Saffron Square (formerly known as Wellesley Square) is a town square and high-rise building in Croydon, United Kingdom. The purple and red Saffron Tower is currently the second-tallest building in Croydon.
Saffron Square is part of the Croydon Vision 2020 regeneration plan for the London Borough of Croydon to add to its goal of being London's Third City. The area was developed by Berkeley Homes. Planning permission for the tower was given in April 2008,[2] and construction began in 2011, with completion in 2016.
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SaffronSquare (formerly known as Wellesley Square) is a town square and high-rise building in Croydon, United Kingdom. The purple and red Saffron Tower...
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years, and several more are being built or planned. The construction of SaffronSquare, which includes a 43-storey tower, began on Wellesley Road in 2011 and...
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when Altitude 25, a residential high-rise complex, was completed. SaffronSquare became the tallest building in Croydon in 2016 at 134 metres tall, but...
green, with a crescent and star to represent the Muslim majority, and a saffronsquare to represent the Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh and other minorities of the disputed...
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blocks are being built or have recently been built in the town centre. SaffronSquare, a residential building completed in 2016, overtook Altitude 25 as Croydon's...
continued into Dingwall Avenue and by 1976 Allders had 1,700 staff and 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) of floor space. It was a Croydon landmark and became the...
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