Short-term rentals in Swanage
Local supply skews to Airbnb, with 2× the Booking.com inventory. Its largest professional operator, holidaycottages.co.uk, runs 305 listings locally.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 1,095
- Market rank
- #87 / 598
- National share
- 0.2%
- Professional operators
- 12
Listing mix by platform in Swanage
Where the listings are in Swanage
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.
What the Swanage short-term rental supply looks like
Listings by property type
How Swanage's tracked listings split across property types on each platform.
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Largest operators in Swanage
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 | 305 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 75,737 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 111 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 163,699 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 40 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 213,860 |
| 4 | Blake | 25 | 4.79 / 5 | — | 3,087 |
| 5 | Jurassic Coast Holiday Homes | 11 | 4.88 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 1,150 |
| 6 | Ingrid & Joe @ Holiday Hideouts | 6 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 7,136 |
| 7 | Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd | 4 | 4.89 / 5 | 9.4 / 10 | 1,944 |
| 8 | Travelnest Ltd | 4 | 4.53 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 83,730 |
| 9 | HelloGuest Limited | 2 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 7,329 |
| 10 | Host & Stay | 2 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 57,680 |
All 12 professional operators in Swanage
Local listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 305 listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 111 listings
- Cottages.com 40 listings
- Blake 25 listings
- Jurassic Coast Holiday Homes 11 listings
- Ingrid & Joe @ Holiday Hideouts 6 listings
- Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 4 listings
- Travelnest Ltd 4 listings
- HelloGuest Limited 2 listings
- Host & Stay 2 listings
- The Travel Fox 2 listings
- Hoseasons 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Swanage among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Swanage market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Swanage compares
Swanage ranks 87th of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Ambleside 1,114 listings
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Great Yarmouth 1,106 listings
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Frome 1,103 listings
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Hexham 1,094 listings
- Windsor 1,094 listings
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Holt 1,088 listings
Photo credits
- Ambleside: Photo: Shops in Ambleside (6789) by Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Great Yarmouth: Photo: Great Yarmouth collage2 by Wikimedia Commons contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Frome: Photo: Cheap Street, Frome - geograph.org.uk - 737335 by Ronald Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hexham: Photo: Hexham BeaumontStreet by Dickpenn · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Holt: Photo: War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1269172 by Craig Tuck · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Swanage market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Swanage?
Swanage has 1,095 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 734 on Airbnb and 361 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Swanage?
The largest professional operator in Swanage is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 305 local listings.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Swanage?
Airbnb is bigger in Swanage, with 734 listings against 361 on Booking.com.
How many professional operators run listings in Swanage?
12 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Swanage. 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 1,095 public short-term rental listings in Swanage, 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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