Short-term rentals in Appledore
Appledore has 600 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 373 on Airbnb and 227 on Booking.com. That ranks it 270th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 62% of its listings on Airbnb. 65% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (229 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 600
- Market rank
- #270 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 9
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Appledore
In Appledore, Airbnb leads with 373 listings (62%), versus 227 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in Appledore
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 Appledore
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 81% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 56% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 367 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 96% of that. The other 24 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 65%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 19%
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 83% of Appledore's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (8%).
Largest operators in Appledore
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. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 229 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 82 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 41 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 4 | Cottages On The Coast | 6 | 4.86 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 335 |
| 5 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 4 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,199 |
| 6 | Finest Retreats | 2 | 4.65 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 14,946 |
| 7 | Luxury Bookings Fze | 1 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 1,006,325 |
| 8 | My Favourite Cottages | 1 | 4.76 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 1,188 |
| 9 | Unique Holiday Stays | 1 | 4.89 / 5 | — | 2,001 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Appledore among their markets. See the full interactive Appledore market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Appledore compares
Appledore ranks 270th 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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Settle 607 listings
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Bracknell 606 listings
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Hereford 606 listings
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Leominster 600 listings
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Hunstanton 599 listings
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Nairn 598 listings
Photo credits
- Settle: Photo: Settle by Cyberdemon007 at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bracknell: Photo: Local Shops on Market Street - geograph.org.uk - 5339603 by Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hereford: Photo: Wye Bridge, Hereford by David Merrett · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leominster: Photo: Leominster Priory by Tony Grist · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hunstanton: Photo: View of Hunstanton Front From The Beach by Richard Riley · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nairn: Photo: Nairn High Street by Lucas Kendall · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Appledore market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Appledore?
Appledore has 600 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 373 on Airbnb and 227 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Appledore?
The largest professional operator in Appledore is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 229 local listings.
How professionalised is the Appledore short-term rental market?
65% of Appledore's listings (391 of 600) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 81% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 56% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 367 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 96% of that. The other 24 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Appledore?
In Appledore, Airbnb leads with 373 listings (62%), versus 227 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in Appledore?
9 named professional operators run listings in Appledore. 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 600 public short-term rental listings in Appledore, 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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