Short-term rentals in Heysham
Heysham has 315 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 176 on Airbnb and 139 on Booking.com. That ranks it 534th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 56% of its listings on Airbnb. 38% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (37 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 315
- Market rank
- #534 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Heysham
In Heysham, Airbnb leads with 176 listings (56%), versus 139 on Booking.com (44%).
Where the listings are in Heysham
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 Heysham
Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 41% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 35% on Booking.com. The 4 named professional operators run 75 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Travelnest Ltd — account for 95% of that. The other 46 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 38%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 30%
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 60% of Heysham's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (27%).
Largest operators in Heysham
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.
Scroll sideways to see all columns.
| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 37 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 26 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 3 | Travelnest Ltd | 8 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 4 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Heysham among their markets. See the full interactive Heysham market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Heysham compares
Heysham ranks 534th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
-
Harlech 317 listings
-
Tarbert 317 listings
-
Anstruther 316 listings
-
Hayes 309 listings
-
Grantown on Spey 306 listings
- South Hayling 305 listings
Photo credits
- Harlech: Photo: Golygfa o dref Harlech, 2007 by GeraintTudur2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tarbert: Photo: Tarbert by Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Anstruther: Photo: Anstruther Seafront by Chuck Schubert · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hayes: Photo: Hayes Street BR2 with the parish church - geograph.org.uk - 43878 by Philip Talmage · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Grantown on Spey: Photo: Grantown on Spey Winter by Clydecoast · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
Browse the full United Kingdom city directory or the United Kingdom market report .
Heysham market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Heysham?
Heysham has 315 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 176 on Airbnb and 139 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Heysham?
The largest professional operator in Heysham is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 37 local listings.
How professionalised is the Heysham short-term rental market?
38% of Heysham's listings (121 of 315) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 41% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 35% on Booking.com. The 4 named professional operators run 75 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Travelnest Ltd — account for 95% of that. The other 46 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Heysham?
In Heysham, Airbnb leads with 176 listings (56%), versus 139 on Booking.com (44%).
How many professional operators run listings in Heysham?
4 named professional operators run listings in Heysham. 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 315 public short-term rental listings in Heysham, 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 .
Spotted an inconsistency, or want fresher data for Heysham? Report a data issue or request an update — corrections land with the next data refresh.