Short-term rentals in St Merryn
St Merryn is the 180th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 738 listings, 62% on Airbnb. 55% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (128 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 738
- Market rank
- #180 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 17
Airbnb vs Booking.com in St Merryn
In St Merryn, Airbnb leads with 454 listings (62%), versus 284 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in St Merryn
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 St Merryn
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 73% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 43% on Airbnb. The 17 named professional operators run 374 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cornish Holiday Cottage — account for 70% of that. The other 30 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 55%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 23%
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 79% of St Merryn's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (10%).
Largest operators in St Merryn
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. Together, the table and directory cover 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 | 128 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 74 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 3 | Cornish Holiday Cottage | 60 | 4.83 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 1,723 |
| 4 | Cottages.com | 50 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 5 | Cornwall Hideaways | 10 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,942 |
| 6 | CRW Holidays | 8 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 179 |
| 7 | Harbour Holidays | 8 | 4.84 / 5 | — | 126 |
| 8 | Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd | 8 | 4.88 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 1,962 |
| 9 | Finest Retreats | 7 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 10 | Luxury Coastal | 7 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 8,877 |
The other 7 professional operators in St Merryn
Local listings
- Cornish Traditional Cottages 4 listings
- Beach Retreats 3 listings
- Guesthoo 2 listings
- Travelnest Ltd 2 listings
- Birch Stays Ltd 1 listing
- Hoseasons 1 listing
- Luxury Cottages 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count St Merryn among their markets. See the full interactive St Merryn market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How St Merryn compares
St Merryn ranks 180th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Chipping Campden 743 listings
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Newry 743 listings
- Kings Lynn 738 listings
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Ross on Wye 737 listings
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Carmarthen 736 listings
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Saint Osyth 736 listings
Photo credits
- Chipping Campden: Photo: Chipping CampdenHighSt by Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Newry: Photo: Newry Townhall - geograph.org.uk - 1476695 by Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ross on Wye: Photo: Ross-on-Wye2 by Carlwev at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Carmarthen: Photo: Caerfyrddin ac Afon Tywi (Ardal Cadwraeth Arbennig Ddynodedig (ACA)) - Carmarthen and the Afon Tywi river; Wales 12 by Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Osyth: Photo: St osyth sign by Terryjoyce · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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St Merryn market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in St Merryn?
St Merryn has 738 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 454 on Airbnb and 284 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in St Merryn?
The largest professional operator in St Merryn is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 128 local listings.
How professionalised is the St Merryn short-term rental market?
55% of St Merryn's listings (404 of 738) 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: 73% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 43% on Airbnb. The 17 named professional operators run 374 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cornish Holiday Cottage — account for 70% of that. The other 30 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in St Merryn?
In St Merryn, Airbnb leads with 454 listings (62%), versus 284 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in St Merryn?
17 named professional operators run listings in St Merryn. 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 738 public short-term rental listings in St Merryn, 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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