Short-term rentals in Bassenthwaite
Bassenthwaite has 395 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 222 on Airbnb and 173 on Booking.com. That ranks it 452nd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 56% of its listings on Airbnb. 65% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (113 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 395
- Market rank
- #452 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 6
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bassenthwaite
In Bassenthwaite, Airbnb leads with 222 listings (56%), versus 173 on Booking.com (44%).
Where the listings are in Bassenthwaite
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.
Market structure in Bassenthwaite
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 69% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 62% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 236 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 97% of that. The other 22 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 65%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 13%
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 84% of Bassenthwaite's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (6%).
Largest operators in Bassenthwaite
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. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cottages.com | 113 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 86 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 29 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 4 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 6 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 77,518 |
| 5 | HerdwickCottages.co.uk | 1 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 3,035 |
| 6 | The Inn Collection Group | 1 | — | 8.5 / 10 | 58,475 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Bassenthwaite among their markets. See the full interactive Bassenthwaite market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Bassenthwaite compares
Bassenthwaite ranks 452nd of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Yarmouth 398 listings
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Hawick 396 listings
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Hythe 396 listings
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Crieff 393 listings
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Downderry 393 listings
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Barrow in Furness 392 listings
Photo credits
- Yarmouth: Photo: Great Yarmouth collage2 by Wikimedia Commons contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hawick: Photo: Hawick from the top of the Motte - geograph.org.uk - 767662 by Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hythe: Photo: High Street, Hythe - geograph.org.uk - 1413276 by Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Crieff: Photo: Heading east on Crieff's High Street - geograph.org.uk - 3152513 by jim and liz denham · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Downderry: Photo: Downderry - geograph.org.uk - 203772 by Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Barrow in Furness: Photo: Barrow montage2 by DannyFromBarrow · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bassenthwaite market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Bassenthwaite?
Bassenthwaite has 395 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 222 on Airbnb and 173 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Bassenthwaite?
The largest professional operator in Bassenthwaite is Cottages.com, with 113 local listings.
How professionalised is the Bassenthwaite short-term rental market?
65% of Bassenthwaite's listings (258 of 395) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 69% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 62% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 236 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 97% of that. The other 22 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bassenthwaite?
In Bassenthwaite, Airbnb leads with 222 listings (56%), versus 173 on Booking.com (44%).
How many professional operators run listings in Bassenthwaite?
6 named professional operators run listings in Bassenthwaite. 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 395 public short-term rental listings in Bassenthwaite, 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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