2 centres · Greater London
Traditional dry heat at 70 to 100°C, from spa suites to social saunas. London has more wellness centres than the rest of the UK combined, and each part of the city does something different.
2 centres currently offer sauna in London, all verified by our team. Listed prices run from £22 to £260, with an hour typically around £22. Visits are priced for 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours or 6 hours. All of them welcome guests on their own premises. They are spread across Mayfair and Shoreditch. Besides English, teams at these centres speak Arabic and French.
Elite
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Mayfair, London
Hotel spa with a 20-metre pool, thermal suite and eight treatment rooms
4.7 · 3 reviews
Exclusive
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Shoreditch, London
Social sauna and cold plunges in two railway arches, open until 10pm
5.0 · 2 reviews
A traditional Finnish sauna is a wood-lined room heated to between 70 and 100°C with low humidity, where water ladled onto hot stones produces bursts of steam known as löyly. The usual rhythm is a session of 10 to 15 minutes, a cool-down in a shower or plunge pool, a rest, and two or three rounds in total. Regular sauna bathing is associated in Finnish studies with better cardiovascular health and many people find it helps them sleep and unwind.
In the UK, saunas come in two very different settings. Spas and gyms include one in the thermal suite, often alongside a steam room. The fast-growing social sauna movement — on beaches, riverbanks and harbours from Brighton to Edinburgh — runs larger saunas with timed sessions, cold plunges or sea dips and a communal atmosphere, sometimes with Aufguss ceremonies where a sauna master circulates aromatic heat with a towel.
A social sauna session of 60 to 90 minutes typically costs £12 to £25, with memberships and off-peak rates lower. Avoid sauna after alcohol, during a fever or in pregnancy unless your doctor agrees, and speak to your GP first if you have heart problems or uncontrolled blood pressure. Drink water before and after.
Read the full guide to sauna — what it involves, who it suits and what it costs. Also known as Finnish sauna, social sauna and sauna session.
Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Chelsea are home to the five-star hotel spas, where a spa day with lunch is priced as a special occasion and weekend slots go weeks ahead. Shoreditch has led the city's bathhouse and social sauna boom, with hot–cold circuits in railway arches and on rooftops that open late and book by the ninety-minute session. Kensington and Paddington hold the established holistic clinics, combining acupuncture, osteopathy and reflexology under one roof, while Soho's studios run yoga, breathwork and sound baths from early morning to late evening.
More on spas and wellness in London as a whole — areas, pricing and how booking works locally.
For sauna specifically, the centres listed here are in Mayfair and Shoreditch . You can also browse everything in London .
Listed prices run from £22 to £260, depending on the length of the visit and what is included. An hour typically costs around £22.
Not at the moment. All 2 centres offering sauna in London welcome guests on their own premises only.
At the moment: Mayfair and Shoreditch.
