Short-term rentals in Swanage
Local supply skews to Airbnb, with 2× the Booking.com inventory. Its largest professional operator, Holidaycottages.Co.Uk, runs 291 listings locally.
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- Tracked listings
- 1,100
- Market rank
- #89 / 598
- National share
- 0.2%
- Professional operators
- 16
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, Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan here, 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 | 291 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 35,230 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 109 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 131,996 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 39 | 4.76 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 184,368 |
| 4 | Blake | 37 | 4.81 / 5 | — | 3,323 |
| 5 | Jurassic Coast Holiday Homes | 11 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 1,132 |
| 6 | Shorefield Holidays Ltd | 10 | 4.60 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 143 |
| 7 | Original Cottages - Lake District | 7 | 4.74 / 5 | — | 885 |
| 8 | Ingrid & Joe @ Holiday Hideouts | 6 | — | 8.5 / 10 | 3,379 |
| 9 | Prestige Holiday | 5 | — | 8.5 / 10 | 37,856 |
| 10 | Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd | 4 | 4.88 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 1,711 |
All 16 professional operators in Swanage
- Holidaycottages.Co.Uk (291)
- Sykes Holiday Cottages (109)
- Cottages.com (39)
- Blake (37)
- Jurassic Coast Holiday Homes (11)
- Shorefield Holidays Ltd (10)
- Original Cottages - Lake District (7)
- Ingrid & Joe @ Holiday Hideouts (6)
- Prestige Holiday (5)
- Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd (4)
- Original Cottages - Northumberland (3)
- Travelnest Ltd (3)
- Host & Stay (2)
- The Travel Fox (2)
- HelloGuest Limited (1)
- Hoseasons (1)
Operators are indexed when they run at least 26 listings nationally and count Swanage among their markets. See the full interactive Swanage market report for the map, charts, and operator comparison.
How Swanage compares
Swanage ranks 89th of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of national supply. Markets of similar size:
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Ambleside 1,114 listings
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Great Yarmouth 1,107 listings
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Frome 1,104 listings
- Windsor 1,098 listings
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Hexham 1,095 listings
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Holt 1,090 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 1,100 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 734 on Airbnb and 366 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Swanage?
The largest professional operator in Swanage is Holidaycottages.Co.Uk, with 291 local listings.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Swanage?
Airbnb is bigger in Swanage, with 734 listings against 366 on Booking.com.
How many professional operators run listings in Swanage?
16 professional operators (26+ listings nationally) 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 1,100 public short-term rental listings in Swanage, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators shown have at least 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com nationally. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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