Kate Winslet at the BAFTAs in London, February 2007, two months after The Holiday opened. Photo by Caroline Bonarde Ucci. Caroline Bonarde Ucci · CC BY 3.0Kate Winslet · IrisCameron Diaz at a London premiere in June 2007, six months after the film opened. Photo by Caroline Bonarde Ucci. Caroline Bonarde Ucci · CC BY 3.0Cameron Diaz · Amanda, swapped in
Cottage · down a lane · near Shere
Listing · Los Angeles
Cameron Diaz at a London premiere in June 2007, six months after the film opened. Photo by Caroline Bonarde Ucci. Caroline Bonarde Ucci · CC BY 3.0Cameron Diaz · AmandaKate Winslet at the BAFTAs in London, February 2007, two months after The Holiday opened. Photo by Caroline Bonarde Ucci. Caroline Bonarde Ucci · CC BY 3.0Kate Winslet · Iris, swapped in
House · behind a gate · Brentwood, says the film
A home swap · two weeks · Surrey and Los Angeles · 2006
Stage · Culver CitySan Marino≈30 miles to Arthur’s
Amanda’s house, Los Angeles
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Shere, Surrey · about an hour from London
A church, a pub, a stream.
The edge of Shere under the North Downs, June 2022. Photo by Colin Smith. Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
The crew took over the village for the English half of the film. The cottage went up in a field near the church; the pub and the stream played themselves.
Church Hill, Shere, in August 2007, looking down past cottages to St James’s spire. Not the field where the cottage stood. Photo by Colin Smith. Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
A field near St James’s Church, Shere
Rosehill Cottage (a set)
Iris’s cottage was never a house. The production built its shell in a field on the hillside near St James’s Church and shot every outside scene there.
Production designer Jon Hutman places it just up the hill from St James’s Church and down the road from the White Horse.
Location manager Benjamin Greenacre describes it starting as a field, four wooden pegs and a cross bar: the cottage was standing within days, and four more weeks went on a garden meant to look 200 years old.
A real cottage was found first, but it was too far from London, where the crew was based.
There is no cottage to find: only its front was ever built, in a field near the church, and no exact spot is published. Keep to the lanes. The photograph is Church Hill, looking down to the church, not the field.
Where we read itSt James’s Church, Shere, from the west, September 2019. Photo by BabelStone. BabelStone · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Square, Shere
St James’s Church
The cottage’s outside was built in a field next to the church.
The church was built around 1190 on the site of a Saxon church recorded in the Domesday survey of 1086.
An anchoress’s cell was once attached to its north wall, with a squint window into the church.
A working parish church in the middle of the village. Go in quietly and check service times before you visit.
Where we read itThe White Horse, Shere Lane, March 2014. Photo by Hassocks5489. Hassocks5489 · CC0
Shere Lane, Shere
The White Horse
Amanda and Graham drink together at the White Horse, which plays itself.
Greenacre says the village stayed generous even when the crew had to close the local pub for a couple of days.
It is Grade II listed. The Independent and Country & Town House date it to 1425; the pub’s own page says 1475.
A working pub: 11am to 10pm Monday to Thursday, 9am to 11pm Friday and Saturday, 9am to 10pm Sunday.
Where we read it
Peach Pubs
The Drummond at Albury
Albury, Surrey
A pub with rooms on The Street, Albury,, set in the Surrey Hills. Rates on booking.
Church Street, Godalming, 16 December 2023. Photo by Colin Smith. Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church Street, Godalming
Church Street, Godalming
Amanda drives into the village along Church Street, Godalming.
Her village market was a candle shop in Godalming: Meyers felt the real local shops looked too much like a 7-Eleven.
Hutman says putting Shere’s square together with Godalming’s Church Street made the perfect village.
A street of old timber-framed shops in the middle of the town, about eight miles from Shere. Walk it; the shop that played the market is not named in our sources.
Where we read itThe Street, Wonersh, September 2022: the village, not the Mill House. Photo by Colin Smith. Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Wonersh, near Guildford
Graham’s house
The outside of Graham’s family home was filmed at a private house in Wonersh.
