The invention discloses a method for synthesizing Roxatidine intermediate 3-(1-piperidinyl methyl) phenol and relates to the technical field of organic synthesis. M-anisyl alcohol which is cheap and easy to obtain is used as a raw material and firstly reacts with sulfinyl chloride to produce m-methoxybenzyl chloride, then the m-methoxybenzyl chloride reacts with piperidine to produce 3-(1-piperidinyl methyl) anisole, and finally demethoxylation is performed in hydrobromic acid to obtain the target product 3-(1-piperidinyl methyl) phenol. The route is clear, the yield is high, the amount of produced waste water, gas and residues is small, the recycling of solvent can be realized, the preparation cost is reduced and the cost is less than half of the cost of the original route.