The cottage in The Holiday – Rosehill Cottage, where Kate Winslet’s character Iris lives – is set in the countryside of Surrey, England , in the Surrey Hills area.

Where the film says it is

In the movie, Rosehill Cottage is portrayed as a tiny, picture-perfect cottage in a charming English village a couple of hours outside London.

The story places it in the Surrey Hills , a real Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in south-east England.

Real-life filming and inspiration

  • Rosehill Cottage itself was not a real house ; it was a set built in a field near the village of Shere, Surrey.
  • The cottage design was inspired by a real property called Honeysuckle Cottage in Holmbury St Mary, Surrey , which you can still see in real life and which has been listed for rent at times.

Can you stay there?

You cannot stay in the exact Rosehill Cottage from the movie because that building was only a temporary set and was taken down after filming.

However, Honeysuckle Cottage and other similar chocolate-box cottages around Shere and Holmbury St Mary in Surrey sometimes appear as holiday rentals , letting fans recreate a The Holiday -style getaway.

TL;DR: Rosehill Cottage is set in the Surrey Hills in England, filmed via a set near Shere, Surrey , and inspired by Honeysuckle Cottage in Holmbury St Mary, Surrey.

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