Cold plunges went from rarity to default in UK saunas within a few seasons. Most new operators now build the tub before the changing room.
The venues here run from single-barrel coastal setups with a stock tank to city bathhouses with chilled pools held at single-digit temperatures.
In the United Kingdom, 112 of the curated saunas fit this cut. See the full the United Kingdom country guide for every venue, or keep scrolling for just the saunas with a cold plunge.
Every sauna with a cold plunge in United Kingdom

&Soul Shoreditch
££London, United Kingdom
A 40-person aufguss sauna in a Shoreditch basement, with a sober bar and plant-based dining upstairs. The scale is unusual for London: the room is properly large and the aufguss programme runs regularly. It sells day passes as well as memberships, so a single visit is easy enough.

1Rebel Reset — Chelsea
£London, United Kingdom
1Rebel's Reset is a self-guided contrast-therapy studio inside the Chelsea club on the King's Road. A session is 45 minutes moving between a Nordic sauna and a temperature-controlled cold plunge. It books standalone, with no class or membership, and aims at recovery rather than a bathhouse soak.

1Rebel Reset — Clapham
£London, United Kingdom
1Rebel's Reset is a self-guided contrast-therapy studio inside the Clapham High Street club. A session is 45 minutes moving between a Nordic sauna and a temperature-controlled cold plunge. It books standalone, with no class or membership, and aims at recovery rather than a bathhouse soak.

1Rebel Reset — Euston
£London, United Kingdom
1Rebel's Reset is a self-guided contrast-therapy studio inside the Euston club. A session is 45 minutes moving between a Nordic sauna and a temperature-controlled cold plunge. It books standalone, with no class or membership, and aims at recovery rather than a bathhouse soak.

1Rebel Reset — High Street Kensington
£London, United Kingdom
1Rebel's Reset is a self-guided contrast-therapy studio inside the High Street Kensington club. A session is 45 minutes moving between a Nordic sauna and a temperature-controlled cold plunge. It books standalone, with no class or membership, and aims at recovery rather than a bathhouse soak.

1Rebel Reset — Holborn
£London, United Kingdom
1Rebel's Reset is a self-guided contrast-therapy studio inside the Holborn club. A session is 45 minutes moving between a Nordic sauna and a temperature-controlled cold plunge. It books standalone, with no class or membership, and aims at recovery rather than a bathhouse soak.

1Rebel Reset — Leadenhall
£London, United Kingdom
1Rebel's Reset is a self-guided contrast-therapy studio inside the Leadenhall club, in the City. A session is 45 minutes moving between a Nordic sauna and a temperature-controlled cold plunge. It books standalone, with no class or membership, and aims at recovery rather than a bathhouse soak.

Amberwave Sauna
££Glasgow, United Kingdom
An urban wood-fired sauna in the garden at SWG3 in Glasgow, built around the German Aufguss tradition of guided heat, aromatic steam and sound. Ritual sessions pair the sauna with a cold plunge.

Applecross Sauna
££Applecross, United Kingdom
Applecross Sauna is a dedicated sauna experience set by the Scottish coast, offering both communal and private sessions with panoramic sea views. The venue specializes in hot and cold contrast therapy, with direct access to the ocean for cold plunges. It's run as a community interest company and also offers mobile sauna services.

Arc
££London, United Kingdom
Arc is a contrast therapy studio below Crossrail Place in Canary Wharf, built around a communal sauna that holds 60. Guided classes, self-paced Free Flow sessions and DJ-led evening socials move between the sauna, ice baths and a lounge. Swimwear is required and towels are provided.

Arvo Sauna
£London, United Kingdom
An Australian-inspired neighbourhood bathhouse in Walthamstow, with two large Finnish saunas: one for conversation, one silent. Three ice baths are stepped at 10, 7 and 5°C. Sessions run 55 minutes with tea and showers included, and a breathwork and yoga studio is due in 2026.

Banya No.1 — Chiswick
££London, United Kingdom
Banya No.1 runs this Russian banya on Chiswick High Road, a few minutes from Chiswick Park station. A humid steam room, used for parenie with venik bundles, pairs with an icy plunge pool and bucket showers. Each booking gets a booth in the lounge, which has a licensed bar and an Eastern European menu.

