{
  "sight": {
    "id": "nhb-f105c9ec",
    "slug": "battle-of-bukit-timah",
    "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/battle-of-bukit-timah",
    "wikidata": null,
    "name": "Battle of Bukit Timah",
    "name_source": "NHB",
    "name_ko": "부킷티마 전투",
    "name_ja": null,
    "name_zh_hans": null,
    "name_zh_hant": null,
    "category": "historic-site",
    "heritage": "Historic Site",
    "planning_area": "Bukit Panjang",
    "address": "Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, near visitor centre, Bukit Timah Hill",
    "lat": 1.3486899,
    "lng": 103.777022,
    "position_source": "NHB",
    "official_url": null,
    "nearest_station": {
      "slug": "beauty-world",
      "name": "Beauty World Station",
      "name_ja": "ビューティー・ワールド",
      "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/station/beauty-world",
      "straight_line_m": 843
    },
    "description_en": "One of the fiercest military encounters during WWII took place here as the Bukit Timah area held strategic and tactical importance to the Japanese and the British. This site marks Percival's final defence of southern Singapore against the Japanese invaders from the north on 8 February 1942.",
    "description_ko": "부킷티마 일대는 일본과 영국 양측에 전략적·전술적으로 중요한 곳이었기 때문에, 제2차 세계대전 중 가장 치열했던 전투 중 하나가 이곳에서 벌어졌어요. 이곳은 1942년 2월 8일 북쪽에서 쳐들어온 일본 침략군에 맞서 퍼시벌이 싱가포르 남부를 지키려 한 마지막 방어를 기리는 장소예요.",
    "description_ja": "ブキ・ティマ一帯は日本とイギリスの双方にとって戦略的・戦術的に重要だったため、第二次世界大戦中で最も激しい戦闘の1つがここで起こりました。この地は、1942年2月8日、北から侵攻してきた日本軍に対してパーシバルがシンガポール南部を守ろうとした最後の防衛を示す場所です。",
    "description_zh_hans": "由于武吉知马一带对日方和英方都具有战略和战术上的重要意义，第二次世界大战期间最激烈的战斗之一便在此发生。这里标志着1942年2月8日白思华为保卫新加坡南部、抵御从北方入侵的日军而进行的最后防御。",
    "description_zh_hant": "由於武吉知馬一帶對日方和英方都具有戰略和戰術上的重要意義，第二次世界大戰期間最激烈的戰鬥之一便在此發生。這裡標誌著1942年2月8日白思華為保衛新加坡南部、抵禦從北方入侵的日軍而進行的最後防禦。",
    "sources": [
      "National Heritage Board, Historic Sites (SODL v1.0)"
    ],
    "photo": null,
    "nearest_exit": {
      "station": "beauty-world",
      "exit": "A",
      "straight_line_m": 786
    },
    "areas": [],
    "nearby_sights": [
      {
        "id": "Q28403800",
        "slug": "hindhede-nature-park",
        "name": "Hindhede Nature Park",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/hindhede-nature-park",
        "category": "park-garden",
        "straight_line_m": 136
      },
      {
        "id": "Q385725",
        "slug": "bukit-timah-nature-reserve",
        "name": "Bukit Timah Nature Reserve",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/bukit-timah-nature-reserve",
        "category": "nature",
        "straight_line_m": 468
      },
      {
        "id": "Q123111983",
        "slug": "rifle-range-nature-park",
        "name": "Rifle Range Nature Park",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/rifle-range-nature-park",
        "category": "nature",
        "straight_line_m": 690
      },
      {
        "id": "Q7084005",
        "slug": "former-ford-factory",
        "name": "Former Ford Factory",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/former-ford-factory",
        "category": "museum",
        "straight_line_m": 994
      },
      {
        "id": "Q65118363",
        "slug": "eco-link-bke",
        "name": "Eco-Link@BKE",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/eco-link-bke",
        "category": "park-garden",
        "straight_line_m": 1146
      },
      {
        "id": "Q4986868",
        "slug": "bukit-batok-memorials",
        "name": "Bukit Batok Memorials",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/bukit-batok-memorials",
        "category": "historic-site",
        "straight_line_m": 1165
      }
    ]
  },
  "source": {
    "nhb": "Monuments (GEOJSON) d_b29c230ec6b609e29ed42f71ca9a8767 and Historic Sites (GEOJSON) d_31e16b12809e66673e90d8b04fdee1b2, National Heritage Board, data.gov.sg, accessed 30 September 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: names, points, addresses, descriptions.",
    "wikidata": "Wikidata (CC0), read 1 October 2026: names in en, ja, ko, zh, type, official website, image file names (each Commons file carries its own licence).",
    "selection": "English Wikivoyage Singapore guides, revisions of 1 October 2026: which places are listed under See and Do (selection only; no text used).",
    "planning_areas": "Master Plan 2025 Planning Area Boundary (No Sea) d_2cc750190544007400b2cfd5d7f53209, Urban Redevelopment Authority, data.gov.sg, accessed 1 October 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: the planning area each sight is in.",
    "note": "English names are the National Heritage Board's for the places it lists (name_source: NHB), otherwise Wikidata labels. Korean, Japanese and Chinese names are Wikidata labels or Wikipedia article titles where present. NHB fields keep the Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0; no terms are added to them."
  },
  "not_published": {
    "opening_hours": "No source we use carries them. The official_url is where they are.",
    "walking_time": "Every distance here is a straight line, not a walking route."
  },
  "_meta": {
    "api_version": "1",
    "site": "https://dealsingapore.com",
    "generated_at": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "NHB fields: Monuments and Historic Sites, National Heritage Board via data.gov.sg, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, modified (merged, matched to Wikidata). Names and categories: Wikidata (CC0) or NHB. Planning areas: URA Master Plan 2025, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0. Attribute dealsingapore.com and the National Heritage Board. See /llms.txt and /terms.",
    "docs": "https://dealsingapore.com/llms.txt"
  }
}