Short-term rentals in Telford
Telford is the 349th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 498 listings, 56% on Airbnb. 27% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (23 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 498
- Market rank
- #349 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 10
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.
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 19% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 64 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Pass the Keys and Cottages.com — account for 77% of that. The other 68 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 27%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 31%
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 50% of Telford's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (28%).
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. 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 | 23 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | Pass the Keys | 15 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 62,567 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 11 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | Travelnest Ltd | 5 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 3 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 6 | DC Properties | 2 | 4.60 / 5 | 7.0 / 10 | 653 |
| 7 | HelloGuest Limited | 2 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 7,597 |
| 8 | Adagio Aparthotel | 1 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 790,934 |
| 9 | Staybridge Suites | 1 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 1,020,187 |
| 10 | The Cricketers Inn | 1 | 5.00 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 98,700 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
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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Cartmel 500 listings
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Felton 499 listings
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Louth 499 listings
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Fishguard 496 listings
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Woolfardisworthy 495 listings
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Macclesfield 493 listings
Photo credits
- Cartmel: Photo: Cartmell Village by Strider52 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Felton: Photo: Main Street, Felton - geograph.org.uk - 334272 by Les Hull · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Louth: Photo: Upgatelouth by Jkslouth at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fishguard: Photo: Fishguard West Street by Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Woolfardisworthy: Photo: Holy Trinity Church, Woolfardisworthy by Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Macclesfield: Photo: View of Macclesfield from Macclesfield train station by Bernt Rostad from Oslo, Norway · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Telford market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Telford?
Telford has 498 short-term rental listings as of August 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?
27% of Telford's listings (132 of 498) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 35% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 19% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 64 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Pass the Keys and Cottages.com — account for 77% of that. The other 68 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?
10 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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