Short-term rentals in Alton
Alton is the 559th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 253 listings, 70% on Airbnb. 30% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (29 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 253
- Market rank
- #559 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 11
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Alton
In Alton, Airbnb leads with 178 listings (70%), 2.4× the 75 on Booking.com (30%).
Where the listings are in Alton
The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red and Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan to explore the market, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.
Market structure in Alton
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 48% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 23% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 71 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, StayCotswold and Cottages.com — account for 66% of that. The other 6 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 30%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 38%
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 66% of Alton's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (9%).
Largest operators in Alton
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked United Kingdom listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 29 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | StayCotswold | 10 | 4.79 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 7,872 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 8 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | Travelnest Ltd | 5 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 5 | Clarendon Stays | 4 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 359 |
| 6 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 4 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 7 | Red Kite Stays | 4 | 4.79 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 6,953 |
| 8 | Birch Stays Ltd | 2 | 4.90 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 1,440 |
| 9 | Bolthole Retreats | 2 | 4.82 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 7,344 |
| 10 | Pass the Keys | 2 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 62,567 |
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Alton among their markets. See the full interactive Alton market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Alton compares
Alton ranks 559th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Talybont 267 listings
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Campbeltown 264 listings
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Lynmouth 254 listings
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Portreath 252 listings
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Porlock 251 listings
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Portpatrick 249 listings
Photo credits
- Talybont: Photo: Tal-y-Bont, Ceredigion by Eddie Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Campbeltown: Photo: Campbeltown seafront by J M Briscoe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lynmouth: Photo: Lynmouth port vue ville by Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Portreath: Photo: Portreath Haven ebb by Eva K. / Eva K. · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Porlock: Photo: Porlockweir by Timkevan ( talk ) · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Portpatrick: Photo: Portpatrick-04-Hafen von oben-1989-gje by Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Alton market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Alton?
Alton has 253 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 178 on Airbnb and 75 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Alton?
The largest professional operator in Alton is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 29 local listings.
How professionalised is the Alton short-term rental market?
30% of Alton's listings (77 of 253) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 48% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 23% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 71 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, StayCotswold and Cottages.com — account for 66% of that. The other 6 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Alton?
In Alton, Airbnb leads with 178 listings (70%), 2.4× the 75 on Booking.com (30%).
How many professional operators run listings in Alton?
11 named professional operators run listings in Alton. The full roster is listed on this page, and the interactive market report maps every listing.
About this data
Figures come from myDataValue's cross-platform market snapshot of 253 public short-term rental listings in Alton, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com across the United Kingdom. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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