Saffron Hill

Saffron Hill is a street and former ward in Holborn, in the south eastern corner of the London Borough of Camden, between Farringdon Road and Hatton Garden.

The name of the street derives from the fact that it was at one time part of an estate on which saffron grew.

[2] Saffron Hill is mentioned in the Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, as the Italian Quarter where the Venucci family can be found.

Annually On the nearest Sunday to July 16 the procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel takes place, a Roman Catholic manifestation of faith starting from St Peter's RC Church on Clerkenwell Road.

Saffron Hill has become more residential in recent years with the building of several blocks of 'luxury' apartments, including Da Vinci House situated in the former "Punch magazine" printworks and the architecturally distinctive Ziggurat Building.

Saffron Hill looking south in 2006
A map showing the Saffron Hill ward of Holborn Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1952.