Raffles's Landing Site

1°17′16″N 103°51′2″E / 1.28778°N 103.85056°E / 1.28778; 103.85056

The office towers at Raffles Place on the south bank of the Singapore River serve as a backdrop against Sir Stamford Raffles's statue located at Raffles' Landing Site on the river's opposite bank.

Raffles's Landing Site is the location where tradition holds that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in on 28 January 1819. The site is located at Boat Quay within the Civic District, in the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.