# Weld Road

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**Weld Road** ([Tamil](/source/Tamil_language): வெல்டு சாலை) is the name of a road in Rochor that connects [Jalan Besar](/source/Jalan_Besar) to [Little India, Singapore](/source/Little_India,_Singapore).[1][2] The road is named after [Frederick Weld](/source/Frederick_Weld), a British colonial administrator who served as the [Governor of the Straits Settlements](/source/Governor_of_the_Straits_Settlements) from 1880 to 1887.[3] Divided in two parts, the road starts at Kampong Kapor road in Little India and stops at Jalan Besar, before continuing all the way into [Arab Street](/source/Arab_Street); with the first half being named Upper Weld Road and the second being Secondary Weld Road.[1][2]

Historic shophouses can be seen in the Little India segment of the road, some of which had been put up for sale in 2021.[4][5] The first [Build-To-Order](/source/Build-to-Order_(Singapore)) (BTO) housing projects in Rochor, known as River Peaks I & II, are located along this road.[6][7][8] The [Jalan Besar MRT station](/source/Jalan_Besar_MRT_station) on the Downtown Line is situated at the junction of this road and the station's namesake, Jalan Besar.[7]

## See also

- [Rochor](/source/Rochor)
- [Little India](/source/Little_India,_Singapore)

## References

1. ["Weld Road (Secondary Road)"](https://www.streetdirectory.com/sg/weld-road/22192_1.html). *www.streetdirectory.com*. Retrieved 2026-03-26.

1. ["Upper Weld Road (Secondary Road)"](https://www.streetdirectory.com/sg/upper-weld-road/22125_1.html). *www.streetdirectory.com*. Retrieved 2026-03-26.

1. Savage, Victor & Yeoh, Brenda (2013). *Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics*. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish.

1. ["Keep Little India as it is"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes20170108-1.2.38.1.3?qt=%22weld%20road%22&q=%22Weld%20Road%22). *The Straits Times*. 2017-01-08. pp. 4–5.

1. ["Shophouses in Little India, Bedok and Toa Payoh for sale"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes20210916-1.2.14.1?qt=%22weld%20road%22&q=%22Weld%20Road%22). *The Business Times*. 16 September 2021. p. 14.

1. ["Many who secured Rochor BTO flats say they intend to keep living there"](https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/housing/many-who-secured-rochor-bto-flats-say-they-intend-to-keep-living-there). *The Straits Times*. 2022-05-02. [ISSN 0585-3923](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0585-3923). Retrieved 2026-03-26.

1. ["First BTO project in Rochor under new prime housing model to launch in November"](https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/housing/first-bto-project-in-rochor-under-new-prime-housing-model-to-launch-in-november). *The Straits Times*. 2021-10-27. [ISSN 0585-3923](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0585-3923). Retrieved 2026-03-26.

1. Yong, Michael (2021-11-18). ["Four-room HDB flats in Rochor in high demand, a day after first BTO launch under new prime area model"](https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/bto-hdb-flat-rochor-prime-location-mature-estates-402921). *CNA Lifestyle*. Retrieved 2026-03-26.

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