Short-term rentals in Porlock
Porlock has 250 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 138 on Airbnb and 112 on Booking.com. That ranks it 562nd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 55% of its listings on Airbnb. 62% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (20 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 250
- Market rank
- #562 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Porlock
In Porlock, Airbnb leads with 138 listings (55%), versus 112 on Booking.com (45%).
Where the listings are in Porlock
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 Porlock
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 71% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 54% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 29 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 93% of that. The other 125 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 62%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 17%
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 72% of Porlock's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (10%).
Largest operators in Porlock
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 | 20 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 5 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 2 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 4 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 1 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,199 |
| 5 | Travelnest Ltd | 1 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Porlock among their markets. See the full interactive Porlock market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Porlock compares
Porlock ranks 562nd 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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Alton 253 listings
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Portreath 252 listings
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Pembrokeshire 251 listings
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Portpatrick 249 listings
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Flamborough 247 listings
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Crail 238 listings
Photo credits
- Alton: Photo: Alton - geograph.org.uk - 56453 by Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Portreath: Photo: Portreath Haven ebb by Eva K. / Eva K. · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pembrokeshire: Photo: St Davids village and Cathedral South Wales by Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Portpatrick: Photo: Portpatrick-04-Hafen von oben-1989-gje by Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Flamborough: Photo: Flamborough IMG 1317 - panoramio by Paul Lakin · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Crail: Photo: Crail, Fife, Scotland by Kim Traynor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Porlock market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Porlock?
Porlock has 250 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 138 on Airbnb and 112 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Porlock?
The largest professional operator in Porlock is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 20 local listings.
How professionalised is the Porlock short-term rental market?
62% of Porlock's listings (154 of 250) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 71% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 54% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 29 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 93% of that. The other 125 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Porlock?
In Porlock, Airbnb leads with 138 listings (55%), versus 112 on Booking.com (45%).
How many professional operators run listings in Porlock?
5 named professional operators run listings in Porlock. 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 250 public short-term rental listings in Porlock, 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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