Punggol Coast Mall with Kids: Wan To Play, a Free Kelong Playground, 8 Enrichment Centres and a Hawker Centre (2026)

2 October 2026 · 14 min read

Punggol Coast Mall is not one building. It is the ground, second and third floors of eight towers along Punggol Way, numbered 80 to 98, and the kids' floor is in the last one. Tower 98, Level 3, holds Heguru, Aureus Academy, Dancepointe, Johan Taekwondo, Berries and PlayFACTO, with Mind Stretcher one floor down. Walk in from the MRT and you will never find it.

The mall opened in stages from March 2025, 15 months after Punggol Coast MRT, and it is still filling. Of its eight enrichment centres, none is on Jungle at this address, which is why this guide links the same schools' nearest listed branches instead. Heguru moved here from Oasis Terraces in March 2026.

For play there is one paid indoor playground, Wan To Play Ocean Fantasy, and one free outdoor one that the mall's own directory does not mention: a kelong-themed structure on Level 3 between Towers 82 and 84, above the bus interchange, built for ages 2 to 5. The nursing rooms, when Sassy Mama checked in May 2026, had no chairs or changing tables.

This guide covers every kids' reason to go, place by place, with the unit, the hours and the price. Where a centre publishes no fee we say so rather than guess. For the parks, pools and free playgrounds around it, read our guide to things to do with kids in Punggol.

Quick steer

• Best for a rainy hour with a toddler: Wan To Play Ocean Fantasy, $35 for two hours with one adult, #01-60.
• Best free thing: the kelong playground on Level 3 between Towers 82 and 84, then the Comics and Games Library at #01-140.
• Best class to trial first: Johan Taekwondo, free trial, #03-213. Dancepointe's trial is $20.
• Best age for this mall: 2 to 10.

Family favourites: play at Punggol Coast Mall

Two play areas and a library, all free of charge except the first. None is signposted from the MRT, so use the unit numbers.

1. Wan To Play Ocean Fantasy

Wan To Play Ocean Fantasy at #01-60/61/62 in Tower 84 is the indoor playground, and the operator calls it its largest. It is ocean themed: a two-storey climbing frame with a zipline over foam blocks, LED-lit slides into a pastel ball pit, trampolines with basketball hoops, rainbow and hinoki bean pits, kinetic sand, a fishing pond and role-play corners for police, firefighters, mechanics and a supermarket.

The two things nobody else in Punggol has are the indoor duck boat ride and the remote-control mini F1 track, each $8 on top of entry. Socks are compulsory and sold at the counter.

Why kids will love it: Driving a duck boat indoors, then a race car, then the ball pit. Best for ages 2 to 7. Two hours is the ticket; budget $16 more for the two rides, because they will ask.

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Website: Wan To Play
Address: 84 Punggol Way, #01-60/61/62, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829911. Google Maps
Opening hours: 10am to 10pm daily, last admission 7.50pm, per the operator. The mall's directory says 9am to 9pm, so confirm on the day.
Price: $35 for one child and one adult for 2 hours. Extra adult $18 (May 2025). Duck ride $8, mini F1 track $8 per session.
Ages: Toddlers to primary. The operator publishes no age limit.
Nearest MRT: Punggol Coast (NE18), Exit 1.

2. Punggol Digital District playground, Level 3

The free playground is not inside the shopping floors. It is on Level 3 between Towers 82 and 84, above the Punggol Coast Bus Interchange, and the easiest way in is the stairs in the middle of the hawker centre, then right.

Little Day Out described it on 30 April 2026: an elevated play structure built like a kelong, with a pretend hut and stove, a pulley, a funnel and tube, four kinds of bridge, low swings, a four-way rocker and tactile panels.

It is built for ages 2 to 5, so a seven-year-old will be done in ten minutes.

Why kids will love it: Hauling a bucket up the pulley and sending a ball down the wooden ramps. Best for ages 2 to 5. Bring a ping-pong ball for the ramp panel, and go before 11am; the shade is thin.

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Website: Punggol Digital District
Address: 82 Punggol Way, Level 3, between Towers 82 and 84, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829910. Google Maps
Opening hours: Open access. The hawker centre stairs are open 6am to 10pm.
Price: Free.
Ages: 2 to 5.
Nearest MRT: Punggol Coast (NE18), Exit 1.

3. Comics and Games Library

The Comics and Games Library at #01-140 in Tower 88, facing the atrium, is a National Library Board pop-up run with JTC and the board-game company Origame. It opened in May 2025 with more than 7,000 comics, graphic novels and game-themed books, a separate children's collection, and tables of board games to play on the spot, including local titles such as Kopi King and Durian Dash.

