Steam saunas in Reading, United Kingdom
Nirvana Spa
Nirvana Spa is a large day spa in Sindlesham near Wokingham, a few miles south-east of Reading, whose pools are filled from a natural aquifer. Its thermal suite pairs a dry sauna with a salt-inhalation steam room, a plunge pool and an ice rub station, alongside an ice plunge, a Dead Sea salt floatation pool, a Roman pool, a heated outdoor spa garden and a candlelit tepidarium. Three-hour Time Out packages cost £75 Monday to Thursday and £90 Friday to Sunday.
Thames Lido
Thames Lido is an open-air lido with a spa and restaurant on Napier Road, beside the Thames in central Reading. Its 24-metre outdoor pool is heated all year, and at the far end sit a Scandinavian sauna at around 85 °C with three tiers of benches and a window onto the pool, a steam room and an open-air hot tub. A cold-water drench bucket and funnel shower serve for contrast bathing. Two-hour swim, sauna, steam and hot tub sessions start from £25 (£30 Friday to Sunday); adults only.
Elevate Health and Fitness Club at voco Reading
Elevate Health and Fitness Club is the leisure club of the voco Reading hotel, built into the Select Car Leasing Stadium by junction 11 of the M4. Its newly refurbished spa has an indoor swimming pool, a sauna, a steam room and three treatment rooms using Ishga seaweed products. Hotel guests and non-guests can use the facilities; pool slots are booked at weekends and in school holidays. Open 6:30 AM to 10 PM on weekdays and 7 AM to 9 PM at weekends.
Esprit Wellness & Spa at Crowne Plaza Reading East
Esprit Wellness & Spa is the leisure club of the Crowne Plaza Reading East hotel at Winnersh Triangle, next to the station between Reading and Wokingham. It has a 19-metre heated indoor pool, a sauna and a steam room with a starry-night ceiling and essence dosing, a Life Fitness gym and treatment rooms. Non-residents use it through spa days, which include sauna and steam, or monthly gym membership.
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre is a public leisure centre on Rushey Way in Lower Earley, south-east Reading, run by Places Leisure for Wokingham Borough. Alongside its gym, pools, studios, sports hall and soft play it has a sauna and steam room. It opens 6 AM to 10:30 PM on weekdays and 7 AM to 8 PM at weekends.
Nuffield Health Reading Fitness & Wellbeing Gym
Nuffield Health's Reading Fitness & Wellbeing Gym is a membership gym at Lime Square in Green Park business park, by the A33 near the Select Car Leasing Stadium. Every plan includes the gym floor, a swimming pool, a sauna and a steam room, plus classes. It opens 6:30 AM to 10 PM on weekdays and 8 AM to 8 PM at weekends; wet facilities close 30 minutes before the club.
Nuffield Health Wokingham Fitness & Wellbeing Gym
Nuffield Health's Wokingham Fitness & Wellbeing Gym is a membership gym at The Plaza on Denmark Street in Wokingham town centre, east of Reading. Every plan includes the gym floor, a swimming pool, a sauna and a steam room, plus classes. It opens 6:30 AM to 10 PM Monday to Thursday, to 9:30 PM on Friday and 8 AM to 8 PM at weekends, with parking in the Elms Road car park.
The Atrium Health Club
The Atrium Health Club is a gym and padel club on Scours Lane in Tilehurst, west Reading, with an adults-only spa built for recovery: a 100 °C sauna with a salt wall, an infrared therapy room, a steam room, a 5 °C cold plunge pool, an ice scrub, hot stone beds and an experience shower. Non-members can buy a gym and spa day pass for £20, spa-only membership starts at £59 a month, and the spa can be hired privately.
Nirvana Spa
Nirvana Spa is a large day spa in Sindlesham near Wokingham, a few miles south-east of Reading, whose pools are filled from a natural aquifer. Its thermal suite pairs a dry sauna with a salt-inhalation steam room, a plunge pool and an ice rub station, alongside an ice plunge, a Dead Sea salt floatation pool, a Roman pool, a heated outdoor spa garden and a candlelit tepidarium. Three-hour Time Out packages cost £75 Monday to Thursday and £90 Friday to Sunday.
Thames Lido
Thames Lido is an open-air lido with a spa and restaurant on Napier Road, beside the Thames in central Reading. Its 24-metre outdoor pool is heated all year, and at the far end sit a Scandinavian sauna at around 85 °C with three tiers of benches and a window onto the pool, a steam room and an open-air hot tub. A cold-water drench bucket and funnel shower serve for contrast bathing. Two-hour swim, sauna, steam and hot tub sessions start from £25 (£30 Friday to Sunday); adults only.
Elevate Health and Fitness Club at voco Reading
Elevate Health and Fitness Club is the leisure club of the voco Reading hotel, built into the Select Car Leasing Stadium by junction 11 of the M4. Its newly refurbished spa has an indoor swimming pool, a sauna, a steam room and three treatment rooms using Ishga seaweed products. Hotel guests and non-guests can use the facilities; pool slots are booked at weekends and in school holidays. Open 6:30 AM to 10 PM on weekdays and 7 AM to 9 PM at weekends.
Esprit Wellness & Spa at Crowne Plaza Reading East
Esprit Wellness & Spa is the leisure club of the Crowne Plaza Reading East hotel at Winnersh Triangle, next to the station between Reading and Wokingham. It has a 19-metre heated indoor pool, a sauna and a steam room with a starry-night ceiling and essence dosing, a Life Fitness gym and treatment rooms. Non-residents use it through spa days, which include sauna and steam, or monthly gym membership.
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre is a public leisure centre on Rushey Way in Lower Earley, south-east Reading, run by Places Leisure for Wokingham Borough. Alongside its gym, pools, studios, sports hall and soft play it has a sauna and steam room. It opens 6 AM to 10:30 PM on weekdays and 7 AM to 8 PM at weekends.
Nuffield Health Reading Fitness & Wellbeing Gym
Nuffield Health's Reading Fitness & Wellbeing Gym is a membership gym at Lime Square in Green Park business park, by the A33 near the Select Car Leasing Stadium. Every plan includes the gym floor, a swimming pool, a sauna and a steam room, plus classes. It opens 6:30 AM to 10 PM on weekdays and 8 AM to 8 PM at weekends; wet facilities close 30 minutes before the club.
Nuffield Health Wokingham Fitness & Wellbeing Gym
Nuffield Health's Wokingham Fitness & Wellbeing Gym is a membership gym at The Plaza on Denmark Street in Wokingham town centre, east of Reading. Every plan includes the gym floor, a swimming pool, a sauna and a steam room, plus classes. It opens 6:30 AM to 10 PM Monday to Thursday, to 9:30 PM on Friday and 8 AM to 8 PM at weekends, with parking in the Elms Road car park.
The Atrium Health Club
The Atrium Health Club is a gym and padel club on Scours Lane in Tilehurst, west Reading, with an adults-only spa built for recovery: a 100 °C sauna with a salt wall, an infrared therapy room, a steam room, a 5 °C cold plunge pool, an ice scrub, hot stone beds and an experience shower. Non-members can buy a gym and spa day pass for £20, spa-only membership starts at £59 a month, and the spa can be hired privately.