I live in the village from The Holiday — it’s like real-life Narnia
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. We all wish life could be a little bit like the movies, especially when the movie in question is The Holiday. With its cosy cottages, snowy countryside and Jude Law sitting in the local pub, the iconic Nancy Meyers flick makes life in Shere, Surrey, look like an absolute dream.
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But what is it really like to live in the village that had a starring role in one of the most famous Christmas films of all time?. Well, according to those who live and work there, it actually is just as idyllic as it seems on screen. And with a café called The Dabbling Duck and a church that looks straight out of a fairytale, it’s not hard to see why people are so enchanted by the place….
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‘You can’t go into Shere and not fall in love with it,’ Howard Wagstaff tells Metro. ‘It’s such a quintessential little English village, with a stream running through the middle. It’s got a greengrocers and a little bakery – it’s very cute.’.
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The 40-year-old sales executive has lived in the village for eight years. Having grown up in Surrey, he moved to Shere after falling for its charm, and then experienced his own real-life rom-com while living there. He fell in love, got married and they’ve since had two children, with a third currently on the way.
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