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Short-term rentals in Telford

Telford has 498 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 277 on Airbnb and 221 on Booking.com. That ranks it 349th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 56% of its listings on Airbnb. 29% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (23 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
498
Market rank
#349 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
12

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Telford

In Telford, Airbnb leads with 277 listings (56%), versus 221 on Booking.com (44%).

Where the listings are in Telford

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.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 498 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Telford

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 35% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 67 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Pass the Keys and Cottages.com — account for 72% of that. The other 78 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
29%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
29%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 144
  • 2–5 listings 102
  • 6–25 listings 107
  • 26+ (professional) 145

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 50% of Telford's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (28%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 247
  • Apartments & flats 138
  • Private & shared rooms 40
  • Hotels & hostels 38
  • B&Bs & guest houses 25
  • Unique & outdoor 9
  • Other 1

Largest operators in Telford

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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Largest operators in Telford, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 23 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Pass the Keys 14 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 63,230
3 Cottages.com 11 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
4 Travelnest Ltd 7 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
5 holidaycottages.co.uk 3 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
6 DC Properties 2 4.63 / 5 7.0 / 10 754
7 HelloGuest Limited 2 4.71 / 5 8.1 / 10 8,648
8 365 Short Lets 1 4.53 / 5 4.0 / 10 161
9 Adagio Aparthotel 1 4.78 / 5 8.0 / 10 787,354
10 CORNWALL TCHC LIMITED 1 4.89 / 5 8.7 / 10 556

The other 2 professional operators in Telford

Local listings

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Telford among their markets. See the full interactive Telford market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Telford compares

Telford ranks 349th 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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Telford market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Telford?

Telford has 498 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 277 on Airbnb and 221 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Telford?

The largest professional operator in Telford is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 23 local listings.

How professionalised is the Telford short-term rental market?

29% of Telford's listings (145 of 498) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 35% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 67 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Pass the Keys and Cottages.com — account for 72% of that. The other 78 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Telford?

In Telford, Airbnb leads with 277 listings (56%), versus 221 on Booking.com (44%).

How many professional operators run listings in Telford?

12 named professional operators run listings in Telford. 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 498 public short-term rental listings in Telford, 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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