Best Saunas in York, United Kingdom
Pool Bridge Farm
Pool Bridge Farm is a wild-swimming site at Crockey Hill, about ten minutes from York city centre, with four lakes and five wood-fired saunas set around its M Lake. Bookings are 55-minute self-led contrast sessions alternating between sauna and lake dips, either as an individual ticket in a shared sauna or as a private booking; female-only and tranquil sessions also run. In autumn it is open to adult day-ticket holders from 8am to 8pm.
Cloisters Spa at The Parsonage
Cloisters Spa belongs to The Parsonage Hotel & Spa in Escrick, about 15 minutes south of York, set in six acres of formal gardens. Facilities include a 16-metre swimming pool, a jacuzzi, a sauna, a steam room, and aromatherapy and salt rooms, plus a large gym. Day and overnight spa experiences are sold to non-residents; swimwear must be worn in all wet areas and under-18s cannot use the spa.
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa
Middlethorpe Hall is a country-house hotel on Bishopthorpe Road at the southern edge of York, run by Historic House Hotels. Its spa sits behind the façade of two listed Edwardian cottages opposite the hotel and has a large indoor swimming pool, a spa bath, a steam room and a sauna. Non-resident guests come for spa days and treatments; the spa is open 7:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and 7:30 to 19:00 at weekends.
SubRosa Spa at The Grand York
SubRosa is the spa beneath The Grand, a hotel beside York station. Its thermal area has a Himalayan salt sauna, a Tirol hot sauna, herbal and mineral steam rooms, a double hammam, a Rasul, a hydrotherapy pool and a herbal lounge. Non-residents visit on spa-day packages that include two hours of spa access, from £60 per person; spa hours are 7:00 to 22:00, with spa access allocated in 90-minute sessions for hotel residents.
Bannatyne Health Club & Spa York
Bannatyne Health Club & Spa York is a chain health club at York Business Park in Nether Poppleton, on the north-west edge of the city. Alongside the gym it has a 20-metre swimming pool and wet-side facilities with sauna and steam room, and it sells day passes as well as memberships. The club is open 6:00 to 22:00 on weekdays and 8:00 to 20:00 at weekends; poolside facilities close 30 minutes earlier.
Everlast Gyms+ York
Everlast Gyms+ York is a chain gym on Stirling Road in Clifton Moor, north of the city centre, with a Hyrox performance centre, reformer Pilates, a recovery zone and a swimming pool. Its facility list includes a sauna, and day passes are sold alongside memberships. It opens 6:00 to 22:00 Monday to Thursday, 6:00 to 21:00 on Friday and 8:00 to 18:00 at weekends.
Pool Bridge Farm
Pool Bridge Farm is a wild-swimming site at Crockey Hill, about ten minutes from York city centre, with four lakes and five wood-fired saunas set around its M Lake. Bookings are 55-minute self-led contrast sessions alternating between sauna and lake dips, either as an individual ticket in a shared sauna or as a private booking; female-only and tranquil sessions also run. In autumn it is open to adult day-ticket holders from 8am to 8pm.
Cloisters Spa at The Parsonage
Cloisters Spa belongs to The Parsonage Hotel & Spa in Escrick, about 15 minutes south of York, set in six acres of formal gardens. Facilities include a 16-metre swimming pool, a jacuzzi, a sauna, a steam room, and aromatherapy and salt rooms, plus a large gym. Day and overnight spa experiences are sold to non-residents; swimwear must be worn in all wet areas and under-18s cannot use the spa.
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa
Middlethorpe Hall is a country-house hotel on Bishopthorpe Road at the southern edge of York, run by Historic House Hotels. Its spa sits behind the façade of two listed Edwardian cottages opposite the hotel and has a large indoor swimming pool, a spa bath, a steam room and a sauna. Non-resident guests come for spa days and treatments; the spa is open 7:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and 7:30 to 19:00 at weekends.
SubRosa Spa at The Grand York
SubRosa is the spa beneath The Grand, a hotel beside York station. Its thermal area has a Himalayan salt sauna, a Tirol hot sauna, herbal and mineral steam rooms, a double hammam, a Rasul, a hydrotherapy pool and a herbal lounge. Non-residents visit on spa-day packages that include two hours of spa access, from £60 per person; spa hours are 7:00 to 22:00, with spa access allocated in 90-minute sessions for hotel residents.
Bannatyne Health Club & Spa York
Bannatyne Health Club & Spa York is a chain health club at York Business Park in Nether Poppleton, on the north-west edge of the city. Alongside the gym it has a 20-metre swimming pool and wet-side facilities with sauna and steam room, and it sells day passes as well as memberships. The club is open 6:00 to 22:00 on weekdays and 8:00 to 20:00 at weekends; poolside facilities close 30 minutes earlier.
Everlast Gyms+ York
Everlast Gyms+ York is a chain gym on Stirling Road in Clifton Moor, north of the city centre, with a Hyrox performance centre, reformer Pilates, a recovery zone and a swimming pool. Its facility list includes a sauna, and day passes are sold alongside memberships. It opens 6:00 to 22:00 Monday to Thursday, 6:00 to 21:00 on Friday and 8:00 to 18:00 at weekends.