Short-term rentals in Lancaster
Lancaster is the 289th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 571 listings, 69% on Airbnb. 30% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (38 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 571
- Market rank
- #289 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 10
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Lancaster
In Lancaster, Airbnb leads with 392 listings (69%), 2.2× the 179 on Booking.com (31%).
Where the listings are in Lancaster
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 Lancaster
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 36% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 28% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 87 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Cumbrian Cottage Holidays — account for 82% of that. The other 87 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 30%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 29%
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 43% of Lancaster's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (31%).
Largest operators in Lancaster
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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 38 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 19 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 14 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
| 4 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 6 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 5 | ALSENED LTD | 5 | 3.45 / 5 | 6.4 / 10 | 152,134 |
| 6 | HerdwickCottages.co.uk | 1 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 2,993 |
| 7 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 1 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 8 | Staybridge Suites | 1 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 1,020,187 |
| 9 | The Cricketers Inn | 1 | 5.00 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 98,700 |
| 10 | Travelnest Ltd | 1 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Lancaster among their markets. See the full interactive Lancaster market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Lancaster compares
Lancaster ranks 289th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
- Fife 578 listings
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Bicester 572 listings
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Chesterfield 572 listings
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Stoney Middleton 571 listings
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Burford 570 listings
- Staithes 568 listings
Photo credits
- Bicester: Photo: Greengrocer in Sheep Street, Bicester 1 - geograph.org.uk - 989713 by Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chesterfield: Photo: Chesterfield by Jon Bennett · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Stoney Middleton: Photo: MiddletonDale by Dave.Dunford · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Burford: Photo: Main Street in BurfordOxfordshire, UK by Ettlz at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Lancaster market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Lancaster?
Lancaster has 571 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 392 on Airbnb and 179 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Lancaster?
The largest professional operator in Lancaster is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 38 local listings.
How professionalised is the Lancaster short-term rental market?
30% of Lancaster's listings (174 of 571) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 36% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 28% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 87 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Cumbrian Cottage Holidays — account for 82% of that. The other 87 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Lancaster?
In Lancaster, Airbnb leads with 392 listings (69%), 2.2× the 179 on Booking.com (31%).
How many professional operators run listings in Lancaster?
10 named professional operators run listings in Lancaster. 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 571 public short-term rental listings in Lancaster, 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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