Outdoor saunas in London, United Kingdom
Community Sauna Baths Camberwell
Community Sauna Baths' Camberwell site stands in Ruskin Park on Denmark Hill in south London. It has three saunas, one of them accessible, and four cold plunges ranging from 5 to 10 °C, with massage and treatments in an adjacent yurt and sessions for women, families and NHS workers. Weekday sessions cost £11 for an hour at peak times or £11.60 for 90 minutes off-peak; the site opens daily until 9:30 PM with the last session starting at 8:00 PM.
Community Sauna Baths Peckham
Community Sauna Baths' Peckham site is an off-grid sauna in Glengall Wharf Community Garden, with proceeds supporting the garden that hosts it. It runs two wood-fired saunas with a refreshing shower for cooling but no cold plunges, and opens Friday to Sunday during daylight hours from 9:00 AM to 7:15 PM. A 75-minute session costs £8, making it the cheapest of the not-for-profit network's London sites.
Community Sauna Baths Stratford
Community Sauna Baths' Stratford site occupies a community garden setting on Penny Brookes Street in the East Village, next to the Olympic Park. It has three saunas, including a wheelchair-accessible cabin, and three cold plunges ranging from 3 to 15 °C, with women's and NHS sessions and private hire on the programme. Weekday sessions cost £11 for an hour at peak times or £11.60 for 90 minutes off-peak, and it is open every day until 9:30 PM.
Community Sauna Baths Walthamstow
Community Sauna Baths' Walthamstow site is an outdoor sauna garden on a converted industrial plot on Sutherland Road. It runs three electric saunas plus an octagonal aufguss sauna, and a plunge island with four cold plunges, with women-only, FLINTA and addiction-recovery sessions alongside general ones. Weekday sessions cost £11 for an hour at peak or £11.60 for 90 minutes off-peak, weekends from £9.50 for 30 minutes, and it opens at 7:00 AM most days.
Rooftop Saunas Brixton
Rooftop Saunas Brixton sits on the roof of the 11-storey International House on Canterbury Crescent in south London, with timber Finnish sauna cabins, cold plunge pools and waterfall buckets. Cabins are booked privately for groups of up to four people; a 30-minute Express session costs from £11 per person, 60 minutes from £16.50 and 90 minutes from £22, with the longer sessions including a private cool-down room. Open Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM to 10:20 PM and Sunday 9:00 AM to 7:40 PM.
Rooftop Saunas Hackney
Rooftop Saunas Hackney offers contemporary Finnish sauna cabins at Netil Corner on Bocking Street, between Broadway Market and Victoria Park. Cabins are booked privately for groups of up to four, with sessions of 30 to 90 minutes, outdoor cold plunge pools at 5 to 7 °C, waterfall buckets, private showers and a cool-down room with tea and coffee. A 30-minute Express session costs from £11 per person off-peak; open Monday to Saturday 7:30 AM to 10:20 PM and Sunday 10:00 AM to 7:50 PM.
Skuna Sauna & Cold Plunge
Skuna runs London's floating saunas at West India Quay in Canary Wharf: two wood-fired sauna boats, the larger seating up to 16 people and the smaller 7, with rooftop cold plunge pools at 3 to 6 °C and a traditional cold bucket shower. Shared 75-minute drop-in sessions cost from £15 per person and the larger boat can be hired privately for £250 on weekdays or £300 at weekends. The sauna operates daily from 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM.
Sweheat Sauna
Sweheat Sauna is a family-run, independent outdoor sauna on Western Beach at Royal Victoria Dock in Newham, east London. Its Simply Sauna sessions move between a wood-fired sauna and a cold plunge on the water's edge, and the programme adds Aufguss rituals, full moon rituals, storytelling and women's bath nights. A private sauna experience for up to six guests is offered with Pixxla. Open Monday to Friday 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM and weekends 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM; booking is essential.
Community Sauna Baths Hackney Wick
Community Sauna Baths' flagship not-for-profit site sits in the car park of Eastway Baths in Hackney Wick. Opened in 2021, it now welcomes around 11,000 visitors a month to six wood-fired saunas and one electric sauna, with cold plunges ranging from 3 to 15 °C, classes, treatments and private hire. Weekday sessions cost £11 for an hour at peak times or £11.60 for 90 minutes off-peak, and the site is open daily until 9:30 PM.
