Malaysia Travel Perak Ipoh Heritage Walk Trail - Papan Heritage Village 甲板古镇

Malaysia Travel Perak Ipoh Heritage Walk Trail - Papan Heritage Village 甲板古镇 (2024 0604)

Address: 106, A188, 31550 Pusing, Perak, Malaysia

Plus Code: G276+VR Pusing, Perak, Malaysia

Fascinating place town of Papan. Plenty of tin mining history - Tin mines were established in and around the area in 1877, Papan is the earliest tin frontiers in Kinta. The whole village was neatly kept and the only overgrown shrub was found inside the abandoned buildings.

Papan Koon Yim Temple观音古庙 (Goddess of Mercy Temple) (G277+CV Pusing, Perak, Malaysia)

Believed to be constructed in 1847 and rebuilt in 1898.

Along the Road Zinc House (A188)

Huge Bayan Tree at the roadside (A188)

Fire Hydrants

Yap See Mansion, once the residence of a wealthy tin miner & estate owner.

Forgotten pre-war shophouses along the main road (A188)

106, A188, 31550 Pusing, Perak, Malaysia (G277+M3 Pusing, Perak, Malaysia)

Balai Raya, Papan (G276+QX Pusing, Perak, Malaysia)

Dewan Orang Ramai Papan - Community center (G276+PR Pusing, Perak, Malaysia)

With public toilet facilities here

Papan Tourist Information Centre

Street opposite Dewan Orang Ramai Papan

Turn Right onto Middle Lane

Gold fish mural on the floor

Malaysia New Village History Gallery 马来西亚新村历史馆 (G276+WH Pusing, Perak, Malaysia)

Papan Heritage Gallery甲板生活文物馆 - Open at 8am – 6pm

Display life was like in Papan Village before there was any electricity. There is even an old well and many vintage furniture on display.

Papan Middle Alley

Turn Right onto Main Road (A188)

SJK (C) Papan甲板国民型华文小学 (G286+3R Pusing, Perak, Malaysia)

House of Sybil Kathigasu (Former clinic) - local war hero Sybil Kathigasu, She was a nurse who operated a clinic in the building to aid the Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army during World War II. (Temporarily closed)