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← Back to SaunasWhy this one made the list
5 saunas (75–95°C) + 6 ice baths (3–15°C); wooden plunge tubs at warmer end. Open-air, designed by Sami Rintala; explicit social and silent zones — the social zone is the social-ritual heart, app-booked.
Practical
- Address
- 44 Caversham Road, Kentish Town, London, NW5 2DS
- Postcode
- NW5 2DS
- Cost
- £10–£15.50 per session
- First visit
- Book online via the Lowlu app before you arrive. Bring swimwear, towel and flip-flops; arrive 10 minutes early for the locker code.
- Booking
- Book ahead
- Website
- Lowlu — Kentish Town
- @lowlu_sauna
What you'd want to know
Newly built bathhouse on an unassuming plot of land just off Kentish Town Road, designed by Finnish architect Sami Rintala of RintalaEggertsson. Five timber-clad saunas in thermally treated spruce and alder, shipped from Finland and Estonia — the wood warm honey-brown and silvering with age.
The saunas range from 75–95°C; six rectangular ice-bath tubs sit in a row outside, water 3–15°C, framed by timber duckboards. A chill-out area in the far corner with low benches and a herbal-tea station.
Scandinavian sparse: bare wood walls, soft natural lighting, no signage clutter. Railway tracks visible just beyond the back fence.
The whole site smells of pine and cold water.
Overheard from locals
- the social and silent zones are real — pick the social side if you want to chat, the silent one if you don't. people respect it.
- start with one of the 75° saunas before working up to the 95°. the jump straight in is a rookie move.
- the 3° plunge is the headline but the 9° is where most people actually go. ease into it.
- weekday mornings are the quietest — you can usually get the corner sauna and the plunge to yourself before work.
- app-only booking, so download it before you turn up. herbal tea by the chill-out bench is unlimited, sit there between rounds.