It is self-service: scan an ID at the gate or request a QR day pass. Borrowing is through the NLB app. No end date has been announced.

Why kids will love it: A library where the rule is to play the games. Best for ages 6 to 12; the children's comics skew to 10 and up. It is the free hour between a Tower 98 class and dinner.

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Website: Comics and Games Library
Address: 88 Punggol Way, #01-140, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829913. Google Maps
Opening hours: 10am to 10pm daily, including public holidays.
Price: Free.
Ages: 6 and up for the comics, any age for the games tables.
Nearest MRT: Punggol Coast (NE18), Exit 1.

4. Punggol Heritage Trail adventure playground

The adventure playground sits on the first 400-metre stretch of the Punggol Heritage Trail, which opened in 2025 beside SIT and the mall, reached from Exit 1. It is the rougher of the two outdoor options: an elevated log bridge with cargo nets, balance logs, hanging grips, a circular swing and regular swings over a sand pit, and a snakes-and-ladders board of numbered squares from 1 to 60 running up a slope.

The remaining 900 metres of trail are due by the end of 2026.

Why kids will love it: The cargo-net bridge, then counting to 60 up the hill. Best for ages 5 to 10, which makes it the pair to the toddler playground on Level 3.

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Website: Punggol Digital District, getting here
Address: Punggol Heritage Trail, off Punggol Way beside Punggol Coast MRT Exit 1, Singapore 829913. Google Maps
Opening hours: Open access, unlit after dark.
Price: Free.
Ages: 5 to 10.
Nearest MRT: Punggol Coast (NE18), Exit 1.

The small things for a parent are on Levels 1 and 2. Daiso at #02-112/113/114 is the toy and craft shop, open 10am to 10pm. MUJI at #01-55 has the children's clothing and stationery. Unihealth 24 Hr Clinic at #02-122 is open round the clock, Minmed at #01-66 until 9pm on weekdays, and Raffles Medical at #03-212 in Tower 98 is a GP, not a paediatrician. Watsons is at #01-119 and Cheers at #01-133 opens 7am to 11pm.

Learn and play: classes at Punggol Coast Mall you can book on Jungle

Eight enrichment centres operate here, seven of them in Tower 98, reached by Lift Lobby H. None is on Jungle at this address yet, so entries link the school's nearest listed branch where one exists. Two offer a free trial, one a $20 trial, and two publish full fees.

5. Heguru

Heguru at #03-220 in Tower 98 is the right-brain training school that moved here from Oasis Terraces in March 2026, its sixth centre. Courses run from 6 months to 12 years: Infant and Toddler to age 4, Preschool at 5 and 6, and a Primary course for 7 to 12, each a weekly lesson of flashcards, memory drills and speed work in a term of seven lessons.

Fees are published: $275 to $357.50 a month before GST, depending on age and whether the slot is a weekday or weekend, plus a one-time registration fee. The centre is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Why kids will love it: Flashcards at a speed that feels like a game, and a teacher who never slows down. Best for ages 1 to 4 with a parent in the room. Book a parent information session first; the method divides opinion.

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Website: Heguru Punggol Coast Mall
Address: 98 Punggol Way, Tower 98, #03-220, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829857. Google Maps
Opening hours: Wed to Sun 9am to 6pm. Closed Mon and Tue. Call 8988 3220.
Price: $275 to $357.50 a month before GST for a term of seven weekly lessons. Registration fee on enrolment. Heguru does not publish a trial price online.
Ages: 6 months to 12.

6. Aureus Academy

Aureus Academy at #03-222 is the music school, one-to-one lessons in piano, drums, guitar, violin and voice, with a Musical Adventure class for the youngest. It is the one centre in the building with a full price list: three monthly packages of four lessons, $279 for 30 minutes, $399 for 45 minutes and $519 for 60 minutes, with books, a progress portal and a certificate at each stage included. Trials are booked online.

Its nearest branch on Jungle is at NEX in Serangoon, four stops down the North East Line.

Why kids will love it: A drum kit they are allowed to hit, and a trophy at the end of every adventure. Best for ages 5 and up who want an instrument rather than a music-and-movement class.

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Website: Aureus Academy Punggol Coast
Address: 98 Punggol Way, Tower 98, #03-222, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829857. Google Maps
Opening hours: By lesson timetable. Call 6027 9463.
Price: $279, $399 or $519 a month for four 30, 45 or 60-minute lessons. Trial bookable online.
Ages: 2.5 to 18.

