Short-term rentals in Brancaster
Brancaster is the 549th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 279 listings, 58% on Airbnb. 77% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Norfolk Hideaways (121 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 279
- Market rank
- #549 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 7
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Brancaster
In Brancaster, Airbnb leads with 162 listings (58%), versus 117 on Booking.com (42%).
Where the listings are in Brancaster
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 Brancaster
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 88% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 69% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 185 local listings between them, and the three largest — Norfolk Hideaways, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 90% of that. The other 30 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 77%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 13%
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 95% of Brancaster's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (2%).
Largest operators in Brancaster
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 | Norfolk Hideaways | 121 | 4.75 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 4,767 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 28 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 18 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | Sowerbys Holiday Cottages | 13 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 480 |
| 5 | Archibo Ltd | 2 | 4.78 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 3,947 |
| 6 | Travelnest Ltd | 2 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 7 | Host & Stay | 1 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 59,134 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Brancaster among their markets. See the full interactive Brancaster market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Brancaster compares
Brancaster ranks 549th 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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Snettisham 292 listings
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Grasmere 289 listings
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Barnsley 287 listings
- Orkney 274 listings
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Thornham 274 listings
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Seaton 273 listings
Photo credits
- Snettisham: Photo: St Mary, Snettisham - geograph.org.uk - 1163230 by John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Grasmere: Photo: Grasmere 2, Cumbria - June 2009 by User:Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Barnsley: Photo: Barnsley by David Johnston · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Thornham: Photo: UK Thornham (Norfolk) by Uksignpix · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Seaton: Photo: YellowTram by Light current at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Brancaster market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Brancaster?
Brancaster has 279 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 162 on Airbnb and 117 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Brancaster?
The largest professional operator in Brancaster is Norfolk Hideaways, with 121 local listings.
How professionalised is the Brancaster short-term rental market?
77% of Brancaster's listings (215 of 279) 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: 88% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 69% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 185 local listings between them, and the three largest — Norfolk Hideaways, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 90% of that. The other 30 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Brancaster?
In Brancaster, Airbnb leads with 162 listings (58%), versus 117 on Booking.com (42%).
How many professional operators run listings in Brancaster?
7 named professional operators run listings in Brancaster. 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 279 public short-term rental listings in Brancaster, 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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