Outdoor sauna in England has stopped being a coastal novelty and become a national habit. London and the south west still anchor it, but the barrels now reach the Midlands, the Pennines and the north east.
On the coast the cold water is the sea, and the session tends to run around the tide. Inland it is a reservoir, a river or a filled tub beside the stove.
In England, 50 of the curated saunas fit this cut. See the full England region guide for every venue, or keep scrolling for just the outdoor saunas.
Every outdoor sauna in England
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.
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 — Peckham
£London, United Kingdom
The off-grid, pared-back member of the Community Sauna Baths family, in Glengall Wharf community garden. Two wood-fired saunas and a cold shower, with no plunge at this site. Concession pricing keeps it the cheapest way into the group.
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.
Fellside Sauna Lingholm
££Keswick, United Kingdom
Fellside Sauna is a dedicated wood-fired Finnish sauna set within the Lingholm estate near Keswick. Visitors book sessions to enjoy the sauna and its natural lakeland setting.
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.
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.
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.
Jurassic Saunas
££Seaton, United Kingdom
Private beachfront sauna on Branscombe Beach, set within the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Two-hour sessions booked exclusively for your group, with optional sauna milk and essential oil add-ons. Full moon evening sessions available.
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.
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 — 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.
Mile End Climbing Wall Sauna
£London, United Kingdom
Mile End Climbing Wall is a charity-run climbing centre in a former pipe engineering works in Mile End Park. Its Finnish sauna is sold on a sauna-only ticket, so nobody needs to climb to use it. Sessions are booked ahead, mixed and for over-18s, and can be paired with a climb.
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.
Northumbrian Sauna
££Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Northumbrian Sauna is a dedicated wood-fired sauna on the banks of Higham Lakes near Newcastle. The venue offers an authentic outdoor sauna experience in a natural lakeside setting, with both drop-in and bookable sessions available.
Ocean Soul Sauna
£Bude, United Kingdom
Wood-fired beach sauna perched on Crooklets Beach with a panoramic window overlooking the Atlantic. Sessions start at just £12, and you can step straight out onto the sand for a sea dip between rounds.
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.
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.
Revivo Sauna
££Cambridge, United Kingdom
Revivo Sauna operates a Finnish sauna at Cambridge Rugby Football Club. Sessions are available to book, though access may be restricted to club members or affiliated groups. The sauna offers a traditional Finnish experience in a sports club setting.
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.
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.
Saunas by the Sea — Padstow
£Padstow, United Kingdom
Part of the Saunas by the Sea family, this wood-fired sauna sits on the edge of Harlyn Bay beach near Padstow. Same sustainably sourced wood, same aromatic heat, different stretch of Cornish coastline.
Saunas by the Sea — Polzeath
£Polzeath, United Kingdom
Wood-fired sauna at Baby Bay near Polzeath, burning sustainably sourced aspen, alder, oak, and eucalyptus for a naturally aromatic session. The Cornish coastline stretches out in front of you, and the beach is right there for cold water contrast.
ScandiBox Saunas
££Dronfield, United Kingdom
ScandiBox is a mobile wood-fired sauna that travels to locations throughout the Peak District. Small groups book communal sessions or private hire. The sauna runs at 80 to 100°C, with outdoor cold showers for the other half of the cycle.
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.
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.
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.
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 Saltwater Sauna
£Poole, United Kingdom
Finnish-inspired wood-fired sauna on Sandbanks Beach with a panoramic sea-view window and warm LED lighting. Communal and private sessions from 35 to 65 minutes, with outdoor showers and direct beach access for sea swimming between rounds.
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.
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.
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.
Wembury Wild Sauna
£Wembury, United Kingdom
Hand-crafted horsebox sauna in Churchwood Valley, a wooded glen running down to Wembury Bay. Fifty-minute sessions, with the South Devon coast path on the doorstep. Best after a surf or a coastal walk.
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.