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Vacation Rental and Airbnb Management Companies in the Lake District (2026)
The vacation rental and Airbnb management companies across Keswick, Bowness-on-Windermere, Ambleside, Windermere, Kendal, Cockermouth, Westmorland and Furness, Cumberland, Troutbeck, Bassenthwaite, Borrowdale, Chapel Stile, Coniston, Cumbria, Dacre, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Patterdale, Portinscale, Skelwith Bridge, Staveley, Threlkeld, Troutbeck Bridge, Ulverston, and Penrith, ranked by the homes they run there. AirROI counts 449 active Airbnb homes run by Holidaycottages.Co.Uk in the Lake District, the most of any management company (12 months to October 2026). AirROI rates Laik the best-rated among Lake District companies with 25+ homes and 500+ reviews, at 4.90 over 4,688 reviews. No company runs more than 12% of the Lake District's Airbnb listings, and the ten largest together run 36%.
Updated monthly. Airbnb homes live at least 3 months in the 12 months to October 2026, each counted once; companies with fewer than 5 are not counted, so every count is a floor. Market data: Lake District Airbnb market.
- Ranked companies running 10+ listings
- 22
- Active Airbnb listings
- 3,814
- Listings run by companies
- 42%
Ranking
Who Are the Best Airbnb Management Companies in the Lake District?
By active Airbnb listings, the largest Airbnb management companies in the Lake District are Holidaycottages.Co.Uk (449), cottages.com (345), and Sykes Holiday Cottages (339). By guest rating, Laik ranks first at 4.90 over 4,688 reviews, ahead of Hill Craig (4.83) and Cumbrian Cottage Holidays (4.81). The table ranks the 29 largest; switch the order to see the best rated.
Largest Airbnb management companies in Lake District
Ranked by active Airbnb homes run as host or co-host in Lake District; "All markets" is the company's homes everywhere and the markets they sit in.
| # | Company | In Lake District |
|---|---|---|
| Holidaycottages.Co.Uk, Ambleside, Keswick, Hawkshead · ★ 4.78, 833 markets · +60 in a year | 449 | |
| cottages.com, Keswick, Bowness-on-Windermere, Ambleside, 663 markets | 345 | |
| Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cumbria, Ambleside, Keswick, 813 markets · +87 in a year | 339 | |
| 4 | Wheelwrights Cottages, Chapel Stile, Ambleside, Skelwith Bridge · ★ 4.70, 8 markets | 56 |
| 5 | Laik, Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Ambleside · ★ 4.90, 11 markets · +13 in a year | 48 |
| 6 | Keswick Cottages, Keswick, Cumberland, Portinscale · ★ 4.73, 8 markets | 36 |
| 7 | Herdwick Cottages, Windermere, Kendal, Patterdale · ★ 4.78, 24 markets | 34 |
| 8 | Hill Craig, Ambleside, Cumbria, Grasmere · ★ 4.83, 9 markets | 31 |
| 9 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays, Dacre, Keswick, Ambleside · ★ 4.81, 15 markets | 27 |
| 10 | Ridgestone, Bowness-on-Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, Windermere, 9 markets | 26 |
| 11 | LetMe STAY, Ambleside, Westmorland and Furness, Chapel Stile · ★ 4.82, 5 markets | 23 |
| 12 | Leo Sawrij, Westmorland and Furness · ★ 4.71, 1 market | 22 |
| 13 | Keswick Holiday Homes, Keswick, Portinscale, Cumberland · ★ 4.91, 3 markets | 21 |
| 14 | Tarn & Fell Escapes, Bowness-on-Windermere, Hawkshead, Troutbeck Bridge · ★ 4.90, 11 markets | 16 |
| 15 | Brathay Cottages, Ambleside, Westmorland and Furness, Bowness-on-Windermere · ★ 4.79, 4 markets | 16 |
