco Tower, 350 metres south-east.
Call the clinic ahead for its hours, because evening and Sunday options are limited and none of these listings is a 24-hour service.
Out of hours, the nearest hospital emergency department is Singapore General Hospital, 1.0 km west of the hotel.
For non-emergency advice, the NurseFirst helpline is 6262 6262.
Emergency numbers and medication rules sit in the Singapore travel essentials guide.
Hawker centres and food centres nearby
Three food centres are close: Tanjong Pagar Plaza Market and Food Centre at 240 metres south of the hotel, Maxwell Food Centre at 300 metres north-east, and Amoy Street Food Centre at 460 metres east.
NEA centres close for cleaning on set dates, listed in the closure dataset, so check it before a planned meal.
What to order at each stall is in the guide to hawker centres.
Sit-down dinners and cocktails are in the Tanjong Pagar restaurants and bars guide.
History and character of Tanjong Pagar and Duxton
Tanjong Pagar is a conservation area bounded by Neil Road, Maxwell Road, Peck Seah Street, Wallich Street, Tanjong Pagar Road and Craig Road, and it is mostly two- and three-storey shophouses (URA's Tanjong Pagar conservation guidelines).
The restoration of 9 Neil Road was the first urban restoration project of URA.
Tanjong Pagar is one of four conservation precincts of the Chinatown Historic District, dating to the late 1880s.
Duxton Road was once part of a nutmeg plantation owned by William Montgomerie, and it was known for opium and gambling dens in the 19th and early 20th centuries (NLB Infopedia).
The Pinnacle@Duxton public housing towers were completed in December 2009 and Six Senses Duxton opened in April 2018.
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Published November 13, 2026
