In The Holiday, Iris Simpkins lives in the English village of Shere.
Iris's cottage is located in Shere, a real village in Surrey, England. The film contrasts her quiet rural setting with Amanda Woods's modern Los Angeles home, making the house swap visually and culturally distinctive.
Kate Winslet plays Iris, while Cameron Diaz plays Amanda. After Iris agrees to exchange homes with Amanda for the Christmas holiday, Amanda travels to England and stays in the cottage, where she meets Graham, Iris's brother, played by Jude Law.
Shere is sometimes confused with Surrey because Surrey is the county containing the village, not the village's name. The cottage itself was largely created for filming and was not a permanently existing residence in the form shown on screen. The surrounding village scenes were filmed in and around Shere.