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Short-term rentals in Freshwater

Local supply is split fairly evenly between the two platforms. Its largest professional operator, Sykes Holiday Cottages, runs 57 listings locally.

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Tracked listings
368
Market rank
#496 / 598
National share
under 0.1%
Professional operators
6

Listing mix by platform in Freshwater

Where the listings are in Freshwater

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 368 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

What the Freshwater short-term rental supply looks like

Listings by property type

How Freshwater's tracked listings split across property types on each platform.

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 282
  • Apartments & flats 50
  • B&Bs & guest houses 20
  • Private & shared rooms 6
  • Unique & outdoor 6
  • Hotels & hostels 4

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 115
  • 2–5 listings 78
  • 6–25 listings 16
  • 26+ (professional) 159

Largest operators in Freshwater

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 Freshwater, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 57 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 163,699
2 Cottages.com 48 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 213,860
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 46 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 75,737
4 The Island Holiday Company Ltd 6 4.72 / 5 8.8 / 10 1,484
5 Dorset Hideaways 2 4.86 / 5 9.0 / 10 1,512
6 Isle of Wight Vacations 2 4.60 / 5 8.5 / 10 615

All 6 professional operators in Freshwater

Local listings

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Freshwater among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Freshwater market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Freshwater compares

Freshwater ranks 496th of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Freshwater market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Freshwater?

Freshwater has 368 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 228 on Airbnb and 140 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Freshwater is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 57 local listings.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Freshwater?

Supply is fairly balanced: 228 Airbnb and 140 Booking.com listings.

How many professional operators run listings in Freshwater?

6 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Freshwater. 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 368 public short-term rental listings in Freshwater, 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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