| 16 | Finest Retreats, Westmorland and Furness, Grasmere, Ambleside, 150 markets | 13 |
| 17 | Retreats & Hideaways, Bowness-on-Windermere, Ambleside, Grasmere · ★ 4.94, 10 markets | 13 |
| 18 | Lonsdale House Boutique Apartments, Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness · ★ 4.82, 2 markets | 13 |
| 19 | Edwina, Keswick, Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness · ★ 4.82, 13 markets | 11 |
| 20 | Homey Retreats, Bowness-on-Windermere, Kendal, Staveley · ★ 4.88, 10 markets | 11 |
| 21 | Aphrodites Group, Bowness-on-Windermere, 1 market | 11 |
| 22 | Lakes Luxury, Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere · ★ 4.74, 2 markets | 10 |
| 23 | Harrison Holidays, Westmorland and Furness, 6 markets | 8 |
| 24 | TheINVITED.UK, Westmorland and Furness, 4 markets | 7 |
| 25 | Unique Spaces, Ambleside, Westmorland and Furness · ★ 4.91, 6 markets | 6 |
| 26 | Hoseasons, Cumberland, Keswick, Bowness-on-Windermere, 191 markets | 5 |
| 27 | Luxury Escapes In The Lakes, Ulverston · ★ 4.74, 2 markets | 5 |
| 28 | Azy, Cumberland, 5 markets | 5 |
| 29 | Oghale, Cumberland, 5 markets | 5 |
Best-rated Airbnb management companies in Lake District
Average guest rating across each company's rated listings, weighted by reviews, among companies with 25 or more listings and 500 or more reviews.
| # | Company | Average rating |
|---|---|---|
| Laik, Bowness-on-Windermere, 4,688 reviews | 4.90 | |
| Hill Craig, Ambleside, 4,313 reviews | 4.83 | |
| Cumbrian Cottage Holidays, Dacre, 851 reviews | 4.81 | |
| 4 | Holidaycottages.Co.Uk, Ambleside, 8,896 reviews | 4.78 |
| 5 | Herdwick Cottages, Windermere, 743 reviews | 4.78 |
| 6 | Wheelwrights Cottages, Chapel Stile, 909 reviews | 4.70 |
How to read this table
Largest individual hosts in the Lake District
| # | Host | In the Lake District |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry | 56 |
| 2 | Grant William | 27 |
| 3 | Diana | 22 |
| 4 | Philip | 20 |
| 5 | Liam | 15 |
| 6 | Margarita | 15 |
| 7 | Richard | 14 |
| 8 | Paul And Sally Anne | 13 |
| 9 | Andy | 13 |
| 10 | Henry | 13 |
| 11 | Richard | 13 |
| 12 | Jonathon | 12 |
| 13 | Lauren | 10 |
| 14 | Chris | 10 |
| 15 | Anthony | 10 |
| 16 | Mike | 10 |
| 17 | Phil | 10 |
| 18 | Rosie | 10 |
| 19 | Sonia | 10 |
Accounts under a person's name running 10 or more homes. They are not management companies, so they are not ranked above and have no profile.
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Where
Where in the Lake District Do Management Companies Run the Most Homes?
In the Lake District, companies run the most Airbnb listings in Keswick, Ambleside, and Bowness-on-Windermere. Each city below links to its Airbnb market data.
Companies run the most homes in Keswick, Ambleside, and Bowness-on-Windermere
Listings run by companies as host or co-host, 12 months to October 2026. Numbered pins match the rows.
| # | City | Share of listings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keswick | 284 | 62% | |
| Ambleside | 256 | 72% | |
| Bowness-on-Windermere | 149 | 38% | |
| 4 | Westmorland and Furness | 128 | 37% |
| 5 | Windermere | 126 | 36% |
| 6 | Cumbria | 92 | 41% |
| 7 | Hawkshead | 58 | 67% |
| 8 | Grasmere | 52 | 46% |
| 9 | Patterdale | 34 | 54% |
| 10 | Ulverston | 34 | 31% |
| 11 | Coniston | 27 | 26% |
Fees
How Much Does an Airbnb Manager Charge in the Lake District?
