| Sarratt | |
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 Church of the Holy Cross, Sarratt | |
  Sarratt Location withinHertfordshire | |
| Population | 924 (2001 census)[1] 1,849 (2011 Census)[2] |
| OS grid reference | TQ045994 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Rickmansworth |
| Postcode district | WD3 |
| Dialling code | 01923 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
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Sarratt is both a village and acivil parish inThree Rivers District,Hertfordshire, England. It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) north ofRickmansworth on high ground near the county boundary withBuckinghamshire. Thechalk stream, theRiver Chess, rising just north ofChesham in theChiltern Hills, passes throughSarratt Bottom in the valley to the west of the village to join theRiver Colne in Rickmansworth. The conditions offered by the river are perfect for the cultivation ofwatercress. Sarratt has the only commercially operating watercress farm in Hertfordshire.[3] The valley to the east of Sarratt isdry.
The parish church of Sarratt is theChurch of the Holy Cross. Foundedc. 1190, construction is flint-and-brick built with, reputedly, reused Roman tiles.[4][5]
From the 17th century a large linear village developed nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) away. Nowadays, this area is referred to as Sarratt Green and the area around the church is known as Church End.The village also included aBaptist Chapel and an independentProvidence Mission Hall; both closed and converted into private residences.
When the M25 London orbital motorway – widened in 2011 to eight lanes (four each way) – . Where it passes Sarratt, it is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) distant at its nearest point, the bridge carrying Sarratt Road.
Junction 18 (M25) is on theChorleywood Road (theA404) only 2 miles (3.2 km) by road from the village.
Sarratt's Church of England school, situated near the junction of Church Lane and The Green, is the village's primary school with 160 – 170 pupils. In December 2015Ofsted inspected the school and judged it to begood across the board,[6] having been ratedinadequate since December 2014.[7]
Sarratt Ducklings, an independent pre-school for children aged from 2 to 4, located in the grounds of Sarratt Primary School, is a registered charity. It was judged outstanding by Ofsted in 2015.[8][9]
In some of the early novels ofJohn le Carré, Sarratt is the location of a fictional agent-training school and interrogation centre for the British foreign intelligence service, which is nicknamed 'the Nursery'.[10]Le Carré andMikhail Lyubimov, a former KGB colonel, contributed to a book published by Village Books in 1999 as a fund-raiser for village charities titled,Sarratt and the Draper of Watford.[11]
Sarratt has been used as a location in television and film productions, including:[12]
People and military units who have received theFreedom of the Parish of Sarratt.
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