Banya No.1 — Hoxton
£££London, United Kingdom
An industrial-scale Russian banya in a Hoxton warehouse, with a parílka hot enough to make you reconsider your choices. The venik birch-branch beating is the real draw, a ritual that sounds worse than it is. Cold plunge, steam room, and a restaurant that takes the food as seriously as the heat.

Bask Saunas
££Balfron Station, United Kingdom
Bask Saunas is a wood-fired sauna and cold plunge venue near Glasgow, welcoming guests from age 11 with advance booking. The experience combines traditional sauna with cold water immersion in a nature-based setting.

Biome by Corinthia London
£££London, United Kingdom
Biome is the spa at Corinthia London, and non-residents can book its thermal floor without a room or treatment. The amphitheatre sauna has tiered benches under a curved timber ceiling. A steam room, a cold plunge and a vitality pool sit alongside, with swimwear worn throughout.

Braan Sauna
£Dunkeld, United Kingdom
A wood-fired Nordic sauna for up to eight on the banks of the River Tay, run out of Dunkeld's Taybank inn. Drop-in community sessions run mid-week and private hires get the hut with a six-foot cold plunge for eighty minutes. Open October to March only.

Breathe Outdoor Spa
££Crieff, United Kingdom
Breathe is a private outdoor spa on a former Victorian railway station near Crieff. A wood-fired sauna sits alongside a hydrotherapy hot tub and cold water immersion pools. Sessions run 90 minutes or two hours, booked by small groups rather than sold by the head.

Bridge 8 Hub
£Edinburgh, United Kingdom
A wood-fired community sauna on the edge of the Union Canal in west Edinburgh. Cold plunge pools and cold showers run in rotation. Open sessions sit alongside guided Saunagus, which is aufguss with aromatherapy.

Bristol Community Sauna
£Bristol, United Kingdom
A grassroots community sauna in the garden of a Brislington community hub, with 2 custom-built Finnish saunas at 85 to 100°C. Alongside them sit 2 cold plunges and outdoor seating. Regular trans-only and queer-only sessions reflect a real commitment to making sauna culture accessible, with no spa frills.

Bristol Sauna Yard
£Bristol, United Kingdom
A family-run sauna yard in Redfield with 2 wood-fired saunas and 3 cold plunges. Community sessions run 75 minutes, and there is a horsebox for private group hire. The multi-pass deal makes this one of the most affordable regular sauna habits in the country.

BYRE Balgone Sauna
££North Berwick, United Kingdom
BYRE Balgone is a wood-fired sauna with cold plunge set in rural North Berwick, Scotland. Sessions are booked online and available for both shared and private use, with a focus on accessible wellness integrated into countryside living.

Caladh Sauna
££Isle of Bute, United Kingdom
Caladh is a mobile wood-fired sauna on the quay at Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute. Sessions pair sauna heat with a sea swim off the quayside. The Eider Bakery next door handles baked goods and warm drinks afterwards.

Clach Mara Sauna
££Thurso, United Kingdom
Clach Mara is a hand-built, mobile wood-fired sauna that travels to coastal locations along Scotland's North Coast. Sessions accommodate 6–8 people and feature ocean views, wood-fired heat, and cold water immersion in the sea or from a bucket. Bookings are available for both communal and private groups year-round.

Clyde Coast Saunas — Greenock
££Greenock, United Kingdom
Clyde Coast Saunas runs private sessions at Kip Marina on the Clyde coast. Slots are booked by the hour or two, solo or for a small group. Each includes a sauna and cold plunge, with outdoor space to rest between rounds.

Clyde Coast Saunas — Largs
££Largs, United Kingdom
Clyde Coast Saunas runs private sessions at Kelburn Estate, overlooking the Clyde coast. Slots are booked by the hour or two, for small groups. You move between heat, cold plunge and outdoor space at your own pace.

Community Sauna Baths — Camberwell
£London, United Kingdom
Community Sauna Baths' Camberwell site sits in Ruskin Park, with three wood-fired saunas and four cold plunges. One sauna is step-free, and the plunges run from 5 to 10°C. Run as a community-interest company, it pairs proper Nordic-cycle bathing with low concession pricing.