7. Dancepointe Academy

Dancepointe at #03-214 opened in November 2025, the newest of its 18 branches, and its own website has not caught up: the branch page still lists only Oasis Terraces for Punggol. The mall's directory has it, with hours. It teaches ballet to the RAD and CSTD syllabi, jazz, hip hop, K-pop and contemporary from age 3, and the trial class is $20, booked online, the cheapest first lesson in the building.

Its Oasis Terraces branch is on Jungle if you want the longer timetable.

Why kids will love it: A $20 chance to find out whether they want ballet or K-pop before anyone buys shoes. Best for ages 3 to 10. Weekend mornings fill first.

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Website: Dancepointe Academy trial
Address: 98 Punggol Way, Tower 98, #03-214, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829857. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Fri 1pm to 9pm. Sat and Sun 9am to 6pm. Call 6565 6368.
Price: Trial $20. Dancepointe does not publish its term fees online.
Ages: 3 to 18.

8. Johan Taekwondo

Johan Taekwondo at #03-213 is the Punggol branch of the Korean-run institute, its tenth school, and the only class in the mall that advertises a free trial. Classes are Toddler, Kids and Teens and Adults, with a competition team. Institute hours are Tuesday and Thursday 2.30pm to 9.30pm, Wednesday and Friday to 8.30pm, and weekends 9am to 6.30pm, closed Mondays and public holidays; the mall's directory lists 10am to 10pm, so go by the institute. Fees are not published.

Why kids will love it: Kicking a pad as hard as they are allowed to, with a master counting in Korean. Best for ages 4 to 10. Book the free trial for a Saturday morning Toddler or Kids slot.

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Website: Johan Taekwondo locations
Address: 98 Punggol Way, Tower 98, #03-213, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829857. Google Maps
Opening hours: Tue and Thu 2.30pm to 9.30pm. Wed and Fri 2.30pm to 8.30pm. Sat and Sun 9am to 6.30pm. Closed Mon and public holidays. WhatsApp 8969 8602.
Price: Free trial session. Johan Taekwondo does not publish its term fees online.
Ages: 3 to 18.

9. Mind Stretcher

Mind Stretcher at #02-211, one floor below the others in Tower 98, is the tuition chain's fifth Punggol centre and the one that publishes every fee. Pre-Primary phonics and P1 Prep are $218 a month on weekdays and $239.80 at weekends; Lower Primary $239.80 and $261.60; Upper Primary $261.60 and $283.40; Secondary $283.40 and $305.20, all for four two-hour weekly lessons, plus a $76.30 registration fee.

The trial is one week of unlimited classes across all subjects for $107.91. The centre opens only Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and weekends.

Why kids will love it: Not the point. Parents will like the published price list and the P1 Prep class for K2 children. Best for Primary 3 upwards.

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Website: Mind Stretcher locations
Address: 98 Punggol Way, Tower 98, #02-211, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829857. Google Maps
Opening hours: Tue, Thu and Fri 2pm to 7pm. Sat and Sun 9am to 6pm. Call 6970 8200.
Price: $218 to $305.20 a month for four two-hour lessons, by level and day. Registration $76.30. One-week unlimited trial $107.91.
Ages: 5 to 16.

10. Berries World of Learning School

Berries at #03-216 is the Chinese language school, teaching to the MOE syllabus from N1 to Primary 6 with the storytelling and drama the brand built its name on. Its own website still lists six centres and not this one, so the unit and hours here come from the mall's directory, which has it open Wednesday afternoons, Thursday and Friday to 9.15pm and weekends from 8.15am. Fees are not published.

Why kids will love it: Chinese taught as a story to act out rather than a list to copy. Best for ages 5 to 10. Call before the first visit; the website will not help you.

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Website: Berries World of Learning
Address: 98 Punggol Way, Tower 98, #03-216, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829857. Google Maps
Opening hours: Wed 1.30pm to 6.45pm. Thu and Fri 1.30pm to 9.15pm. Sat and Sun 8.15am to 6pm. Closed Mon and Tue. Call 6870 5185.
Price: Berries does not publish its term fees online.
Ages: 3 to 12.

11. The Go Academy

The Go Academy at #01-224 in Tower 98 is the odd one out: a school for the board game Go, or weiqi, the only one in a Singapore mall that we know of. Its website is a single page with no programme, age or fee information, and the mall directory lists it open 10am to 10pm daily, which is a venue's hours rather than a class timetable. Treat it as a phone call first.

Why kids will love it: Black and white stones, a 19-by-19 board and a game that takes five minutes to learn and a lifetime to master. Best for ages 6 to 12 who already like chess.

