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Quays Float & Sauna
Salford Quays, Manchester
Floating sauna, dock swimming and float tanks by MediaCityUK
1 listing · Greater Manchester
Saunas and bathhouses are the fastest-growing part of UK wellness. Manchester's wellness scene has grown faster than anywhere else outside London, and much of that growth is in new formats rather than traditional spas.
One listing currently offers sauna and thermal bathing in Manchester, verified by our team. Listed prices run from £18 to £55, with an hour typically around £18. Visits are priced for 60 minutes or 90 minutes. It welcomes guests on its own premises. It is in Salford Quays.
The Northern Quarter has the independent yoga studios, sound bath collectives and holistic practices, often in converted mills and warehouses above shops and cafés. Deansgate and the City Centre hold the hotel spas, with rooftop pools and thermal suites aimed at weekend visitors and pre-night-out spa packages for groups. Salford Quays has the waterfront: open-water swimming in the docks, floating saunas and cold plunges that sell out on weekend mornings.
Alongside the traditional Turkish baths and Victorian bathhouses that survive in a handful of cities, the past few years have brought a wave of social saunas — wood-fired cabins on harbours, riversides and city rooftops, paired with cold plunge pools or a swim in open water — and urban bathhouses built around a hot–cold circuit. A visit is booked by the session, usually 60 to 120 minutes, and the format is simple: heat, cold, rest and repeat. Some venues run guided sessions such as Aufguss (towel-waving infusions), breathwork or sauna yoga, and many have quieter times set aside for women-only or silent sessions.
The saunas and bathhouses listed here are in Salford Quays .
Between them, the saunas and bathhouses in Manchester offer sauna, cold water therapy, floatation therapy and infrared sauna.
Listed prices run from £18 to £55, depending on the length of the visit and what is included. An hour typically costs around £18.
Not at the moment. The one listing offering sauna and thermal bathing in Manchester welcomes guests on their own premises only.
The one listing here is in Salford Quays.