Community Sauna Baths — Hackney Wick
£London, United Kingdom
The flagship of London's community sauna movement: 7 wood-fired saunas in a converted bathhouse at Hackney Wick. It is non-profit, and the heat is uncompromising. The canalside setting near the Olympic Park adds an industrial atmosphere that suits it.

Community Sauna Baths — Stratford
£London, United Kingdom
Community Sauna Baths' Stratford site sits in a community garden beside The Lighthouse. There are several wood-fired saunas, including an octagonal aufguss room and a small private cabin. Cold plunges and hot and cold showers complete the cycle, and concession pricing keeps it open to all.

Community Sauna Baths — Walthamstow
£London, United Kingdom
Community Sauna Baths' Walthamstow outpost sits on a former industrial plot off Blackhorse Road. Communal saunas, cold plunge pools and hot and cold showers ring a shared relaxation yard. Same community-interest model and accessible pricing as the rest of the group.

Contrast Anerley
££London, United Kingdom
A boutique Finnish sauna and cold plunge in Anerley, south London, run as a calm, clean space with a lounge for slowing down between rounds. Sessions are booked in advance, with memberships, bundles and drop-in slots.

Cromarty Community Sauna
££Cromarty, United Kingdom
Cromarty Community Sauna is a mobile, community-run sauna that relocates monthly along the Cromarty coast. Sessions combine traditional heat exposure with optional plunges into the sea, and are operated as a social enterprise by the local development trust.

Element Wellness
££Alloa, United Kingdom
Element Wellness is a dedicated contrast therapy centre in Alloa. Two saunas run at 90°C, with four ice baths at varying temperatures. Sessions last an hour, on a drop-in or membership basis, and are built for athletic recovery.

Escape Sauna
££North Berwick, United Kingdom
A clifftop sauna at Canty Bay near North Berwick, above Quarrel Sands, with views across the Firth of Forth. 2 saunas, one wood-fired and one electric, plus a plunge pool and Drift Coffeehouse next door. 30 minutes from Edinburgh but it feels properly remote.

Fire, Salt & Sea
££Worthing, United Kingdom
Fire, Salt & Sea is a Finnish wood-fired sauna on Worthing's pebble beach, housed in a custom-built structure with full-width sea views. Visitors can book drop-in community sessions or private group hires, with the option to cool off in the sea between rounds. The venue operates year-round and welcomes families with children from age five.

FIX MCR
££Manchester, United Kingdom
Home to the UK's largest standalone sauna, beneath Hilton Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter. It is handcrafted from western red cedar, with Himalayan salt brick walls. Guided contrast sessions add breathwork and sound healing: not for purists, but the room is genuinely impressive.

Fuse Saunas
££Nottingham, United Kingdom
Fuse is an urban sauna and cold plunge space in Nottingham, built around guided heat and recovery sessions. Themed experiences run from deep recovery to social wellness. Private hire is available for groups and events.

Glasgow Community Sauna
£Glasgow, United Kingdom
A queer-led, non-profit sauna in Pollokshields, running sessions from an upcycled horsebox. Cold plunge barrels and outdoor showers sit outside it, and a second accessible mobile sauna is being built. The kind of grassroots operation that makes a neighbourhood better.

Güs
££Sheffield, United Kingdom
Güs is an urban thermal venue in Sheffield city centre, with two Finnish saunas. One is large, the other smaller with city views, and a cold plunge circuit of four ice baths runs alongside. Sessions are therapist-guided ceremonies or free-flow, with a café for afterwards.

Happi Sauna — Chinnor
£Chinnor, United Kingdom
The Happi Sauna wood-fired horsebox in residence at The Peacock Country Inn near Chinnor, with cold plunges and countryside views. Guided hot-cold sessions run for small groups, plus private hire of the whole sauna.

Happi Sauna — Princes Risborough
£Princes Risborough, United Kingdom
A wood-fired horsebox sauna that sets up at Orchard View Farm near Princes Risborough, with cold plunges and Chilterns views. Guided hot-cold sessions run for small groups, from social slots to women-only Her Space and quiet bookings.

Hebridean Saunas
££Isle of Barra, United Kingdom
Hebridean Saunas is a mobile wood-fired sauna operating seasonally on the Isle of Barra and Vatersay in Scotland. The venue moves between beachside locations throughout summer, offering sessions with direct access to cold ocean water for contrast bathing.

