Best Saunas in Bradford, United Kingdom
Eight Wellness Club
A contrast-therapy club in the Dean Clough mills in Halifax with a Finnish sauna, ice baths and an in-house coffee shop. Sessions last 60 minutes and most guests complete two to four hot-cold cycles. A single session costs £15 at peak times and £12 off-peak, and the weekly Sunday Sauna Club is £10. Memberships and credit packs are available, and groups can ask about private hire. Open daily, from 3pm on Tuesdays.
SOUL Wellness Hub
A not-for-profit wellness hub and vegetarian café in a former Methodist church on Burnley Road in Sowerby Bridge. Its communal infrared sauna is booked in one-hour slots for £8, and the garden has a cold plunge, hot tub and firepit; a float tank, an amethyst room and yoga classes are also offered. Bathers may wear swimwear, a towel or nothing. The sauna can be booked privately for up to eight people. Closed on Tuesdays.
Wellgreen Outdoor Sauna
An outdoor sauna and cold-bath site behind The Sportsman Inn at Greetland, near Halifax. An eight-person barrel sauna is paired with four cold baths, two at 7°C and two at 11°C, plus outdoor showers, four private changing rooms and a firepit. It is a no-nudity sauna, so swimwear is required. Open Friday afternoons and all day at weekends; the whole site can be booked privately for up to eight guests at £89 an hour.
äyup. sauna
A wood-fired sauna built into a converted horsebox, parked in a field on the side of the Chevin above Otley, next to the Chevin Inn. Social sessions last 50 minutes, run on the hour on selected days and take six guests at most, with Urban Ice Tribe cold plunges and a wild shower for cooling. Swimwear must be worn. Private sessions for up to eight people cost £105. The pitch and schedule change with the seasons, so check the booking calendar.
Hollins Hall Hotel, Spa & Golf
A country hotel in 200 acres on Hollins Hill above Baildon, with an 18-hole golf course and a leisure club and spa. The club has a 20m indoor heated pool, a whirlpool, a sauna, a steam room, a solarium and a gym with over 40 weekly classes, plus beauty treatments. Non-residents can use the gym, pool and spa with a membership or a day pass. The pool is adults-only on weekday evenings.
JD Gyms Batley
A 24-hour JD Gyms club in Frontier Business Park on Bradford Road, about a 10-minute walk from Batley station and reached from junction 27 of the M62, with free on-site parking. It has more than 250 machines including dedicated glute kit, a women-only training area and separate male and female saunas in the changing rooms. A day pass costs £10.99 with no joining fee; membership is £10 for the first month, then £28.99 a month.
JD Gyms Bradford
A 24-hour JD Gyms club on Manningham Lane Retail Park, a 10 to 15 minute walk north of Bradford city centre, with buses stopping outside and free parking for up to three hours. It has more than 250 machines, lifting platforms and a women-only area, and the changing rooms have separate male and female saunas. A day pass costs £10.99 with no joining fee; membership is £10 for the first month, then £28.99 a month.
JD Gyms Halifax
A 24-hour JD Gyms club on Victoria Retail Park, Shroggs Road, north of Halifax town centre and about a 25-minute walk from the station, with free on-site parking for up to three hours. Alongside more than 250 machines, a functional rig and lifting platforms, the changing rooms have lockers, hair dryers and separate male and female saunas. A day pass costs £10.99 with no joining fee; membership is £10 for the first month, then £28.99 a month.
Nuffield Health Guiseley Fitness & Wellbeing Gym
A Nuffield Health fitness club on Otley Road next to Guiseley station, with a swimming pool, sauna and steam room alongside a Technogym gym floor and classes. Membership is required: all plans include the pool, sauna and steam room, with anytime membership from £82 a month and off-peak from £70. Open 6:30am to 10pm on weekdays and 8am to 8pm at weekends.
Eight Wellness Club
A contrast-therapy club in the Dean Clough mills in Halifax with a Finnish sauna, ice baths and an in-house coffee shop. Sessions last 60 minutes and most guests complete two to four hot-cold cycles. A single session costs £15 at peak times and £12 off-peak, and the weekly Sunday Sauna Club is £10. Memberships and credit packs are available, and groups can ask about private hire. Open daily, from 3pm on Tuesdays.
SOUL Wellness Hub
A not-for-profit wellness hub and vegetarian café in a former Methodist church on Burnley Road in Sowerby Bridge. Its communal infrared sauna is booked in one-hour slots for £8, and the garden has a cold plunge, hot tub and firepit; a float tank, an amethyst room and yoga classes are also offered. Bathers may wear swimwear, a towel or nothing. The sauna can be booked privately for up to eight people. Closed on Tuesdays.
Wellgreen Outdoor Sauna
An outdoor sauna and cold-bath site behind The Sportsman Inn at Greetland, near Halifax. An eight-person barrel sauna is paired with four cold baths, two at 7°C and two at 11°C, plus outdoor showers, four private changing rooms and a firepit. It is a no-nudity sauna, so swimwear is required. Open Friday afternoons and all day at weekends; the whole site can be booked privately for up to eight guests at £89 an hour.
äyup. sauna
A wood-fired sauna built into a converted horsebox, parked in a field on the side of the Chevin above Otley, next to the Chevin Inn. Social sessions last 50 minutes, run on the hour on selected days and take six guests at most, with Urban Ice Tribe cold plunges and a wild shower for cooling. Swimwear must be worn. Private sessions for up to eight people cost £105. The pitch and schedule change with the seasons, so check the booking calendar.
Hollins Hall Hotel, Spa & Golf
A country hotel in 200 acres on Hollins Hill above Baildon, with an 18-hole golf course and a leisure club and spa. The club has a 20m indoor heated pool, a whirlpool, a sauna, a steam room, a solarium and a gym with over 40 weekly classes, plus beauty treatments. Non-residents can use the gym, pool and spa with a membership or a day pass. The pool is adults-only on weekday evenings.
JD Gyms Batley
A 24-hour JD Gyms club in Frontier Business Park on Bradford Road, about a 10-minute walk from Batley station and reached from junction 27 of the M62, with free on-site parking. It has more than 250 machines including dedicated glute kit, a women-only training area and separate male and female saunas in the changing rooms. A day pass costs £10.99 with no joining fee; membership is £10 for the first month, then £28.99 a month.
JD Gyms Bradford
A 24-hour JD Gyms club on Manningham Lane Retail Park, a 10 to 15 minute walk north of Bradford city centre, with buses stopping outside and free parking for up to three hours. It has more than 250 machines, lifting platforms and a women-only area, and the changing rooms have separate male and female saunas. A day pass costs £10.99 with no joining fee; membership is £10 for the first month, then £28.99 a month.
JD Gyms Halifax
A 24-hour JD Gyms club on Victoria Retail Park, Shroggs Road, north of Halifax town centre and about a 25-minute walk from the station, with free on-site parking for up to three hours. Alongside more than 250 machines, a functional rig and lifting platforms, the changing rooms have lockers, hair dryers and separate male and female saunas. A day pass costs £10.99 with no joining fee; membership is £10 for the first month, then £28.99 a month.
Nuffield Health Guiseley Fitness & Wellbeing Gym
A Nuffield Health fitness club on Otley Road next to Guiseley station, with a swimming pool, sauna and steam room alongside a Technogym gym floor and classes. Membership is required: all plans include the pool, sauna and steam room, with anytime membership from £82 a month and off-peak from £70. Open 6:30am to 10pm on weekdays and 8am to 8pm at weekends.