Short-term rentals in Polzeath
Polzeath is the 430th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 418 listings, 66% on Airbnb. 67% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (120 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 418
- Market rank
- #430 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 7
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Polzeath
In Polzeath, Airbnb leads with 274 listings (66%), versus 144 on Booking.com (34%).
Where the listings are in Polzeath
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 Polzeath
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 84% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 58% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 249 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cornwall Hideaways and The Point Holidays — account for 90% of that. The other 32 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 67%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 15%
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 88% of Polzeath's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (10%).
Largest operators in Polzeath
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 | 120 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | Cornwall Hideaways | 66 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,942 |
| 3 | The Point Holidays | 39 | 4.40 / 5 | — | 51 |
| 4 | CRW Holidays | 14 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 179 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 5 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 6 | Cottages.com | 4 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 7 | Finest Retreats | 1 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Polzeath among their markets. See the full interactive Polzeath market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Polzeath compares
Polzeath ranks 430th 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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Blaenau-Ffestiniog 419 listings
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Boscastle 419 listings
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Woking 419 listings
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Braunton 416 listings
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Mawgan Porth 416 listings
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Moreton in Marsh 416 listings
Photo credits
- Blaenau-Ffestiniog: Photo: Blaenau Ffestiniog by User:Stemonitis · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Boscastle: Photo: Boscastle path by Dsgreat3 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
- 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
- Mawgan Porth: Photo: Mawganporth by Talskiddy at English Wikipedia · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Moreton in Marsh: Photo: Moreton-in-marsh high st 19y07 by Snowmanradio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Polzeath market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Polzeath?
Polzeath has 418 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 274 on Airbnb and 144 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Polzeath?
The largest professional operator in Polzeath is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 120 local listings.
How professionalised is the Polzeath short-term rental market?
67% of Polzeath's listings (281 of 418) 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: 84% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 58% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 249 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cornwall Hideaways and The Point Holidays — account for 90% of that. The other 32 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Polzeath?
In Polzeath, Airbnb leads with 274 listings (66%), versus 144 on Booking.com (34%).
How many professional operators run listings in Polzeath?
7 named professional operators run listings in Polzeath. 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 418 public short-term rental listings in Polzeath, 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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