Hot & Bothy Community Sauna
££Dirleton, United Kingdom
Hot & Bothy is a community-run sauna in East Lothian. There is a wood-fired bothy, a yurt and a cold plunge. Sessions last 90 minutes and take drop-in visitors as well as group bookings.

Hot & Cold
£London, United Kingdom
Hot & Cold rents private pods on the High Road in Leytonstone, each with a sauna, a refrigerated ice bath and a rain shower. You choose hot-stone or infrared heat, then move between it and the plunge at your own pace. The larger pods take two, so you can bring a friend.

Hot Fox Sauna
£Dunbar, United Kingdom
An electric sauna and cold plunge pool at Foxlake Adventures outside Dunbar, run alongside the wakeboard lake. Winter-only, with short drop-in slots and private group hire up to ten.

Hot Tottie Sauna — Dumbrock Loch
£Milngavie, United Kingdom
A wood-fired sauna on Dumbrock Loch, in the woods by Mugdock Country Park. The water is still and sheltered, a few steps from the door, and colder than it looks in January. There are changing rooms on site, and it is about twenty minutes out of Glasgow.

HotBox Spa
££Kenmore, United Kingdom
A lochside spa at Taymouth Marina, with a wood-fired sauna, steam room and heated outdoor pool. The cold plunge pool is fed from Loch Tay. The same operator runs HotBoat, Scotland's first floating sauna, which cruises the loch from the jetty out front.

HOTDROP
£London, United Kingdom
HOTDROP sits in a vaulted arch on Queen's Circus, across the road from Battersea Park. It has two Finnish saunas, one large and one small at different heats, and four cold plunges. Each session is capped to leave room on the benches and at the plunges.

Innervisions Alchemy
£London, United Kingdom
Innervisions Alchemy runs a wood-fired sauna and a cold plunge pool outdoors among the industrial units of Ilderton Wharf, in South Bermondsey. Shared sessions last an hour or ninety minutes, with a terrace to cool off between rounds. The same building holds a yoga studio, treatment rooms and a lounge.

Kontrast — Leeds
££Leeds, United Kingdom
Kontrast Leeds is a dedicated sauna and wellness venue in the city centre. Finnish and steam saunas sit alongside ice baths and cold plunges, with pool facilities beyond them. It takes walk-ins as well as booked sessions.

Kontrast — Manchester
£Manchester, United Kingdom
The UK's first sauna and ice bath cafe, in a Manchester railway arch next to Angel Meadows. 3 saunas and 3 ice baths, run in 45-minute sessions. The cafe side is deliberate: this is a place built for lingering after the contrast, not rushing out.

Largo Castaway Sauna
££Lower Largo, United Kingdom
Largo Castaway is a seaside wood-fired sauna on the Scottish coast near Leven, positioned to overlook Largo Bay. Sessions include social and private bookings with access to cold-water dips in the sea, and the venue also offers specialized retreats and rituals. The intimate setting emphasizes relaxation and connection to the natural landscape.

Leeds Community Sauna
£Leeds, United Kingdom
A community-run cooperative at Kirkstall Valley Farm with outdoor saunas and cold plunges set among farmland. Walk through the farm from Kirkstall Road: there is no parking on site. The setting is unexpectedly rural for Leeds, and the cooperative model keeps prices low.

Lowlu — Kentish Town
£London, United Kingdom
5 Finnish saunas designed by architect Sami Rintala, in a Kentish Town warehouse, ranging from 75 to 95°C. Cold plunge between rounds. Off-peak pricing makes it one of the best-value dedicated sauna rooms in London.

Lowlu — Wandsworth
£London, United Kingdom
Lowlu's Wandsworth site sits at The Padel Yard. A social sauna and a silent sauna run at different temperatures, with cold plunges between them. Sessions are short and app-booked, built for a quick contrast reset rather than a lingering spa day.

Löyly & Jää — Addingham
£Addingham, United Kingdom
A wood-fired horsebox sauna on the riverside at Olicana Park in Addingham. This is the Joki, or river, site of Löyly & Jää. Cedar heat paired with a plunge into the river, taken as membership, private hire or a booked session.

