Short-term rentals in Porthtowan
Porthtowan has 363 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 245 on Airbnb and 118 on Booking.com. That ranks it 477th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 67% of its listings on Airbnb. 46% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (41 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 363
- Market rank
- #477 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 10
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Porthtowan
In Porthtowan, Airbnb leads with 245 listings (67%), 2.1× the 118 on Booking.com (33%).
Where the listings are in Porthtowan
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 Porthtowan
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 58% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 40% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 145 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 72% of that. The other 22 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 46%
- 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 73% of Porthtowan's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (14%).
Largest operators in Porthtowan
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 | Cottages.com | 41 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 35 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 29 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 4 | Cornwall Hideaways | 12 | 4.72 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,551 |
| 5 | 1508 Stays | 11 | 4.04 / 5 | 5.2 / 10 | 1,237 |
| 6 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 9 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,199 |
| 7 | Cornish Holiday Cottage | 3 | 4.83 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 1,705 |
| 8 | Cornish Traditional Cottages | 2 | 4.75 / 5 | 6.5 / 10 | 743 |
| 9 | Fal Cottages Ltd | 2 | 4.84 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 731 |
| 10 | Beach Retreats | 1 | 4.84 / 5 | — | 332 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Porthtowan among their markets. See the full interactive Porthtowan market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Porthtowan compares
Porthtowan ranks 477th 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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Ironbridge 369 listings
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Hawkshead 367 listings
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Sandwich 364 listings
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Gravesend 362 listings
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Preston 362 listings
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Bamburgh 361 listings
Photo credits
- Ironbridge: Photo: Ironbridge002 by Wikimedia Commons contributors · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hawkshead: Photo: Ann Tyson's Cottage - geograph.org.uk - 510301 by Donnylad · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sandwich: Photo: St Thomas' Hospital Sandwich, Kent by Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Gravesend: Photo: Clocktower gravesend by Pireotis · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Preston: Photo: Preston Riversway Docks by Karl1587 · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bamburgh: Photo: Bamburgh2006 by Michael Hanselmann @ · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Porthtowan market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Porthtowan?
Porthtowan has 363 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 245 on Airbnb and 118 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Porthtowan?
The largest professional operator in Porthtowan is Cottages.com, with 41 local listings.
How professionalised is the Porthtowan short-term rental market?
46% of Porthtowan's listings (167 of 363) 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: 58% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 40% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 145 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 72% of that. The other 22 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Porthtowan?
In Porthtowan, Airbnb leads with 245 listings (67%), 2.1× the 118 on Booking.com (33%).
How many professional operators run listings in Porthtowan?
10 named professional operators run listings in Porthtowan. 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 363 public short-term rental listings in Porthtowan, 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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