London · Est. 2019
Hot, cold, quiet
A birch-fired sauna and two cold plunge barrels on the water. One hour, twelve people, no phones on the benches.
How it works
Heat, cold, rest — two or three times round
There is no correct way to do this, but if it is your first time, this is the shape most people settle into.
01Sit in the heat
Ten to fifteen minutes on the bench. Lower is cooler if the top is too much — nobody is keeping score.
02Get in the cold
Straight into the barrel. Thirty seconds is plenty. Breathe out slowly on the way in and it stops being a shock.
03Do nothing
The bit people skip and the bit that works. Sit on the terrace until you stop feeling cold, then go again.
What people say afterwards
- 5.0
I went for the sauna and stayed for the ten minutes afterwards where nobody talks to you. It is the only hour in the week I do not check my phone.
Priya N.
Member since 2022
- 5.0
First time in a cold plunge and I lasted about nine seconds. The person on the desk had clearly seen it a thousand times and just said "that counts".
Tom B.
First visit
- 5.0
Seven in the morning, in January, with the river steaming. Worth the early alarm on its own.
Aisling M.
Weekly regular
- 4.0
Booked the private hire for six of us. They let us keep the terrace an extra half hour and nobody rushed us out.
Daniel O.
Private hire
The fire is already lit
Sessions open eight weeks ahead. Weekday evenings go first.