Löyly & Jää — Skipton
£Skipton, United Kingdom
A wood-fired horsebox sauna beside the lake at Draughton Heights Campsite near Skipton. This is the Järvi, or lake, site of Löyly & Jää. Cedar-lined heat and a cold plunge, taken as membership, private hire or a booked session.

Monachyle Mhor Sauna
££Balquhidder, United Kingdom
A wood-fired riverside sauna on the grounds of Monachyle Mhor Hotel in the Scottish Highlands. The sauna is open to the public for shared sessions Thursday to Sunday, and available for private hire daily. Cold plunging in the river is an optional part of the experience.

Nordic Rhythm
££Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom
A wood-fired sauna and cold plunge in the walled garden at Badgemore Park, a short walk from Henley-on-Thames. An intimate setup for contrast bathing among the garden greenery.

Nowhere Sauna
£Crieff, United Kingdom
A wood-fired sauna tucked into native woodland at Comrie Croft, with a bucket shower for the cold shock and optional cold-water therapy on private bookings. Communal sessions and couples hires run year-round.

Old Kent Road Sauna
£London, United Kingdom
Old Kent Road Sauna is a 20-person Finnish-style sauna inside AMP Studios. Outside, hot and cold showers sit beside three cold plunges named Arctic, Baltic and North Sea. House rules keep it quiet and phone-free, and you ask the room before pouring löyly.

Orka Sauna
££Burghead, United Kingdom
Orka Sauna sits on Station Road at Burghead, on the Moray Firth. The stove is a Narvi Stony, handmade in Finland, and the cold side of the cycle is the North Sea. Book a public session or take the whole sauna privately.

Peak Saunas
£Ashbourne, United Kingdom
A wood-fired sauna with two cold plunges on an organic family farm in the Peak District, near Ashbourne. A half-moon window frames the valley from the hot bench, and a firepit anchors the social space between rounds. Community sessions run Friday to Sunday.

Pigg
££Glasgow, United Kingdom
Pigg is a mobile wood-fired Scandinavian sauna accommodating up to eight people, currently based at Hillhead Sports Club in Glasgow's West End. Sessions feature the classic heat-cold plunge cycle, with custom-built facilities and state-of-the-art cold plunge pools. Available for drop-in bookings and private hire.

Porchester Spa
££London, United Kingdom
Porchester Spa is a 1929 Turkish bath on Queensway in Bayswater, in a Grade II* listed building that keeps its original features. You move through tepidarium, caldarium and laconium hot rooms, a sauna, two steam rooms and a cold plunge pool. Each day is set aside for men or for women, except one mixed day a week.

Puffin Sauna
£Edinburgh, United Kingdom
A converted horse trailer turned wood-fired sauna at Leith Community Croft, tucked among food-growing plots and a community cafe. Capacity 6, 2 cold plunge barrels, and sessions from £12. Run by the Earth in Common charity, it has the atmosphere of something built by people who actually use it.

R1SE Urban Spa & Studio
££Sheffield, United Kingdom
R1SE is a Sheffield-based wellness studio offering infrared sauna sessions alongside yoga, pilates, breathwork, and science-backed recovery therapies. The studio features thermal cycling combining infrared sauna with ice baths as part of a broader performance and recovery programme. Access is session-based but integrated into a membership model centred on movement and recovery coaching.

Rebase Recovery
£££London, United Kingdom
Rebase Recovery is a recovery studio on St Vincent Street in Marylebone. Its shared Communal Contrast area has a traditional Finnish sauna, ice baths and bucket showers for self-guided sessions. Private suites pair a Finnish or infrared sauna with an ice bath.

Reset
££London, United Kingdom
Reset is a contrast therapy space on Upper Street in Islington, built around a communal sauna, cold plunges and a breathwork lounge. Free Roam sessions let you move between them at your own pace, and guided sessions add a facilitator leading breathwork. Evening socials pair the sauna with alcohol-free drinks and music.

Revitalise Urban Spa
£London, United Kingdom
Revitalise Urban Spa is a sauna and ice-bath space at Parkhaus on Maple Path, near Hackney Downs. A traditional sauna with stones for löyly sits beside Clearlight infrared cabins and copper ice baths set at different temperatures. Sessions are self-led, and guided rituals and workshops run alongside.

