Outdoor saunas in Norwich, United Kingdom
Reset Saunas
Reset Saunas is a small independent mobile sauna and cold plunge set up at Gibraltar Gardens on Heigham Street, beside the river in Norwich. It runs a traditional wood-fired Finnish sauna at 70 to 90°C and a filtered, temperature-controlled cold plunge kept at 8 to 12°C for contrast therapy. Sessions are booked online and the site opens on weekends only, on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Lions' Den City
The Lions' Den City is an independent sauna and wellbeing space on White Lion Street in central Norwich. Upstairs it has three saunas: a large indoor community sauna, which it calls the largest in Norfolk, and two rooftop saunas with city views, plus ice baths at ambient and 5 degrees. A one-hour sauna and ice bath session costs £16.50, swimwear is required, and there is a café, a studio and an alcohol-free late bar.
The Lions' Den River
The Lions' Den River is the original riverside site of The Lions' Den, a sauna garden on the banks of the River Wensum beside the Red Lion pub on Bishopgate. Two wood-fired barrel saunas look over the water, and sessions include five cold plunges at ambient, 10 and 5 degrees and a cold shower. Swimwear is required. A riverside cabin café serves food and drinks, and paddleboard hire runs in season.
The Little Heat Retreat
The Little Heat Retreat is a private garden sauna on Long John Hill in Norwich, run by its owner Amy. The solar-powered electric sauna seats six, with loyly and essential oils, an outdoor cold shower and a garden studio for changing. Most sessions are private hire at a flat rate for up to six people, from £70 an hour, and Celestial Sauna sessions for women cost £15. It was shortlisted for Best Ritual Programme at the UK Sauna Awards 2026.
Norfolk Mead Spa
Norfolk Mead Spa is the spa of the Norfolk Mead hotel in Coltishall, on the Broads north-east of Norwich. Its thermal suite has an outdoor panoramic aromatic sauna at 70 to 90°C, a herbal steam room, a hydrotherapy pool, an outdoor hot tub, an experience shower and outdoor cold shower buckets. It also offers a beer spa and a mud chamber. Spa day packages are sold to non-residents, and the spa opens daily from 8 AM to 8 PM for adults 18 and over.
Reset Saunas
Reset Saunas is a small independent mobile sauna and cold plunge set up at Gibraltar Gardens on Heigham Street, beside the river in Norwich. It runs a traditional wood-fired Finnish sauna at 70 to 90°C and a filtered, temperature-controlled cold plunge kept at 8 to 12°C for contrast therapy. Sessions are booked online and the site opens on weekends only, on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Lions' Den City
The Lions' Den City is an independent sauna and wellbeing space on White Lion Street in central Norwich. Upstairs it has three saunas: a large indoor community sauna, which it calls the largest in Norfolk, and two rooftop saunas with city views, plus ice baths at ambient and 5 degrees. A one-hour sauna and ice bath session costs £16.50, swimwear is required, and there is a café, a studio and an alcohol-free late bar.
The Lions' Den River
The Lions' Den River is the original riverside site of The Lions' Den, a sauna garden on the banks of the River Wensum beside the Red Lion pub on Bishopgate. Two wood-fired barrel saunas look over the water, and sessions include five cold plunges at ambient, 10 and 5 degrees and a cold shower. Swimwear is required. A riverside cabin café serves food and drinks, and paddleboard hire runs in season.
The Little Heat Retreat
The Little Heat Retreat is a private garden sauna on Long John Hill in Norwich, run by its owner Amy. The solar-powered electric sauna seats six, with loyly and essential oils, an outdoor cold shower and a garden studio for changing. Most sessions are private hire at a flat rate for up to six people, from £70 an hour, and Celestial Sauna sessions for women cost £15. It was shortlisted for Best Ritual Programme at the UK Sauna Awards 2026.
Norfolk Mead Spa
Norfolk Mead Spa is the spa of the Norfolk Mead hotel in Coltishall, on the Broads north-east of Norwich. Its thermal suite has an outdoor panoramic aromatic sauna at 70 to 90°C, a herbal steam room, a hydrotherapy pool, an outdoor hot tub, an experience shower and outdoor cold shower buckets. It also offers a beer spa and a mud chamber. Spa day packages are sold to non-residents, and the spa opens daily from 8 AM to 8 PM for adults 18 and over.