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Short-term rentals in Boscastle

Boscastle has 419 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 267 on Airbnb and 152 on Booking.com. That ranks it 428th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 64% of its listings on Airbnb. 45% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (49 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
419
Market rank
#428 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
12

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Boscastle

In Boscastle, Airbnb leads with 267 listings (64%), versus 152 on Booking.com (36%).

Where the listings are in Boscastle

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.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 419 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Boscastle

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 61% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 36% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 168 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 77% of that. The other 20 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
45%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
27%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 112
  • 2–5 listings 88
  • 6–25 listings 31
  • 26+ (professional) 188

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 79% of Boscastle's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (7%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 332
  • Apartments & flats 29
  • B&Bs & guest houses 27
  • Unique & outdoor 23
  • Private & shared rooms 6
  • Hotels & hostels 2

Largest operators in Boscastle

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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Largest operators in Boscastle, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 49 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 41 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
3 Cottages.com 40 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
4 Cornish Traditional Cottages 13 4.75 / 5 6.5 / 10 743
5 Cornwall Hideaways 7 4.72 / 5 8.7 / 10 2,551
6 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 5 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,199
7 Finest Retreats 4 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
8 Breakwater Holidays 2 4.87 / 5 9.2 / 10 357
9 Cornish Secrets Ltd 2 4.84 / 5 8.8 / 10 267
10 The Travel Fox 2 4.61 / 5 8.1 / 10 5,170

The other 2 professional operators in Boscastle

Local listings

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Boscastle among their markets. See the full interactive Boscastle market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Boscastle compares

Boscastle ranks 428th 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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Boscastle market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Boscastle?

Boscastle has 419 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 267 on Airbnb and 152 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Boscastle?

The largest professional operator in Boscastle is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 49 local listings.

How professionalised is the Boscastle short-term rental market?

45% of Boscastle's listings (188 of 419) 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: 61% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 36% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 168 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 77% of that. The other 20 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Boscastle?

In Boscastle, Airbnb leads with 267 listings (64%), versus 152 on Booking.com (36%).

How many professional operators run listings in Boscastle?

12 named professional operators run listings in Boscastle. 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 419 public short-term rental listings in Boscastle, 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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