Rooftop Saunas — Brixton
£London, United Kingdom
Rooftop Saunas runs this site on the roof of International House in Brixton, 11 storeys above the street. Each booking gets a private timber Finnish sauna cabin with views of the London skyline. Outdoor cold plunge pools and waterfall buckets are shared, and longer sessions add a private cool-down room.

Rooftop Saunas — Hackney
£London, United Kingdom
Four private Finnish sauna cabins sit on the roof of Netil Corner, between Broadway Market and Victoria Park. Each booking takes a whole cabin for one to four people, with cold plunge pools and waterfall buckets in a shared garden. Longer sessions add a private cool-down room.

Saela Sauna
££Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
A Danish-built sauna handcrafted by Scandinavian Sauna, in the backyard of Cobalt Studios in Newcastle's Ouseburn quarter. Hour-long sessions come with a cold plunge and a fire pit. The Ouseburn setting of galleries, studios and the odd brewery makes for a good afternoon around it.

Sál Sauna
££Isle of Skye, United Kingdom
Sál Sauna is a wood-fired barrel sauna on Ord beach, in the south of Skye. Sessions look out to the Cuillins. The cold side of the cycle is Loch Eishort, a sea loch, or a river nearby.

Sauna & Plunge
££London, United Kingdom
Sauna & Plunge is a contrast-therapy space on Tabernacle Street in Shoreditch. A Finnish sauna and an infrared sauna sit beside 3D-printed cold plunges kept at three temperatures. There is a café lounge and a studio for yoga, Pilates and breathwork, and some sessions are for women only.

Sauna Ostara
££Nairn, United Kingdom
Sauna Ostara is a Scandinavian-style outdoor sauna on Nairn's beachfront, offering sessions and private hire experiences. Built by locals with deep roots in the Highlands and the outdoors, it provides a welcoming space for sauna tradition and nature immersion.

Sauna Social Club
£London, United Kingdom
A sauna listening bar in a Peckham railway arch, with ice baths and aufguss sessions through the week. DJ sets run at the weekend. It takes the social half of sauna culture seriously without losing the heat.

SAUNA4
£London, United Kingdom
SAUNA4 is a seven-person sauna cabin beside the 400-metre running track at Norman Park Community Sports Centre in Bromley. Its large stove takes water for proper löyly, and a mirrored window looks out over the track. Sessions pair the sauna with ice baths and an outdoor cold shower.

Saunahood
££Nottingham, United Kingdom
Two wood-fired saunas, a converted horsebox and a larger cube, with four steel cold baths. They sit among trees at the campsite by the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham. Sessions run community, small-group and private, cycling heat and cold beside the water.

Saunos
£London, United Kingdom
Saunos is a sauna boat moored on the Regent's Canal at Packington Bridge, with a Scandinavian-style sauna and an ice bath on board. Social sessions are booked by the slot, and the boat also takes private bookings.

Skuna
£London, United Kingdom
Skuna moors its wood-fired sauna boats at West India Quay, on the dock water below the Canary Wharf towers. Between rounds you climb to cold plunge pools on the roof or tip a bucket shower over your head. Sessions run to curated music, and the sauna team leads a weekly Aufguss.

Snug Sauna
££Seaton Sluice, United Kingdom
Snug Sauna is a wood-fired Finnish sauna located at Fountain Head Car Park in Seaton Sluice, near Whitley Bay. Visitors book sessions to enjoy the traditional sauna experience with access to outdoor cold plunge facilities in a waterfront setting.

Soul Sweats
£Porthtowan, United Kingdom
Holistic wellness hub at Mount Pleasant Eco Park on the Cornish cliffs above Porthtowan. Wood-fired sauna, hot tubs, and cold plunge all powered by fire and gravity. Sessions blend hot-cold therapy with breathwork and meditation.

Soul Water Sauna — Granton
££Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2 Siberian cedar barrel saunas on the Granton waterfront, next to The Pitt market. Big Bear and Little Bear both face the Firth of Forth, with direct sea access for cold dipping. Community sessions draw a crowd, but midweek is quieter if you want space.