AirROI does not publish or estimate any single company's fee, so ask for the rate card in writing. AirROI has not checked fees for any Lake District company, so these figures pool the 180 companies it checked in 11 major Airbnb markets: 102 quote only on request, and the 17 that publish a rate charge 10% to 30% of booking revenue.
- Median starting fee, worldwide
- 17%
- Published fee range
- 10%–30%
- Quote only on request
- 102 of 180
In Keswick, the average Airbnb earned £32,600 over the 12 months to October 2026. A 17% fee on that is about £5,530 a year.
The fee a year on the average Airbnb in Keswick
- At 15%
- £4,880
- At 20%
- £6,510
- At 25%
- £8,140
- At 30%
- £9,770
AirROI compares company-run and owner-run homes in the cities it has management pages for, none of them in the Lake District. See whether an Airbnb manager is worth it in England.
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Market
How Many Airbnb Management Companies Are There in the Lake District?
22 companies that manage homes for owners run 10 or more active Airbnb listings in the Lake District, and 29 run 5 or more, in AirROI's data for the 12 months to October 2026. Hosts with no business account run 58% of all listings.
The ten largest companies run 36% of Airbnb listings in the Lake District, and the largest runs 12%
Share of 3,814 active Airbnb listings by who runs them, 12 months to October 2026
- The largest company 12%
- The next nine largest 25%
- Other companies and business accounts 5.8%
- Hosts with no business account 58%
Questions
Questions About Airbnb Management in the Lake District
Who Is the Best Airbnb Management Company in the Lake District?
AirROI counts 449 active Airbnb homes run by Holidaycottages.Co.Uk in the Lake District, the most of any management company (12 months to October 2026). AirROI rates Laik the best-rated management company in the Lake District, at 4.90 over 4,688 guest reviews (12 months to October 2026). No single measure makes a company best for your home: check that it runs homes like yours, in your area, before you sign.
Why Does a Company Show Fewer Homes Here Than on Airbnb?
This page counts a home only when it was live in at least 3 of the 12 months, live in at least 1 of the last 3, and had 3 or more booked or blocked nights in its live months, and only in the Lake District. A company's Airbnb profile shows every listing it has ever published, including homes that have not opened yet, homes listed for a few weeks, and homes elsewhere. Open a row for the company's homes in its other markets, or its profile for every home tied to it and why each one is or is not counted.
Why Is a Company Ranked Differently in a Town and in Its Region?
Each page ranks companies by their homes in that place alone. A company with a few homes in one town and more in the towns around it ranks lower on the town's page than on the region or state page, where every town's homes count. The "All markets" column gives the company's homes everywhere, so the two rankings can be read together.
Method
About This Data
- Listings
- Active Airbnb listings over the 12 months to October 2026: open to bookings through the year, each counted once per company for its host and for every co-host. Airbnb only: homes listed only on Vrbo, Booking.com or a company's own site are not counted.
- Companies
- A company's Airbnb accounts with 5 or more active listings are joined into one company, so counts and shares are floors. Companies that manage homes for owners are ranked; hotels, resorts and booking platforms are counted in the totals but not ranked.
- Ratings
- Airbnb's guest rating, averaged across a company's listings and weighted by their reviews. Shown from 4.7 over 100 or more reviews; the best-rated order needs 25+ listings and 500+ reviews.
- Growth
- Listings added on a company's own Airbnb accounts over 12 months, for companies that ran 10 or more a year ago. Co-hosted listings from a year ago are not fully recorded, and a takeover or a rename shows as growth.
- Fees
- Published owner terms on company websites, checked September 29, 2026, pooled across the companies checked. No company's fee is shown.
- Independence
- No company can pay to be listed or ranked, and nothing is self-reported. The ranking is updated every month; this edition on November 4, 2026, the next in December 2026.