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Website: The Go Academy
Address: 98 Punggol Way, Tower 98, #01-224, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829857. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mall directory lists 10am to 10pm daily. Call 9199 0946 for class times.
Price: The Go Academy does not publish its class fees online.
Ages: Best for 6 to 12.

12. PlayFACTO School

PlayFACTO at #03-217/218 is student care, not a class: a licensed after-school centre for primary pupils with school pick-up, lunch, supervised homework and spelling, and its own STEAM, coding and creative maths blocks in the afternoon. In the school holidays, on marking days and e-learning days it runs 7am to 7pm. Tours are bookable. Its Northshore Plaza centre, ten minutes away, is on Jungle.

Why kids will love it: Homework done by 5pm, then robotics with friends from school rather than a tutor's table. Best for Primary 1 to 4. Book a weekday afternoon tour to see it full.

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Website: PlayFACTO School Punggol Coast
Address: 98 Punggol Way, Tower 98, #03-217/218, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829857. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Fri 10am to 7pm, Sat and Sun 9am to 1pm per the mall directory. School holidays, marking and e-learning days 7am to 7pm. WhatsApp 8945 2094.
Price: PlayFACTO does not publish its fees online. Tours bookable.
Ages: 6 to 12.

One more is coming. E-Bridge Pre-School takes the whole of Level 3 in Tower 82, #03-27 to 38, with infant care, childcare and kindergarten, opening in November 2026, 7am to 7pm on weekdays. It is the first E-Bridge outside a housing estate.

Two of the eight offer a free trial. For the island-wide list, read our guide to free trial classes for kids in Singapore. Browse Punggol Coast Mall classes on Jungle.

Eat with kids at Punggol Coast Mall

There is no food court inside the mall, and it does not need one: the Punggol Coast Hawker Centre is on Level 2 of Tower 84. Of the 40 or so food outlets, one has a published children's price, Paradise Hotpot. The rest is toast, sushi and fast food.

13. Punggol Coast Hawker Centre

The hawker centre at #02-55 in Tower 84 opened on 25 July 2025 with 40 stalls, 34 of them cooked food, and 576 seats at 121 fixed tables. It is reached by the escalators from Level 1, or from Lobby C if you parked. The stall list runs from a 50-year-old braised duck stall to a Michelin Bib Gourmand Hokkien mee, with curry puffs and min jiang kueh for the child who wants neither.

The nursing room is outside the toilets here, which matters because the mall's own rooms were unequipped in May 2026. The free playground is up the stairs in the middle of the hall.

Why kids will love it: A curry puff, then the playground upstairs without leaving the building. Best for any age. Go before noon on a weekend; the 576 seats are full by 12.30pm.

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Website: Punggol Coast Hawker Centre stall list
Address: 84 Punggol Way, #02-55, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829911. Google Maps
Opening hours: 6am to 10pm daily; stalls vary.
Price: Hawker prices.
Nearest MRT: Punggol Coast (NE18), Exit 1.

14. Paradise Hotpot: under-fives free, 5 to 12 half price

Paradise Hotpot at #02-120 in Tower 88 is the Hong Kong style individual hotpot buffet, and the one restaurant here with a children's price. Children under five eat free and 5 to 12 year olds pay half. The adult Value Set is from $19.90 for 80 minutes, with nine soup bases, a self-service counter of snacks and ice cream, and free-flow drinks; students and over-60s get $3 off before 4.30pm on weekdays.

One caution: the mall's own directory, updated in September 2026, does not list it, though Sassy Mama had it open in May 2026. Call 6797 0635 before you promise a child the ice cream machine.

Why kids will love it: Their own pot, their own mild broth, and unlimited soft serve. Best for ages 4 and up who can sit near a hob. Weekday lunch is the quiet session.

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Website: Paradise Hotpot
Address: 88 Punggol Way, #02-120, Punggol Coast Mall, Singapore 829913. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Fri 11.30am to 10pm. Sat, Sun and public holidays 11am to 10pm. Last order 8.30pm.
Price: Under 5 free. 5 to 12 half price. Adult Value Set from $19.90 for 80 minutes. Prices from the outlet's 2025 flyer.
Nearest MRT: Punggol Coast (NE18), Exit 1.

