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Short-term rentals in Sherborne

Local supply skews to Airbnb, with 2.2× the Booking.com inventory. Its largest professional operator, holidaycottages.co.uk, runs 57 listings locally.

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Tracked listings
526
Market rank
#351 / 598
National share
under 0.1%
Professional operators
14

Listing mix by platform in Sherborne

Where the listings are in Sherborne

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 526 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

What the Sherborne short-term rental supply looks like

Listings by property type

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

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 319
  • B&Bs & guest houses 68
  • Apartments & flats 48
  • Unique & outdoor 46
  • Private & shared rooms 26
  • Hotels & hostels 19

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 208
  • 2–5 listings 130
  • 6–25 listings 7
  • 26+ (professional) 181

Largest operators in Sherborne

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 Sherborne, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 57 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 75,737
2 Cottages.com 42 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 213,860
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 41 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 163,699
4 Dorset Hideaways 19 4.86 / 5 9.0 / 10 1,512
5 Guesthoo 6 4.81 / 5 8.8 / 10 15,824
6 Finest Retreats 3 4.64 / 5 8.6 / 10 13,170
7 Oliver's Travels 3 4.86 / 5 10.0 / 10 697
8 HelloGuest Limited 2 4.71 / 5 8.1 / 10 7,329
9 Luxury Cottages 2 4.89 / 5 9.4 / 10 2,178
10 Norfolk Hideaways 2 4.75 / 5 8.9 / 10 4,595

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

How Sherborne compares

Sherborne ranks 351st 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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Sherborne market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Sherborne?

Sherborne has 526 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 363 on Airbnb and 163 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Sherborne is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 57 local listings.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Sherborne?

Airbnb is bigger in Sherborne, with 363 listings against 163 on Booking.com.

How many professional operators run listings in Sherborne?

14 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Sherborne. 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 526 public short-term rental listings in Sherborne, 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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