Short-term rentals in Ulverston
Ulverston is the 274th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 596 listings, 59% on Airbnb. 53% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (166 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 596
- Market rank
- #274 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 10
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ulverston
In Ulverston, Airbnb leads with 349 listings (59%), versus 247 on Booking.com (41%).
Where the listings are in Ulverston
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 Ulverston
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 67% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 43% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 287 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 87% of that. The other 29 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 53%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 26%
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 72% of Ulverston's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (17%).
Largest operators in Ulverston
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 | 166 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 49 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 35 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 4 | Pass the Keys | 15 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 62,567 |
| 5 | Travelnest Ltd | 7 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 6 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 6 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
| 7 | HerdwickCottages.co.uk | 5 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 2,993 |
| 8 | Ridgestone Collection | 2 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,352 |
| 9 | Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd | 1 | 4.88 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 1,962 |
| 10 | The Coppermines & Lakes Cottages Limited | 1 | 4.74 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 1,154 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Ulverston among their markets. See the full interactive Ulverston market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ulverston compares
Ulverston ranks 274th 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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Leominster 600 listings
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Hunstanton 599 listings
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Nairn 597 listings
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Burton upon Trent 594 listings
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Chippenham 592 listings
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Abersoch 590 listings
Photo credits
- Leominster: Photo: Leominster Priory by Tony Grist · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hunstanton: Photo: View of Hunstanton Front From The Beach by Richard Riley · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nairn: Photo: Nairn High Street by Lucas Kendall · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Burton upon Trent: Photo: Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 352398 by Stanley Walker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chippenham: Photo: Chippenham Village Sign by Paul Tuli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Abersoch: Photo: Harbwr Abersoch 632038 by Robin Drayton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ulverston market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ulverston?
Ulverston has 596 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 349 on Airbnb and 247 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ulverston?
The largest professional operator in Ulverston is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 166 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ulverston short-term rental market?
53% of Ulverston's listings (316 of 596) 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: 67% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 43% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 287 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 87% of that. The other 29 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ulverston?
In Ulverston, Airbnb leads with 349 listings (59%), versus 247 on Booking.com (41%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ulverston?
10 named professional operators run listings in Ulverston. 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 596 public short-term rental listings in Ulverston, 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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