Hawker centres closed for cleaning in October 2026: every date, plus long closures

Hong Lim Food Centre stays shut for cleaning until Wednesday 7 October, and East Coast Lagoon Food Village, Golden Mile Food Centre and both Redhill centres follow later in the month. Three more centres are closed for weeks for repairs and redecoration, and Bukit Timah Market remains shut for redevelopment.

Golden Mile Food Centre at 505 Beach Road
Golden Mile Food Centre at 505 Beach Road closes for cleaning from 26 to 29 October. Photo: NEA

Closed this week

Hong Lim Food Centre and Market at Blk 531A Upper Cross Street is closed from Monday 5 to Wednesday 7 October. It has 103 cooked food stalls and 40 market stalls.

Serangoon Garden Market at 49A Serangoon Garden Way closes on 5 and 6 October, so Tuesday is its last day shut. Blk 112 Jalan Bukit Merah had its one-day clean on Monday 5 October.

The late-September round has finished. Old Airport Road Blk 51 was closed from 28 September to 1 October, and 85 Fengshan Centre at Bedok North Street 4, Bedok Reservoir Road Blk 630 and Tampines Round Market at Tampines Street 11 Blk 137 were closed from 28 September to 2 October.

Week of 12 October

Five centres close for cleaning in the same week:

  • Sembawang Hills Food Centre (Jalan Leban Food Centre), 590 Upper Thomson Road: Monday 12 October only
  • Sims Vista Market and Food Centre, Blk 49 Sims Place: 12 and 13 October
  • Teban Gardens Market and Food Centre, Blk 37A Teban Gardens Road: 12 and 13 October
  • East Coast Lagoon Food Village, 1220 East Coast Parkway: 12 to 14 October
  • Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Blk 210: 12 to 14 October

East Coast Lagoon Food Village has 63 cooked food stalls. Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Blk 210 has 80 cooked food stalls and 77 market stalls.

Entrance arch of East Coast Lagoon Food Village
East Coast Lagoon Food Village closes for cleaning from 12 to 14 October. Photo: NEA

Week of 26 October

Redhill Market at Blk 79 Redhill Lane and Redhill Food Centre at Blk 85 Redhill Lane both close on Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 October. The market has 122 stalls and the food centre has 96.

Golden Mile Food Centre at 505 Beach Road has the month’s longest cleaning closure, from Monday 26 to Thursday 29 October. It has 112 cooked food stalls and 111 market stalls.

Long closures for repairs

Changi Village Blk 2 and 3 on Changi Village Road is closed for repairs and redecoration from 1 to 15 October. The centre has 87 cooked food stalls and 42 market stalls.

Kim Keat Palm Market and Food Centre at Blk 22 Toa Payoh Lorong 7 has been closed since 14 September and stays closed until 13 December. Clementi West Street 2 Blk 726 closed on the same day, 14 September, and is shut until 27 December.

Bukit Timah Market is closed for redevelopment until 2029, a date NEA lists as tentative.

Telok Blangah Rise Market at Blk 36 Telok Blangah Rise is next on the repairs list, closed from 1 November to 31 December.

Mei Chua
Mei Chua
Mei Chua is Little Big Red Dot's Food & Drinks Editor. She is the warm, stylish, food-loving voice readers trust when they want to know whether a restaurant, café, buffet, tasting menu, or new food trend is actually worth their time and money. She writes with honesty, warmth, and a genuine love for good food.

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