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Private sauna cabins + open-air wooden plunge barrels 5–7°C + ice-bucket showers. Bookable-by-the-group model (up to 4); pulls Broadway Market / Victoria Park crowd; cool-down rooms with tea encourage post-plunge lingering.
Practical
- Postcode
- E8 4RU
- Setting
- Outdoor
- First visit
- Book the whole cabin online (it's private, never communal) for 30–90 minutes; bring your own towel and flip-flops. Sessions include the cold-plunge barrels, waterfall buckets and complimentary tea — Fridays get busy, Sundays are calm.
- Booking
- Book ahead
- Website
- Rooftop Saunas Hackney (Netil House)
- @rooftopsaunas
What you'd want to know
Private sauna site on the rooftop of Netil House on Westgate Street, London Fields. A row of bespoke wood-fired cedar sauna cabins, each fitted for groups of one to four, lines one edge of the rooftop.
Outside each cabin, an open-air timber plunge barrel sits beside ice-bucket showers and a small timber cool-down bench. Cabin interiors in pale cedar, tiered benches, a wood-burning stove.
The rooftop view stretches west over hackney and east london toward the city skyline; the netil 360 café and bar sit alongside. Plywood decking underfoot, timber screens for privacy between cabins.
Cold-plunge water sits 5–7°c. A small reception kiosk and toilet block at the rooftop entry.
Open sky above.
Overheard from locals
- private cabin model — you book your sauna for your group, no strangers. up to 4 people per cabin.
- the changing rooms are shared toilets with the restaurant opposite — don't expect a luxury changing block. that's the netil house quirk.
- £11/person for 30 minutes is the starting rate; longer sessions stretch out further. one hour is what most regulars book.
- plunge water sits 5–7°c. one minute is plenty round one; ice-bucket shower in between if you don't want the barrel.
- netil360 café and pizza is on the same rooftop. most groups eat after the sauna, not before. it extends the visit by an hour easy.