Wonersh is a parish in the Surrey Hills National Landscape.
A private home. It is not mapped, and the photograph is The Street in Wonersh, not the house.
Where we read it
Amanda and Graham’s country lunch
Lunch in two countries.
They drive out, walk the grounds of an English manor and go in to eat. The walk is Oxfordshire. The dining room is Beverly Hills.
Cornwell Manor across its lawn, September 2019. Photo by AJD. AJD · CC BY-SA 2.0
Greystone Mansion’s terrace, November 2013. Photo by Edward Stojakovic. Edward Stojakovic · CC BY 2.0
Outside · Oxfordshire
Cornwell Manor, Oxfordshire: the drive, the walk and the outside of lunch.
Cornwell Manor across its lawn, September 2019. Photo by AJD. AJD · CC BY-SA 2.0
Cornwell, near Chipping Norton
Cornwell Manor
The outside of Amanda and Graham’s country lunch, and the drive-and-walk montage around it, were filmed at Cornwell Manor.
Meyers says in her DVD commentary that the montage was a nod to the 1966 French film A Man and a Woman.
The house sits on a 2,000-acre estate on the Oxfordshire–Gloucestershire border.
A private estate, hired for weddings and events from May to October and for house stays; no public opening is advertised. The pin is the hamlet.
Where we read itGreystone Mansion’s terrace, November 2013. Photo by Edward Stojakovic. Edward Stojakovic · CC BY 2.0
905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills
Greystone Mansion
The inside of that English country lunch was filmed here, in Beverly Hills.
The Tudor-style house was finished in 1928 and became a city park in 1971.
Beverly Hills keeps the grounds open 10am to 6pm every day.
A city park: the grounds are open 10am to 6pm daily. The first floor and the theatre open one weekend day a month, January to November, on the Inside the Mansion programme; book ahead.
Where we read it
Los Angeles · Iris’s half of the swap
Next door, 30 miles away.
Eli Wallach at a Washington bookshop in 2002, four years before he played Arthur. Photo by John Mathew Smith. John Mathew Smith (Kingkongphoto) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Eli Wallach was 90 when he played Arthur Abbott, the old screenwriter next door. Meyers found him so lively that she kept reminding him to slow down and move like an older man.
In the film Iris walks next door to Arthur’s. In life the gate she arrives at is in San Marino and Arthur’s door is in Brentwood. The homes are private: we name the streets and show public views nearby.
A tree-lined street in San Marino, June 2014; not Orlando Road. Photo by Ken Lund. Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0
Orlando Road, San Marino
Amanda’s house
The film sets Amanda’s house in Brentwood, but its gate and outside were filmed at a house in San Marino, next to Pasadena.
The architect Wallace Neff built the house for his own family in 1928.
LA Mag puts it about 30 miles east of the house that played Arthur’s, so the two neighbours were never neighbours.
A private home behind a gate. It is not mapped, and the photograph is another street in San Marino, not the house or its road.
Where we read itThe Brentwood sign on San Vicente Boulevard, December 2023; not the house or its street. Photo by Jengod. Jengod · CC0
South Rockingham Avenue, Brentwood
Arthur’s house
Arthur’s house was the Brentwood home of the comedian Phyllis Diller, who bought it in 1965 and lived there until 2012.
According to the production notes, Hutman chose it for its old-Hollywood glamour.
Locations Hub thinks Diller’s office was dressed as Arthur’s study.
A private home. It is not mapped, and the photograph is the Brentwood sign on San Vicente Boulevard, not the house or its street.
Where we read itNeutra’s own VDL Research House on Silver Lake Boulevard, July 2013; not the Ohara House. Photo by MikeJiroch. MikeJiroch · CC BY-SA 3.0
Neutra Place, Silver Lake
Miles’s house
Miles’s house is a Richard Neutra house on Neutra Place in Silver Lake.
Locations Hub identifies it as the Ohara House, built in 1961, one of the Neutra homes around Silver Lake Boulevard.
