Sarratt

Sarratt
Church of the Holy Cross, Sarratt
Sarratt is located in Hertfordshire
Sarratt
Sarratt
Location within Hertfordshire
Population924 (2001 census)[1]
1,849 (2011 Census)[2]
OS grid referenceTQ045994
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRickmansworth
Postcode districtWD3
Dialling code01923
PoliceHertfordshire
FireHertfordshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
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51°41′01″N 0°29′15″W / 51.683603°N 0.487523°W / 51.683603; -0.487523

Sarratt is both a village and a civil parish in Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Rickmansworth on high ground near the county boundary with Buckinghamshire. The chalk stream, the River Chess, rising just north of Chesham in the Chiltern Hills, passes through Sarratt Bottom in the valley to the west of the village to join the River Colne in Rickmansworth. The conditions offered by the river are perfect for the cultivation of watercress. Sarratt has the only commercially operating watercress farm in Hertfordshire.[3] The valley to the east of Sarratt is dry.

  1. ^ "All people in Settlements in Hertfordshire" (PDF). 2001 Census, Key Statistics for HCC Settlements. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Village farmer only one still growing the salad leaf with health benefits". www.hemeltoday.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.