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Church of the Holy Cross, Sarratt |
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Sarratt
Sarratt shown within Hertfordshire |
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| Population | 924 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | TQ045994 |
| District | Three Rivers |
| Shire county | Hertfordshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Rickmansworth |
| Postcode district | WD3 |
| Dialling code | 01923 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | South West Hertfordshire |
| List of places: UK • England • Hertfordshire | |
Sarratt is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, on the border of the county with Buckinghamshire. Sarratt is near Chesham, and the River Chess passes through the village.
The flint and brick Church of the Holy Cross was founded in 1190 in the hamlet of Sarratt. From the 17th century a large linear village known as Sarratt Green developed nearly a mile away. It is now simply called Sarratt and the original hamlet is now known as Church End.
In the novels of John le Carré, Sarratt was the fictional location of an agent training school and interrogation centre for the British intelligence service, MI6.[2] Le Carré and former KGB Colonel Mikhail Lyubimov contributed stories to Sarratt and the Draper of Watford, a book published by Village Books in 1999 as a fund-raiser for village charities.[3]
Sarratt has been used as a location in numerous television and film productions including