Short-term rentals in Bowness-on-Windermere
Bowness-on-Windermere is the 55th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 1,306 listings, split almost evenly between Airbnb (55%) and Booking.com (45%). 55% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (289 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 1,306
- Market rank
- #55 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 16
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bowness-on-Windermere
In Bowness-on-Windermere, supply is split almost evenly: 714 listings on Airbnb (55%) and 592 on Booking.com (45%).
Where the listings are in Bowness-on-Windermere
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 Bowness-on-Windermere
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 64% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 48% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 651 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 85% of that. The other 69 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 55%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 15%
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 63% of Bowness-on-Windermere's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (22%).
Largest operators in Bowness-on-Windermere
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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 289 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 178 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 88 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 4 | Laik Ltd | 35 | 4.91 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 4,879 |
| 5 | Ridgestone Collection | 16 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,352 |
| 6 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 9 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 7 | HerdwickCottages.co.uk | 8 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 2,993 |
| 8 | The Coppermines & Lakes Cottages Limited | 8 | 4.74 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 1,154 |
| 9 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 7 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
| 10 | Travelnest Ltd | 5 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
The other 6 professional operators in Bowness-on-Windermere
Local listings
- LetMe Stay 2 listings
- Luxury Cottages 2 listings
- Birch Stays Ltd 1 listing
- Hoseasons 1 listing
- Oliver's Travels 1 listing
- Yorkshire Escapes 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Bowness-on-Windermere among their markets. See the full interactive Bowness-on-Windermere market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Bowness-on-Windermere compares
Bowness-on-Windermere ranks 55th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Windermere 1,338 listings
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Northampton 1,335 listings
- St. Andrews 1,311 listings
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Stoke on Trent 1,295 listings
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Ambleside 1,270 listings
- Canterbury 1,266 listings
Photo credits
- Windermere: Photo: Windermere - Main Road by Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton: Photo: Cole-roper northampton 1810 by Wikimedia Commons contributors · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Stoke on Trent: Photo: Stoke-on-Trent montage by nagualdesign · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ambleside: Photo: Shops in Ambleside (6789) by Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bowness-on-Windermere market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Bowness-on-Windermere?
Bowness-on-Windermere has 1,306 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 714 on Airbnb and 592 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Bowness-on-Windermere?
The largest professional operator in Bowness-on-Windermere is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 289 local listings.
How professionalised is the Bowness-on-Windermere short-term rental market?
55% of Bowness-on-Windermere's listings (720 of 1,306) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 64% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 48% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 651 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 85% of that. The other 69 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bowness-on-Windermere?
In Bowness-on-Windermere, supply is split almost evenly: 714 listings on Airbnb (55%) and 592 on Booking.com (45%).
How many professional operators run listings in Bowness-on-Windermere?
16 named professional operators run listings in Bowness-on-Windermere. 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 1,306 public short-term rental listings in Bowness-on-Windermere, 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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