Steam saunas in London, United Kingdom
AIRE Ancient Baths London
AIRE Ancient Baths London is a thermal bath house on Robert Street in Westminster, minutes from Covent Garden, in the former home of Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie. Its 90-minute circuit moves between the Caldarium hot bath, Frigidarium cold bath, Tepidarium warm bath, Balneum jets bath, a Vaporium steam bath with aromatherapy and a Flotarium salt bath; massages and rituals can be added. Open Monday to Thursday 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM and weekends 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM.
Banya No.1 Chiswick
Banya No.1 Chiswick brings the Russian banya to Chiswick High Road in west London. Its authentic steam room is kept at around 70 °C with 40 to 60 percent humidity and is paired with an icy cold plunge pool, the signature parenie treatment with leafy birch bundles, massages and body scrubs, and lounges serving Eastern European food and herbal teas. Sessions start from £35 for 90 minutes or £55 for a three-hour build-your-own visit; open every day 9:30 AM to 10:30 PM.
Banya No.1 Hoxton
Banya No.1 in Hoxton is London's first Russian banya, on Micawber Street near Old Street. Its high-humidity parnaya steam sauna is paired with an icy cold plunge pool and cold bucket showers, and the signature parenie treatment uses bundles of birch, oak and eucalyptus twigs. Public sauna and plunge sessions of 90 minutes start from £35, packages with parenie from £85, and the private Taiga spa suite takes groups of up to ten. Open daily 9:30 AM to 10:30 PM.
Porchester Spa
Porchester Spa in the Grade II* listed Porchester Centre on Queensway in Bayswater opened in 1929 and is London's oldest spa; an £800,000 restoration recreated its 1920s character. It has two steam rooms, three Turkish bath hot rooms (Tepidarium, Caldarium and Laconium), a sauna, a cold plunge pool and a relaxation lounge, for over-18s only. Days alternate between men-only, women-only and a mixed Sunday; adult entry is £31.95, open 10:00 AM to 9:30 PM weekdays and to 8:00 PM at weekends.
Spa Experience Old Street at Ironmonger Row Baths
Spa Experience Old Street occupies one of London's oldest Turkish baths, the 1930s Ironmonger Row Baths on Norman Street in Islington, run by the social enterprise GLL. The restored thermal spa has saunas, aroma steam rooms, Turkish bath hot rooms (Tepidarium, Caldarium and Laconium), ice fountains, monsoon and bucket showers, a plunge pool, a hammam and a relaxation lounge, plus hammam rituals. Open Monday 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 AM and weekends 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
The Bath House Banya London
The Bath House is a Slavic banya and plunge spa in a former bank at 1 Grosvenor Gardens in Belgravia, behind Buckingham Palace. Its oak-lined banya is paired with an icy plunge pool, and the parenie leaf ritual with birch and oak bundles is the centrepiece of the Classic and Premium packages. A two-hour Just Banya session costs £75 including a table in the lounge, and the private banya can be hired for groups of up to eight. Open Monday to Saturday 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM and Sunday to 10:00 PM.
AIRE Ancient Baths London
AIRE Ancient Baths London is a thermal bath house on Robert Street in Westminster, minutes from Covent Garden, in the former home of Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie. Its 90-minute circuit moves between the Caldarium hot bath, Frigidarium cold bath, Tepidarium warm bath, Balneum jets bath, a Vaporium steam bath with aromatherapy and a Flotarium salt bath; massages and rituals can be added. Open Monday to Thursday 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM and weekends 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM.
Banya No.1 Chiswick
Banya No.1 Chiswick brings the Russian banya to Chiswick High Road in west London. Its authentic steam room is kept at around 70 °C with 40 to 60 percent humidity and is paired with an icy cold plunge pool, the signature parenie treatment with leafy birch bundles, massages and body scrubs, and lounges serving Eastern European food and herbal teas. Sessions start from £35 for 90 minutes or £55 for a three-hour build-your-own visit; open every day 9:30 AM to 10:30 PM.
Banya No.1 Hoxton
Banya No.1 in Hoxton is London's first Russian banya, on Micawber Street near Old Street. Its high-humidity parnaya steam sauna is paired with an icy cold plunge pool and cold bucket showers, and the signature parenie treatment uses bundles of birch, oak and eucalyptus twigs. Public sauna and plunge sessions of 90 minutes start from £35, packages with parenie from £85, and the private Taiga spa suite takes groups of up to ten. Open daily 9:30 AM to 10:30 PM.
Porchester Spa
Porchester Spa in the Grade II* listed Porchester Centre on Queensway in Bayswater opened in 1929 and is London's oldest spa; an £800,000 restoration recreated its 1920s character. It has two steam rooms, three Turkish bath hot rooms (Tepidarium, Caldarium and Laconium), a sauna, a cold plunge pool and a relaxation lounge, for over-18s only. Days alternate between men-only, women-only and a mixed Sunday; adult entry is £31.95, open 10:00 AM to 9:30 PM weekdays and to 8:00 PM at weekends.
Spa Experience Old Street at Ironmonger Row Baths
Spa Experience Old Street occupies one of London's oldest Turkish baths, the 1930s Ironmonger Row Baths on Norman Street in Islington, run by the social enterprise GLL. The restored thermal spa has saunas, aroma steam rooms, Turkish bath hot rooms (Tepidarium, Caldarium and Laconium), ice fountains, monsoon and bucket showers, a plunge pool, a hammam and a relaxation lounge, plus hammam rituals. Open Monday 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 AM and weekends 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
The Bath House Banya London
The Bath House is a Slavic banya and plunge spa in a former bank at 1 Grosvenor Gardens in Belgravia, behind Buckingham Palace. Its oak-lined banya is paired with an icy plunge pool, and the parenie leaf ritual with birch and oak bundles is the centrepiece of the Classic and Premium packages. A two-hour Just Banya session costs £75 including a table in the lounge, and the private banya can be hired for groups of up to eight. Open Monday to Saturday 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM and Sunday to 10:00 PM.