Wild Saunas to Visit in the UK in 2025
There’s a moment, when you step from the sea and your skin tingles with salt and cold, that feels almost sacred. The warmth that follows is grounding, comforting, and completely real.
Across the UK, wild saunas are quietly changing the way we connect to nature. Found along beaches, lakes and lochs, these small cedarwood sanctuaries are where fire meets water - and the noise of life melts away.
The ritual is simple: heat, plunge, breathe, repeat. It’s meditative, invigorating and deeply human - a pause that reminds us how alive we can feel in the wild.
And when it’s over, few things feel better than wrapping up warm. Our TÖASTIE Weatherproof Robe - featured in the December issue of Coast Magazine - was designed for exactly this moment: stepping from wild water into soft, dry comfort.
Here are some of our favourite wild saunas to visit in the UK this year.
The Saltwater Sauna, Sandbanks
Cedar-scented steam, panoramic windows framing the Solent, and the ritual of plunging into cold water between rounds of heat. Simple, elemental, and restorative.
Sandbanks & Milford-on-Sea
thesaltwatersauna.com
Wild Scottish Saunas, Fife
Two cedar havens - one on Cambo Sands and one by a Highland loch at Eden Springs. Built by cold-water swimmers, these saunas follow the classic rhythm: heat, immersion, laughter, repeat.
St Andrews & Eden Springs
wildscottishsauna.com
Haeckels Community Sauna, Margate
Set beside the tidal pool at Walpole Bay, this wood-fired sauna blends community and calm. Built with locally sourced materials, it feels deeply rooted in place.
Walpole Bay, Kent
haeckels.co.uk
Saunas by the Sea, Cornwall
A pair of wood-fired saunas that travel the Cornish coast - from Polzeath to Harlyn Bay - offering the ultimate surf-to-sauna flow. Step in hot, step out salt-bright, and wrap up to watch the cliffs fade behind you.
Polzeath & Harlyn Bay, Cornwall
saunasbythesea.co.uk
Wild Water Sauna, Pembrokeshire
A sauna on wheels, following the light along Pembrokeshire’s coastline. Between heat and sea, conversations slow, breath deepens, and time stretches.
Pembrokeshire, Wales
wildwatersauna.com
Wilder Sauna, Yelverton, Devon
Tucked deep within Dartmoor, Wilder Sauna sits on the banks of the River Dart - a quiet, restorative escape. Step from wood-fired warmth into wild Devon waters and back again, surrounded by mist and birdsong.
Badger’s Holt, Dartmeet, Dartmoor
wildersauna.com
The Ritual of Warmth
For many of us - especially parents balancing the noise of everyday life - these wild spaces offer something rare: a pause.
The heat wakes the body. The cold clears the mind. The warmth that follows brings you home to yourself.
Whether it’s dawn on a Cornish beach or dusk beside a Devon river, the real luxury lies in presence. Somewhere between heat and cold, you find a quiet kind of stillness - and carry a little of it home.