Spa Experience — Ironmonger Row
££London, United Kingdom
Ironmonger Row Baths near Old Street is Grade II listed, and its Spa Experience sits in one of London's oldest Turkish baths. The circuit moves through tepidarium, caldarium and laconium hot rooms, a sauna, aroma steam rooms and a plunge pool. It is sold as a timed session on its own, with regular women-only sessions.

Steam and Salt
££Tynemouth, United Kingdom
Steam and Salt runs two Nordic-inspired wood-fired saunas on the lower promenade at Longsands Beach, Tynemouth. The North Sea is the cold side of the cycle, straight off the sand. Slots are booked by the hour, with beach views the length of them.

Stravaig Saunas
£Ballater, United Kingdom
A wood-fired dry sauna on Royal Deeside near Balmoral, booked for set sessions or hired out as a mobile unit for events. Cold plunge tub on site and a hose-fed shower for the dousing.

Sweat and Soak Sauna
££Kinlochard, United Kingdom
Sweat and Soak is a wood-fired wild sauna on the shores of Loch Ard in Aberfoyle, Scotland. Sessions combine heat and immersion in the loch's cool waters, with both shared and private bookings available. The thoughtfully designed space welcomes first-time and experienced sauna-goers alike.

Sweheat Sauna
£London, United Kingdom
Sweheat is an independent outdoor pop-up on Western Beach at Royal Victoria Dock, with wood-fired saunas and a cold plunge pool. Public sessions are shared and mixed, and a private sauna takes groups of up to six. Guest sauna masters run Aufguss and Baltic whisking evenings, some of them textile-free.

Take Time Saunas
££Hitchin, United Kingdom
Take Time Saunas sits on Lannock Farm in rural Hertfordshire, running shared and private sessions. Hot sauna and cold plunge, booked by the hour, with changing rooms on site. Other farm businesses handle the food and drink.

TEMZ Floating Saunas — Hampton Court
££East Molesey, United Kingdom
The Hampton Court mooring of TEMZ Floating Saunas, on the River Thames. It is a floating sauna with ice baths alongside, and river views for the length of a timed session.

TEMZ Floating Saunas — Teddington
££London, United Kingdom
One of TEMZ Floating Saunas two moorings on the River Thames, at The Lensbury in Teddington. A floating sauna with panoramic river views and ice baths on the deck, run in timed sessions.

Thaxted Sauna Company
£Thaxted, United Kingdom
A wood-fired, eight-person sauna on wheels, currently parked in a meadow behind Claypits Farmhouse. Cold plunge tubs stand outside, and the longer sessions add essential oils or a house salt scrub. There's no car access, so park on Bardfield Road and walk in along the public footpath.

The Bath House
£££London, United Kingdom
The Bath House is a Russian-style banya on Grosvenor Gardens in Belgravia. Its oak-lined parilka and icy plunge pool sit beside a lounge where every booking gets its own table and home-cooked Eastern European food. Banshiki lead the parenie leaf ritual, and a private banya with its own plunge bath takes small groups.

The Cabin
£London, United Kingdom
The Cabin is a seasonal outdoor sauna on Clapham Common, set up near the children's paddling pool for the winter. A 55-minute session moves between a wood-fired sauna, cold plunge tubs and fresh air on the Common. Guided sessions show first-timers what to do, and a yurt hosts yoga.

The Good Sauna
££Manchester, United Kingdom
An outdoor wood-fired Finnish sauna in Manchester's New Jackson district near Deansgate. Community sessions for £25 get you 1 hour 45 minutes with cold plunge between rounds. The outdoor setting is an unusual find this close to a city centre.

The Wee Wild Sauna — Lochwinnoch
££Lochwinnoch, United Kingdom
A wood-fired mobile sauna based in southwest Scotland, operating at rotating locations near Lochwinnoch and Prestwick. Sessions combine sauna heat with cold plunges, set in natural outdoor settings including coastal access at the sailing club venue.

The Wild Heat
££Glasgow, United Kingdom
A wood-fired sauna and cold plunge in the grounds of the West of Scotland Cricket Club in Glasgow's West End. 60-minute public sessions, aufguss rituals led by qualified masters, and memberships for regulars. The outdoor setting with cold dook barrels is surprisingly peaceful for being so central.

