Thermal baths in London
London spreads along the Thames, and its saunas and bathhouses reach from Bayswater in the west to Royal Victoria Dock in the east, Walthamstow in the north and Clapham Common in the south. Porchester Spa and Ironmonger Row Baths near Old Street keep Turkish baths. Other saunas float on boats at West India Quay, stand in parks and community gardens, fill railway arches in Peckham and Camberwell, and sit on rooftops in Brixton and Hackney.
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Baths in London compared
Entry, swimwear rules, age limits and ticket type, side by side.
| Bath | Entry | Swimwear and rules | Age | Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Community Sauna Baths CamberwellLondon |
| Mixed sessions; bring swimwear (operator). The operator's etiquette page asks bathers to be covered from the waist down. | 7+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 2Community Sauna Baths Hackney WickLondon |
| Mixed. Swimwear: 'Please be covered from the waist down'; toplessness is optional for all genders at Hackney Wick. | 7+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 3Community Sauna Baths PeckhamLondon |
| Mixed sessions; bring swimwear (operator). The operator's etiquette page asks bathers to be covered from the waist down. | 7+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 4Community Sauna Baths StratfordLondon |
| Mixed sessions; bring swimwear (operator). The operator's etiquette page asks bathers to be covered from the waist down. | 7+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 5Community Sauna Baths WalthamstowLondon |
| Mixed sessions; bring swimwear (operator). The operator's etiquette page asks bathers to be covered from the waist down. | 7+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 6Ironmonger Row BathsLondon |
| Mixed, except a women-only session on Tuesday from 10:00 to 12:00 (Better: "Women only session Tuesday's 10:00-12:00"). Swimwear at all times: "Bathing costumes are to be worn at all times in all areas." Robes and footwear in public areas. | 16+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 7Mile End Climbing Wall SaunaLondon |
| Not known yet. Official site · Know it? Tell us | 18+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 8Porchester SpaLondon |
| Men only on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday; women only on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; mixed on Sunday. Bring your own towel and swimwear. | 18+ | Day ticket |
| 9Rooftop Saunas BrixtonLondon |
| Swimwear; full nudity is not allowed (operator). | 18+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 10Rooftop Saunas HackneyLondon |
| Swimwear; full nudity is not allowed (operator). | 18+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 11Sauna Social ClubLondon |
| Not known yet. Official site · Know it? Tell us | 18+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 12Skuna SaunaLondon |
| Swimwear is required (operator). | 16+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 13Sweheat SaunaLondon |
| Mixed-gender public sessions; the Aufguss Session and German Style Sauna events run textile-free (operator). | 16+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 14The Cabin SaunaLondon |
| Not known yet. Official site · Know it? Tell us | none stated | Timed slots, book ahead |
| 15Urban Heat SaunaLondon |
| Mixed-gender sessions with gender-specific sessions twice a month; bring swimwear (operator). | 18+ | Timed slots, book ahead |
Every bath in London
Open all year unless the hours say otherwise.
1Community Sauna Baths Camberwell
Bathhouse, London · Lockers need your own padlock (3 GBP to buy at some sites). Phone-free inside the saunas; a sober space.
A Community Sauna Baths site inside Ruskin Park on Denmark Hill, with four saunas (one of them wheelchair accessible) and four cold plunges at 5 to 10 °C.
2Community Sauna Baths Hackney Wick
Bathhouse, London
Community Sauna Baths' first site, opened in 2021 in the car park of Eastway Baths in Hackney Wick.
3Community Sauna Baths Peckham
Bathhouse, London · No on-site power: cold showers only and no plunges. Ground of cobbles, concrete and woodchip, uneven and puddled in wet weather. Lockers need your own padlock.
An off-grid Community Sauna Baths site in the Glengall Wharf community garden, with two wood-fired saunas for 6 to 8 people each and cold showers in place of plunges.
4Community Sauna Baths Stratford
Bathhouse, London · Lockers need your own padlock (3 GBP to buy at some sites). Phone-free inside the saunas; a sober space.
A Community Sauna Baths site in a community garden on Penny Brookes Street by Stratford International, with three wood-fired saunas for 8 to 12 people each and three cold plunges at 3 to 15 °C.
5Community Sauna Baths Walthamstow
Bathhouse, London · Lockers need your own padlock (3 GBP to buy at some sites). Phone-free inside the saunas; a sober space.
A Community Sauna Baths site on Sutherland Road in Walthamstow, built on a vacant industrial plot with a community garden and a firepit.
6Ironmonger Row Baths
Hammam, London · Women only on Tuesday 10:00 to 12:00
Ironmonger Row Baths is a Grade II listed leisure centre near Old Street, and its Turkish baths, which the operator calls one of London's oldest, keep a tepidarium, caldarium and laconium.
7Mile End Climbing Wall Sauna
Bathhouse, London · Every visitor completes an adult registration form before the first visit. Sauna sessions must be booked; walk-ins are not guaranteed a place.
The Finnish sauna of Mile End Climbing Wall, run by the charity Develop through Challenge in a former pipe engineering works in Mile End Park beside the canal.
£12about €14As of Oct 20268Porchester Spa
Hammam, London · Single-sex except Sundays
A Turkish bath in Bayswater, inside the Grade II* listed Porchester Centre, which opened in 1925, with three dry hot rooms, two steam rooms, a sauna and a cold plunge pool.
9Rooftop Saunas Brixton
Bathhouse, London · Private bookings only, for one person or a group of up to four. Bring your own towel (required); none provided. No alcohol in the sauna room. Rescheduling or a full refund up to 24 hours before.
Private Finnish sauna cabins on the 11th-floor roof of International House in Brixton, booked by one person or a group of up to four.
10Rooftop Saunas Hackney
Bathhouse, London · Private bookings only, for one person or a group of up to four. Bring your own towel (required); none provided. No alcohol in the sauna room. Rescheduling or a full refund up to 24 hours before. No step-free route: lift to the third floor, then 18 steps to the roof.
Private Finnish sauna cabins on the roof of Netil Corner, just off Mare Street in Hackney, for one person or a group of up to four.
11Sauna Social Club
Bathhouse, London · Late cancellations (within 6 hours) get no credit back; tickets can be transferred. No dogs except guide dogs in the lounge.
A sauna and listening lounge in a Peckham railway arch, opened in 2024, with two Finnish-style saunas and four ice baths.
£14.99about €18As of Oct 202612Skuna Sauna
Bathhouse, London · Maximum 5 units of alcohol per guest; drinks bought on site only.
Two wood-fired sauna boats docked at West India Quay by Canary Wharf, seating 16 and 7, with cold plunge pools on the roof and a cold bucket shower.
13Sweheat Sauna
Bathhouse, London · Own towel on the sauna benches and seating. No one under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
An independent outdoor pop-up sauna on the Western Beach of Royal Victoria Dock, run by MobileSaunaServices Ltd, with a cold plunge at the water's edge and a pergola lounge.
£15about €18As of Oct 202614The Cabin Sauna
Bathhouse, London · Seasonal: the Common site runs in the colder months only. Cancel up to 24 hours ahead for a full refund.
A seasonal outdoor wood-lined sauna on Clapham Common near the children's paddling pool, with four cold plunges and a yurt beside it.
£19.99about €24As of Oct 202615Urban Heat Sauna
Bathhouse, London · No phones in the sauna or ice bath areas; sit on a towel at all times; bring a padlock for the lockers.
A neighbourhood sauna under the railway arches at Camberwell Station Road, with a 15-seat Finnish sauna heated by a Harvia Virta Pro stove.
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