Short-term rentals in Boscastle
Boscastle is the 428th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 419 listings, 64% on Airbnb. 43% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (48 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 419
- Market rank
- #428 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 10
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.
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 34% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 164 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 79% of that. The other 18 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 43%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 28%
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 79% of Boscastle's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (7%).
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. 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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 48 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 41 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 41 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 4 | Cornish Traditional Cottages | 13 | 4.74 / 5 | 10.0 / 10 | 562 |
| 5 | Cornwall Hideaways | 7 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,942 |
| 6 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 5 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 7 | Finest Retreats | 4 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 8 | The Travel Fox | 2 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 5,221 |
| 9 | Toad Hall Cottages | 2 | 4.76 / 5 | 9.6 / 10 | 861 |
| 10 | Travelnest Ltd | 1 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
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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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St Just 422 listings
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Kirkwall 421 listings
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Blaenau-Ffestiniog 419 listings
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Woking 419 listings
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Polzeath 418 listings
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Braunton 416 listings
Photo credits
- St Just: Photo: 2024 St Just in Penwith (4) by Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kirkwall: Photo: Kirkwall Harbour by Stevekeiretsu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blaenau-Ffestiniog: Photo: Blaenau Ffestiniog by User:Stemonitis · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Woking: Photo: Woking town centre from the west by Mertbiol · CC0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Polzeath: Photo: The beach front at Polzeath - geograph.org.uk - 1469867 by Andy F · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Braunton: Photo: Braunton (Devon, UK), St Brannock's Church -- 2013 -- 1557 by Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Boscastle market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Boscastle?
Boscastle has 419 short-term rental listings as of August 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 48 local listings.
How professionalised is the Boscastle short-term rental market?
43% of Boscastle's listings (182 of 419) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 61% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 164 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 79% of that. The other 18 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?
10 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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