The rest of the kid-friendly list

• Jollibee, #01-118: Jolly Spaghetti $5.30 and Chickenjoy, no kids' meal in Singapore. Fri to Sun from 10am.
• Sukiya, #01-86/87: gyudon from $4.90 in a small bowl, 10am to 10pm, the fastest hot meal here.
• Sushi-GO, #02-116/117: conveyor plates from $1.80 and robot servers, which settles the argument.
• Din Tai Fung, #01-126/127: xiao long bao from $12.80, high chairs, queue after 6pm.
• Burger King, #02-119: 9am to 9pm, the shortest hours of the fast food.
• Song Fa Bak Kut Teh, #01-215, Tower 98: the rice-and-soup dinner after a Level 3 class.
• Paradise Classic, #01-52: the group's sit-down restaurant, no children's price published.
• Swee Heng 1989, #01-63, and BreadTalk, #01-121: the bakeries for the class snack.
• Toast Box, #01-128, Fun Toast, #01-132, and Ya Kun, #02-53: all open 7.30am, for breakfast before a 9am Saturday class.
• Cocoa Pods, #01-57: the reward, sold by the piece.
• Café&Meal MUJI, #01-53: deli sets from $14.80, last order 8pm.
• FairPrice Finest, #01-217 and #02-217, Tower 98: 8am to 11pm, two floors.

For a food court with a kids' corner, Waterway Point is one MRT stop and a short walk away, and the Punggol guide linked above lists the hawker centres.

Family facilities at Punggol Coast Mall

• Nursing rooms: Levels 1 and 2, next to the toilets. When Sassy Mama checked in May 2026 they had no nursing chairs and no changing tables. Ask at the counter whether that has changed.
• Hawker centre nursing room: outside the toilets at the Punggol Coast Hawker Centre, #02-55, Tower 84.
• Stroller loan and family lots: neither is mentioned on the district's own site. Lifts serve every tower; Lift Lobby H is the one for Tower 98.
• Car park: entry from Punggol Way near Towers 80, 82 and 84. Lobby C is the closest to the hawker centre. Taxi and private-hire drop-off at 90 Punggol Way.
• Car park, weekdays: 6am to 5.59pm $1.09 per 30 minutes. 6pm to 5.59am $2.73 per entry. Fifteen minutes' grace.
• Car park, weekends: $2.73 per entry all day on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Motorcycles $1.09 per entry, no grace.
• Parking rebate: none published.
• Clinics: Unihealth 24 Hr Clinic at #02-122, Minmed at #01-66, Raffles Medical at #03-212. None lists paediatrics.
• Mall hours: 10am to 10pm daily. The hawker centre opens at 6am, Cheers at 7am.

Getting there

Punggol Coast Mall is the ground floors of the Punggol Digital District towers on Punggol Way, built around the North East Line's last station.

• By MRT: Punggol Coast (NE18), opened 10 December 2024, has two exits inside the Nexus building. Exit 1 opens into the air-conditioned Level 1 shops and the bus interchange; Exit 2 opens onto the open-air plaza towards SIT.
• By bus: Punggol Coast Bus Interchange, open since 29 June 2025, has 34, 34A, 44, 104, 117, 117M and 381. 84W and 84G stop on Punggol Way outside the station.
• By car and taxi: the car park entrance is on Punggol Way at Towers 80 to 84, and the drop-off point is at 90 Punggol Way. Teck Lee LRT (PW2) is a longer walk than the map suggests.

Make a day of it

Punggol has more free play than any other north-east town, and most of it is one MRT stop away.

• Waterway Point, 83 Punggol Central, one stop to Punggol: Happy Park on Level 2 is a free wet-and-dry playground, open 10am to 7pm, and two classes there are on Jungle, ARTARY at #02-03 and Edvox Music and Dance at #02-08. Heguru's other Punggol centre is at #02-07.
• Oasis Terraces, 681 Punggol Drive: rooftop playgrounds, Merry Haus indoor play from $12, and My Gym and Cristofori Music School on Level 3. Our guide to Oasis Terraces with kids has every unit.
• Punggol Regional Library, 1 Punggol Drive at One Punggol: five floors, a Toy Library and Spark!Lab, open 10am to 9pm daily, closed on public holidays.
• Splash @ Kidz Amaze, SAFRA Punggol, 9 Sentul Crescent: a three-storey indoor water playground with five slides, from $19 a child on weekdays, listed on Jungle.
• Punggol Point Cove and Northshore, off Northshore Drive: the free animal-themed HDB playgrounds, a seven-minute walk from the mall, unaffected by the park works.
• Closed right now: Punggol Waterway Park and Coney Island Park, for upgrading from 11 August 2026 to 31 December 2027, and the Level 5 water playground at Oasis Terraces.

At a glance

Punggol Coast Mall is a mall where the kids' floor is in the last tower and the best playground is above the bus interchange, and once you know that it is the easiest class run in Punggol. Book a trial before you go, and browse every enrichment class in Punggol on Jungle.