Community Sauna Baths Camberwell
Community Sauna Baths' Camberwell site stands in Ruskin Park on Denmark Hill in south London. It has three saunas, one of them accessible, and four cold plunges ranging from 5 to 10 °C, with massage and treatments in an adjacent yurt and sessions for women, families and NHS workers. Weekday sessions cost £11 for an hour at peak times or £11.60 for 90 minutes off-peak; the site opens daily until 9:30 PM with the last session starting at 8:00 PM.
Community Sauna Baths Peckham
Community Sauna Baths' Peckham site is an off-grid sauna in Glengall Wharf Community Garden, with proceeds supporting the garden that hosts it. It runs two wood-fired saunas with a refreshing shower for cooling but no cold plunges, and opens Friday to Sunday during daylight hours from 9:00 AM to 7:15 PM. A 75-minute session costs £8, making it the cheapest of the not-for-profit network's London sites.
Community Sauna Baths Stratford
Community Sauna Baths' Stratford site occupies a community garden setting on Penny Brookes Street in the East Village, next to the Olympic Park. It has three saunas, including a wheelchair-accessible cabin, and three cold plunges ranging from 3 to 15 °C, with women's and NHS sessions and private hire on the programme. Weekday sessions cost £11 for an hour at peak times or £11.60 for 90 minutes off-peak, and it is open every day until 9:30 PM.
Community Sauna Baths Walthamstow
Community Sauna Baths' Walthamstow site is an outdoor sauna garden on a converted industrial plot on Sutherland Road. It runs three electric saunas plus an octagonal aufguss sauna, and a plunge island with four cold plunges, with women-only, FLINTA and addiction-recovery sessions alongside general ones. Weekday sessions cost £11 for an hour at peak or £11.60 for 90 minutes off-peak, weekends from £9.50 for 30 minutes, and it opens at 7:00 AM most days.
Rooftop Saunas Brixton
Rooftop Saunas Brixton sits on the roof of the 11-storey International House on Canterbury Crescent in south London, with timber Finnish sauna cabins, cold plunge pools and waterfall buckets. Cabins are booked privately for groups of up to four people; a 30-minute Express session costs from £11 per person, 60 minutes from £16.50 and 90 minutes from £22, with the longer sessions including a private cool-down room. Open Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM to 10:20 PM and Sunday 9:00 AM to 7:40 PM.
Rooftop Saunas Hackney
Rooftop Saunas Hackney offers contemporary Finnish sauna cabins at Netil Corner on Bocking Street, between Broadway Market and Victoria Park. Cabins are booked privately for groups of up to four, with sessions of 30 to 90 minutes, outdoor cold plunge pools at 5 to 7 °C, waterfall buckets, private showers and a cool-down room with tea and coffee. A 30-minute Express session costs from £11 per person off-peak; open Monday to Saturday 7:30 AM to 10:20 PM and Sunday 10:00 AM to 7:50 PM.
Skuna Sauna & Cold Plunge
Skuna runs London's floating saunas at West India Quay in Canary Wharf: two wood-fired sauna boats, the larger seating up to 16 people and the smaller 7, with rooftop cold plunge pools at 3 to 6 °C and a traditional cold bucket shower. Shared 75-minute drop-in sessions cost from £15 per person and the larger boat can be hired privately for £250 on weekdays or £300 at weekends. The sauna operates daily from 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM.
Sweheat Sauna
Sweheat Sauna is a family-run, independent outdoor sauna on Western Beach at Royal Victoria Dock in Newham, east London. Its Simply Sauna sessions move between a wood-fired sauna and a cold plunge on the water's edge, and the programme adds Aufguss rituals, full moon rituals, storytelling and women's bath nights. A private sauna experience for up to six guests is offered with Pixxla. Open Monday to Friday 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM and weekends 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM; booking is essential.
Community Sauna Baths Hackney Wick
Community Sauna Baths' flagship not-for-profit site sits in the car park of Eastway Baths in Hackney Wick. Opened in 2021, it now welcomes around 11,000 visitors a month to six wood-fired saunas and one electric sauna, with cold plunges ranging from 3 to 15 °C, classes, treatments and private hire. Weekday sessions cost £11 for an hour at peak times or £11.60 for 90 minutes off-peak, and the site is open daily until 9:30 PM.