Sarratt

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 6° · 34% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:33

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

62US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

7 reported · August 2026▼ 36% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Burglary2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Drugs1

4 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Rickmansworth and District · Hertfordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

114 reported road collisions (2025)

28 killed or seriously injured · 168 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

45 food businesses within 2 miles

• 39 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chorleywood (3.7 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£590,232 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Three Rivers · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,826 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,275
• 2 bed £1,588
• 3 bed £1,972

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (12.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,006 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (6.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

84 charging locations within ~8 km

• 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: The Grove Hotel (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

93,770 residents in Three Rivers · 1,056/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,458
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,971
• Net moves+487

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 275 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,422 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (26% of 39,180)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

43 schools · 18,542 pupils

28 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

37 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Three Rivers

1,176 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices171
• Dentists296
• Homecare agencies330
• Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

• Within the Green Belt
• 61 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

209 applications decided

90.9% granted · 190 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Gagan Mohindra

Conservative

South West Hertfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 2
• Con 14
• LD 18
• Grn 3
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £26,468 avg

e.g. Commis Chef, Waiter/Waitress

Source: Adzuna

£892 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£37,848 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,220 certificates

7.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Nuclear 23% · Gas 17% · Biomass 16%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.0
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in WD3

• Gade And Chorleywood Health Centres
• The Colne Practice
• New Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Hertfordshire:

• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities318 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND211 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth148 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks139 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules122 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Sarratt · 0.4 km

  Sarratt is a village and civil parish in Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Rickmansworth near the border with Buckinghamshire. The chalk stream, the River Chess, r…

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  Sarratt Bottom nature reserve · 1.3 km

  Sarratt Bottom nature reserve in Hertfordshire is a 3.2-hectare (7.9-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. The site is a meadow beside the River Chess. It is an example of damp grassland which has been…

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  Belsize, Hertfordshire · 1.6 km

  Belsize is a hamlet in Sarratt civil parish, Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, England, situated less than a mile from Chipperfield and Sarratt.

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  The Manor House, Chipperfield · 2.1 km

  The Manor House is a country house in Chipperfield, Hertfordshire, England. It dates from the late medieval period. It has been listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England since December 1986.

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  Frogmore Meadows · 2.2 km

  Frogmore Meadows is a 4.6-hectare (11-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, north of the village of Chenies. It consists of two meadows in the Chilterns Area of Out…

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  South West Hertfordshire · 2.2 km

  South West Hertfordshire is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, represented since 2019 by Gagan Mohindra, a Conservative.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)