The Wild Sauna Company
££Port of Menteith, United Kingdom
The Wild Sauna Company runs wood-fired saunas at Lake of Menteith, in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. It also operates at Dalgety Bay Sailing Club. The cold side of the cycle is the loch or the Forth estuary.

Urban Heat Sauna
£London, United Kingdom
Urban Heat is a female-founded sauna in a railway arch on Camberwell Station Road. Its 15-seat Finnish-style sauna runs at 90 to 95°C and opens onto three outdoor ice baths and a lounge. Most sessions are mixed, and the timetable adds quiet, guided, single-gender and parent-and-baby sessions.

Venture Venachar
£Callander, United Kingdom
An electric Finnish sauna outdoors on the Loch Venachar shore near Callander, with a cold plunge pool and a pontoon out into the loch itself for wild swimming. A small café on site serves hot drinks and light bites.

Vida Sauna and Ice
££Cumbernauld, United Kingdom
Vida Sauna and Ice is a dedicated sauna venue in Glasgow offering Finnish sauna and ice bath experiences. The venue is centrally located and operates on a session booking basis for public access.

Viking Heat Retreat
£Cupar, United Kingdom
An Estonian barrel sauna and plunge pods in Balmalcolm Den, a rural patch of central Fife. It is run by two sisters who grew up on the land. Contrast sessions run alongside "Mindful Moments" events, which pair sauna rounds with holistic workshops.

Waking Dreams
£London, United Kingdom
Waking Dreams keeps two round Nordic saunas in a large outdoor area at Big Dream, its Bethnal Green studio. They are built from thermo-treated aspen with skylights, and three cold plunges sit alongside. Sauna sessions are sold on their own, so no class is needed.

Watershed Sauna
£Findhorn, United Kingdom
A wood-fired sauna in a vintage horse box, parked in the East Beach car park at Findhorn. The Moray Firth is a few paces away. Communal groups and private hires both run, and slots are released about six weeks out.

Wellgreen Outdoor Sauna
£Greetland, United Kingdom
A wood-fired barrel sauna with cold baths behind The Sportsman Inn in Greetland, on the edge of Halifax. Sessions alternate barrel heat with plunges at 7 and 11 degrees. A firepit and changing rooms sit alongside.

WellNest
£London, United Kingdom
WellNest fills a listed Victorian railway arch on Crucifix Lane, a short walk from London Bridge station. Its spa has a Finnish sauna, a Himalayan salt sauna, six ice baths and a hot tub, booked on their own or alongside Pilates and yoga. A trained sauna master leads a weekly Aufguss ritual.

Wild Dook Sauna
££Lochmaben, United Kingdom
Wild Dook is a handcrafted sauna in a converted horsebox. It travels to locations across Dumfries and Galloway, Kirk Loch near Lockerbie among them. Community sessions and private hire both run the contrast cycle, with a cold plunge and changing facilities on site.

Wild Sauna Club — Market Harborough
£Market Harborough, United Kingdom
A wood-fired sauna and cold-plunge setup from Wild Sauna Club at Hermitage Offices in Market Harborough, one of its permanent Midlands sites. Sessions run Thursday to Sunday, alternating wood-fired heat with galvanised plunge tubs.

Wild Sauna Club — Melton Mowbray
£Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom
The Wild Sauna Club wood-fired sauna at Swim Six Hills near Melton Mowbray, paired with a natural swim spot and cold-plunge tubs. Sessions run Thursday to Sunday.

Wild Sauna Club — Nuneaton
£Nuneaton, United Kingdom
The Wild Sauna Club wood-fired sauna at Burton Farm near Nuneaton, with cold-plunge tubs in a farm setting. Sessions run Thursday to Sunday.

Wild Sauna Club — Sibbertoft
£Sibbertoft, United Kingdom
The Wild Sauna Club wood-fired sauna at Brook Meadow in Sibbertoft, near Market Harborough. A woodland setting with galvanised cold-plunge tubs. Sessions run Friday to Sunday.

Yoga Cairngorms
££Kingussie, United Kingdom
A lakeside Finnish sauna on the shores of Loch Alvie, in the Cairngorms. Sessions run 75 minutes in a wood-fired room, from social communal groups to private bookings. The loch is the cold side of the cycle.