Pickle Cottage is a real, habitable, tax-paying house near the village of Wrotham Heath in Kent, England. Yes, Kent—the Garden of England, where people grow cherries and apparently, their dream homes out of pickling brine. It sits roughly 30 miles southeast of London, a quick train ride from Victoria Station. But don’t pack your bags just yet; it’s not a public park, and the neighbors have zero tolerance for tourists trying to steal a gherkin-shaped souvenir.
The true fame, however, exploded not from the cottage itself, but from Ed Sheeran buying it in 2019 for a cool £3.7 million. Yes, that Ed Sheeran—the ginger who turned “Shape of You” into a global earworm. He bought the place, reportedly to be closer to his wife and their growing family. And he just couldn’t resist the name. I mean, who could? It’s like naming your mansion “Marmite Manor” and daring the world not to laugh.
