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Community Sauna Baths is a not-for-profit venture started by sauna enthusiasts who wanted to make sauna and cold plunge accessible to a wider range of people, including those on low incomes. And, boy, have they succeeded. Now, if you text someone to ask whether they fancy a drink, it’s not uncommon to get the response ‘on my way to Hackney sauna, can meet after’.
Probably the most well-known and popular branch – there are also locations in Stratford, Peckham and Bermondsey – this sauna is a sweltering oasis in the concrete-y maze that is Hackney Wick, each with its own charm – this sauna is a sweltering oasis in the concrete-y maze that is Hackney Wick. Facilities are basic - straightforward saunas and cold plunges in metal tubs – but the atmosphere is communal and convivial.
90 minute sessions start at £10 for off-peak times, or you can go to a morning drop-in for £8.50, or you an hire a five or 22-person sauna for the exclusive use of you and your mates. For the ultimate sensory experience, take the plunge into one of the ice baths in an old whiskey barrel. It’s very Hackney.