A private home. It is not mapped, and the photograph is Neutra’s own VDL Research House on Silver Lake Boulevard, not Miles’s house.
Where we read itRodeo Drive near Dayton Way, Beverly Hills, September 2010: the neighbourhood, not the restaurant. Photo by Prayitno. Prayitno · CC BY 2.0
9560 Dayton Way, Beverly Hills
The Grill on the Alley
Arthur takes Iris to lunch at The Grill on the Alley.
Meyers sat them in the middle of the room, as everyday people rather than at a special table.
The Grill opened in Beverly Hills in 1984.
We couldn’t confirm from the Grill’s own site that this room still trades; check before you go. The photograph is Rodeo Drive, a block away.
Where we read it
Viator · Ad / affiliate
Tours round Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Live marketplace results for Beverly Hills, home of Greystone and the Grill. None is about this film.
Kate Winslet at the BAFTAs in London, February 2007, two months after The Holiday opened. Photo by Caroline Bonarde Ucci. Caroline Bonarde Ucci · CC BY 3.0
Kate Winslet · Iris
Cameron Diaz at a London premiere in June 2007, six months after the film opened. Photo by Caroline Bonarde Ucci. Caroline Bonarde Ucci · CC BY 3.0
Cameron Diaz · Amanda
Jude Law at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 2006, three months before the film opened. Photo by Tony Shek. Tony Shek · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jude Law · Graham
Jack Black on stage at the Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, on 17 November 2006, three weeks before the film opened. Photo by Justin. Justin · CC BY 2.0
Jack Black · Miles
Nancy Meyers at a talk in November 2008, two years after The Holiday. Photo by thedemonhog. thedemonhog · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nancy Meyers · writer and director
Eli Wallach at a Washington bookshop in 2002, four years before he played Arthur. Photo by John Mathew Smith. John Mathew Smith (Kingkongphoto) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Eli Wallach · Arthur
Parts with names on.
Meyers wrote Iris with Winslet in mind and Miles for Black after seeing School of Rock. Iris is named after Jude Law’s young daughter.
Where we read it
Iris written for Winslet; Miles for Black; Iris named after Law’s daughter.
Dustin Hoffman was on his way to rent a film when he saw the lights of the shoot at a video shop, walked over, and Meyers, who knew him, wrote a short scene with him in it.
Filming ran from 4 January to 15 June 2006, starting and ending in Los Angeles with a month in England. It opened in the US on 8 December 2006 and took $205.8 million worldwide on an $85 million budget. Hans Zimmer wrote the score.
The main gate of the Sony Pictures lot, Culver City, May 2008. Photo by Coolcaesar. Coolcaesar · CC BY-SA 3.0
10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City
Sony Pictures Studios
Both homes were built inside here: the rooms of Iris’s cottage and of Amanda’s house were sets at Sony Pictures Studios.
Amanda’s rooms alone came to close to 8,000 square feet of sets.
Sony runs a two-hour walking tour of the lot, Monday to Friday, for $55; reservations are required and children must be 12 or over.
A working studio lot. Inside only on the guided tour: about two hours on foot, Monday to Friday, $55, ages 12 and up, booked ahead.
Where we read it
The Culver Hotel
The Culver Hotel
Culver City
A 1924 landmark hotel at 9400 Culver Boulevard with 46 rooms and suites, in the same city as the lot where both homes’ rooms were built. Rates on booking.
8 places you can visit. The cottage field and four private homes are named but not mapped.
Where it is now
8 places you can visit in Surrey, Oxfordshire and Los Angeles. Private homes are not mapped.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working parish church in the middle of the village. Go in quietly and check service times before you visit.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working pub: 11am to 10pm Monday to Thursday, 9am to 11pm Friday and Saturday, 9am to 10pm Sunday.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: area · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The stream runs through the village centre, crossed by a ford and wooden footbridges on public lanes.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A street of old timber-framed shops in the middle of the town, about eight miles from Shere. Walk it; the shop that played the market is not named in our sources.
