| Official Name: | Kollam Cantonment |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kollam#Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kollam, India |
| Coordinates: | 8.8812°N 76.5991°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kollam |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Utc Offset: | +5.30 |
| Postal Code: | 691001 |
| Area Code: | 0474 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kollam |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kollam Municipal Corporation |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Avg. summer temperature |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 34°C |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Avg. winter temperature |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | 22°C |
| Website: | http://www.kollam.nic.in |
Kollam Cantonment (originally Quilon Cantonment) is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Kollam. It arose as a cantonment of the British Raj in the 17th century. It is now a thickly populated area of the city of Kollam. Some of the important business centres, shopping complexes and Government offices are located here.[1] Kollam Junction railway station is also located near to cantonment area.
Kollam(Quilon) was one of the trade hubs in British India. Kollam Port had trades history with Phoenicians, Arabs and Chinese etc. The city was conquered by Portuguese, Dutch and British people during 16th to 18th centuries.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Considering the importance, a British garrison was stationed in Kollam which was subsequently reduced to a native regiment, as a protective force for the then Maharaja of the erstwhile state of Travancore. The garrison was situated at the Cantonment Maidan during those days.[7]
The Kollam Corporation Town Hall, named the C. Kesavan Memorial Municipal Town Hall in the memory of C. Kesavan – a freedom fighter and former Chief Minister of erstwhile Travancore-Cochin state – is a decades-old building situated on the National Highway passing through the Cantonment.[8] [9] The building is now one of the main venues for several cultural events and meetings.[10] [11] Apart from the town hall, there are other buildings of note in the Cantonment area.