Jurong Lake Gardens
Two 1970s gardens and a swamp forest grown back from a concrete drain, stitched into 90 hectares in the west. Treat it as three outings sharing a postcode.
- Where: Jurong
- Price: Free
West-side family day
Pick one anchor: Jurong Lake Gardens and Forest Ramble for an outdoor day, or Science Centre and KidsSTOP for a wet one. Not all four in an afternoon.
Science Centre and KidsSTOP have sessions and age guidance to check. These are alternative plans, not an instruction to tackle all four in one afternoon.
Read the full guide: A west-side family day.
Forest Ramble
Thirteen swamp-animal play stations on an old car park in Jurong. Still worth the trip, but the zipline and slide tower are closed for maintenance, so manage expectations in the car.
- Where: Jurong
- Price: Free
Science Centre Singapore
The 1977 building has a year or so left before the move across the lake to a Zaha Hadid home. Go now, pick two galleries and let the children press things.
- Where: Jurong
- Price: Under S$30
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Photo: Actuall7, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsKidsSTOP
A science centre for 18 months to eight: gears, a dino pit, a pretend supermarket and a slide of nearly seven metres. Book a timed session first, even with an annual pass.
- Where: Jurong
- Price: Under S$30
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