1St James’s Church, Shere, from the west, September 2019. Photo by BabelStone. BabelStone · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Square, Shere
St James’s Church
The cottage’s outside was built in a field next to the church.
A working parish church in the middle of the village. Go in quietly and check service times before you visit.
Where we read it
2The White Horse, Shere Lane, March 2014. Photo by Hassocks5489. Hassocks5489 · CC0
Shere Lane, Shere
The White Horse
Amanda and Graham drink together at the White Horse, which plays itself.
A working pub: 11am to 10pm Monday to Thursday, 9am to 11pm Friday and Saturday, 9am to 10pm Sunday.
Where we read it
3A wooden footbridge over the Tillingbourne in Shere, 2 January 2026. Photo by Colin Smith. Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Middle Street and the ford, Shere
The Tillingbourne in Shere
Amanda runs across a footbridge over the Tillingbourne.
The stream runs through the village centre, crossed by a ford and wooden footbridges on public lanes.
Where we read it
4Church Street, Godalming, 16 December 2023. Photo by Colin Smith. Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church Street, Godalming
Church Street, Godalming
Amanda drives into the village along Church Street, Godalming.
A street of old timber-framed shops in the middle of the town, about eight miles from Shere. Walk it; the shop that played the market is not named in our sources.
Where we read it
Stay
An inn and a hotel.
A pub with rooms in the Surrey Hills, and a 1924 hotel in Culver City.
Peach Pubs
The Drummond at Albury
Albury, Surrey
A pub with rooms on The Street, Albury,, set in the Surrey Hills. Rates on booking.
A 1924 landmark hotel at 9400 Culver Boulevard with 46 rooms and suites, in the same city as the lot where both homes’ rooms were built. Rates on booking.
The grounds of the house that played the inside of the English lunch are open 10am to 6pm daily; the first floor and theatre open one weekend day a month, January to November. Reservations recommended.
Dates, prices, rooms and stock change: confirm with the provider before you travel or buy. A stay or tour is described as a filming location only where the card says so.
Every particular
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
13 of 13 places · 14 of 14 Moments
Rosehill Cottage (a set)
A field near St James’s Church, Shere
Rosehill Cottage
Every outside scene at Iris’s cottage was filmed at a shell built in a field near St James’s Church.
St James’s Church
The Square, Shere
The field by the church
The cottage’s outside went up in a field next to St James’s Church.
The White Horse
Shere Lane, Shere
A drink at the White Horse
Amanda and Graham drink together at the White Horse.
The Tillingbourne in Shere
Middle Street and the ford, Shere
Across the stream
Amanda runs across a footbridge over the Tillingbourne.
Church Street, Godalming
Church Street, Godalming
Into the village
Amanda drives into the village along Church Street, Godalming.
The village market
Amanda shops in the village market, filmed in a candle shop in Godalming.
Graham’s house
Wonersh, near Guildford
Graham’s house
Amanda turns up at Graham’s house, filmed at a private house in Wonersh, and meets his daughters.
Cornwell Manor
Cornwell, near Chipping Norton
The country lunch, outside
The drive, the walk and the outside of the lunch were filmed at Cornwell Manor.
Greystone Mansion
905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills
The country lunch, inside
The inside of the same English lunch was filmed at Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills.
Sony Pictures Studios
10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City
Two homes, one lot
The rooms of both homes were sets at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.
The Grill on the Alley
9560 Dayton Way, Beverly Hills
Lunch with Arthur
Arthur and Iris eat in the middle of the room at The Grill on the Alley.
Amanda’s house
Orlando Road, San Marino
Through the gate
Iris arrives at Amanda’s house, its outside filmed in San Marino rather than Brentwood.
Arthur’s house
South Rockingham Avenue, Brentwood
Next door
Iris meets Arthur Abbott, whose house was Phyllis Diller’s home in Brentwood.
Miles’s house
Neutra Place, Silver Lake
Miles’s place
Miles’s house is a Neutra house on Neutra Place, Silver Lake.
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