Short-term rentals in Hereford
Hereford is the 267th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 606 listings, 65% on Airbnb. 24% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (24 listings).
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 606
- Market rank
- #267 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 9
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Hereford
In Hereford, Airbnb leads with 395 listings (65%), versus 211 on Booking.com (35%).
Where the listings are in Hereford
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 Hereford
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 38% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 16% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 75 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 77% of that. The other 68 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 24%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 31%
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 44% of Hereford's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (28%).
Largest operators in Hereford
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 | 24 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 23 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 11 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 5 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
| 5 | Host & Stay | 4 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 59,134 |
| 6 | Travelnest Ltd | 3 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 7 | Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd | 2 | 4.88 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 1,962 |
| 8 | Stay Gower | 2 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 3,623 |
| 9 | Oliver's Travels | 1 | 4.88 / 5 | 10.0 / 10 | 732 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Hereford among their markets. See the full interactive Hereford market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Hereford compares
Hereford ranks 267th 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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Rugby 612 listings
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Stornoway 612 listings
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Betws-y-Coed 606 listings
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Settle 606 listings
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Bracknell 605 listings
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Appledore 600 listings
Photo credits
- Rugby: Photo: Rugby town hall by G-Man at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Stornoway: Photo: Stornoway Harbour by Wmck at English Wikipedia · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Betws-y-Coed: Photo: Betws-y-coed o'r awyr - aerial view of Betws-y-coed, Gwynedd, Wales 27 by Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Appledore: Photo: The main street, Appledore, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 41666 by Ron Strutt · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Hereford market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Hereford?
Hereford has 606 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 395 on Airbnb and 211 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Hereford?
The largest professional operator in Hereford is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 24 local listings.
How professionalised is the Hereford short-term rental market?
24% of Hereford's listings (143 of 606) 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: 38% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 16% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 75 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 77% of that. The other 68 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Hereford?
In Hereford, Airbnb leads with 395 listings (65%), versus 211 on Booking.com (35%).
How many professional operators run listings in Hereford?
9 named professional operators run listings in Hereford. 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 606 public short-term rental listings in Hereford, 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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