South East Accommodation Stock
Businesses, bedspaces and quality grading by sector
| No. Businesses | No. Bedrooms or pitches | No. Bedspaces | % Quality Assured | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caravan & Camping | 488 | 49,868 | 229,685 | 35.5 |
| Group | 95 | 12,210 | 16,814 | 29.5 |
| Self catering | 2,649 | 10,520 | 21,415 | 58.9 |
| Serviced | 6,064 | 87,192 | 179,154 | 34.5 |
| Total | 9,296 | 159,760 | 447,071 | 41.5 |
Source: TSE accommodation audit April 2007 to March 2008
Serviced accommodation: B&Bs, farm B&Bs, guest houses, hotels, country house hotels, motels or budget hotels, townhouse hotels, castles, restaurants with rooms and inns or pubs. Some university accommodation that offered serviced rooms was also included in this category rather than the group accommodation category. Similarly, serviced apartments were also included in this category.
Self catering accommodation: Cottages, flats, apartments, houses, chalets, bungalows, moored houseboats.
Caravan & Camping: Touring caravans, motor homes, tents, static caravans for hire, owned static caravans, chalets and timber lodges. Holiday Centres are also included in this category
Group: YHA hostels, other hostels for visitors, camping barns, university or campus accommodation (that is not let as serviced accommodation), accommodation used for schools, scout and other groups.
Marina and second home accommodation was not covered in year one or two of the accommodation audit but may be added in year three.
For full accommodation audit and stock tables click on the links below:
Accessible Accommodation stock in the South East
A detailed accessible accommodation audit was produced alongside the 2008 accommodation audit.
Number of accessible accommodation businesses by sector:
| No. Businesses | No. Bedrooms or pitches | No. Bedspaces | % Quality Assured | |
| Caravan & Camping | 51 | 11,476 | 50,931 | 84.3 |
| Group | 6 | 1,432 | 2,191 | 83.3 |
| Self Catering | 89 | 677 | 1,486 | 68.5 |
| Serviced | 535 | 30,153 | 63,902 | 47.1 |
| TOTAL | 681 | 43,738 | 118,510 | 53.6 |
Source: TSE accommodation audit April 2007 to March 2008
Accessibilty was further spilt into four different categories:
· Category one was investigating which businesses were part of the National Accessible Scheme (NAS).
· Category two involved finding out which businesses had their disabled access approved by Radar.
· Category three was investigating how many Local Authorities (LA)recommended on their website, or just listed, accommodation within their area that had disabled access.
· Category four involved finding any other accommodation businesses that had not been mentioned in the previous three sections but were also accessible for people with disabilities. These businesses were found through various sources including websites and accessibility guides.
| No. Businesses | No. Bedrooms or pitches | No. Bedspaces | % Quality Assured | |
| NAS | 50 | 2,389 | 7,695 | 92.0 |
| RADAR approved | 142 | 16,207 | 44,970 | 44.4 |
| LA recommended | 54 | 2,851 | 5,788 | 44.4 |
| Other | 449 | 23,016 | 61,579 | 49.3 |
NB: Totals in the table above will not match the totals of accessible accommodation businesses / bedrooms / bedspaces due to some businesses falling into two or more categories.
For the full Accessibility Audit report and stock tables click on the link below: