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Saunas in Hove

The short answer

Hove has seven listed saunas and studios and three gyms with a sauna. Saunadelic is the wood-fired one, four venues have infrared and six have a cold plunge or ice bath. Sessions start at £8 (so.sauna, 30 min).

10 venues · Oldest price checked 6 Oct 2026

The Hove saunas

West to east. Postcode BN3 and the Hove seafront.

7 venues

  • Social sauna · Hove

    so.sauna

    • Cold plunge
    • Silent sessions
    • Private hire
    • Horsebox

    Horsebox sauna in the 'Secret Garden' behind the Hangleton Manor pub. Entered through the pub garden, via the door next to the dovecote.

    Portslade · 22 min walk

    From£830 min, cheapest

  • Social sauna · Hove

    Saunadelic

    • Cold plunge
    • Wood-fired
    • Silent sessions
    • Private hire

    Wood-fired sauna next to the Watersports Centre at Hove Lagoon. Finnish-made Narvi stove with volcanic rocks; cold dips in a freshwater tank.

    Portslade · 23 min walk

    From£1655 min, weekdays, cheapest

  • Contrast studio · Hove

    Cryobright

    • Infrared

    Private far-infrared sauna room, sole use for the session. First in Brighton & Hove to offer whole body cryotherapy (opened 2021).

    Hove · 15 min walk

    £3530 min, private room

  • Contrast studio · Hove

    Float Spa

    • Infrared

    Private infrared sauna rooms: 2 cabins, each session in your own room with its own shower. Housed in a 19th-century former bank on Church Road, converted in September 2024.

    Hove · 10 min walk

    £4030 min, private room

  • Contrast studio · Hove

    Sauna + Stretch

    • Cold plunge
    • Private hire
    • Electric

    Indoor electric sauna clad in Canadian red cedar with Himalayan salt panels. Assisted 1-2-1 stretch therapy alongside the sauna; 75-min Sauna + Stretch combo.

    Hove · 2 min walk

    From£2050 min, cheapest

  • Contrast studio · Hove

    Recovery Room

    • Cold plunge
    • Infrared

    Infrared sauna plus cold plunge contrast-therapy studio (not a traditional Finnish sauna). Cold plunges kept at 5-8°C.

    Hove · 22 min walk

    From£1860 min, cheapest

  • Contrast studio · Hove

    Sauna Yard West Hove

    • Cold plunge
    • Private hire

    Outdoor sauna and cold plunge in the back garden of a family home in West Hove; address only given on booking. Run by Barby De La Fuente-Ford, a qualified breathwork and life coach; breathwork in a studio next to the sauna.

    From£1360 min, cheapest

Gyms with a sauna

Who can use it, and what a non-member pays.

Gyms in Hove with a sauna: who can use it
WhereWho can use itNon-member price
Zone4 HoveUnits 2-4, Dairy Place, 37 The Droveway, HoveOpen to allno membership needednot published
Natural Fit Health ClubSt. Agnes Church, Newtown Road, Hove, East SussexMembers + guestsnot published
Hove Fitness Club2 St Heliers Avenue (off Portland Road), Hove, East SussexMembers onlynone

Status

Not open, or not confirmed

  • Sun of a Beach Sauna, Church Road

    A wood-fired sauna and plunge pool in the garden of Flat Out coffee shop. It appears closed or paused: its website has expired, its booking page shows no appointments for October or November 2026, and its last Instagram post was on 7 June 2026. We haven't listed it and will recheck.

  • Rockwater Hove sauna huts

    Three beach-hut style timber sauna huts replacing Rockwater's three seafront kiosks. Not open yet.

  • Toasty Hove beach sauna

    Community-led beach sauna run by a Community Interest Company that reinvests surpluses into community access. Not open yet.

  • Coached

    Just over the border in Portslade (BN41 1DT), so not on this page: coaching gym for over-40s with a dedicated contrast therapy suite (traditional sauna + ice bath).

Asked a lot

Answered from the venues' own pages, nothing else.

How many saunas are there in Hove?

Seven saunas and studios on our list (so.sauna, Saunadelic, Cryobright, Float Spa, Sauna + Stretch, Recovery Room and Sauna Yard West Hove), plus three gyms with a sauna. Two more are planned or approved but not open. We checked each on its own website in October 2026.

What is the cheapest sauna in Hove?

so.sauna: £8 for 30 min. Sauna Yard West Hove is next at £13 for 60 min.

Is Sun of a Beach Sauna in Hove still open?

It appears closed or paused. The website has expired, the booking page shows no appointments for October or November 2026, and the last Instagram post was on 7 June 2026. We haven't listed it, and we'll recheck.

Is there a sauna on Hove beach?

Not open yet. Rockwater Hove sauna huts and Toasty Hove beach sauna have planning permission on the seafront, with no opening date published.

Which Hove saunas have a cold plunge or ice bath?

Recovery Room, Sauna + Stretch, Sauna Yard West Hove, Saunadelic, so.sauna and Zone4 Hove (ice baths). Recovery Room is the only one that publishes a temperature: 5-8°C.

Is there a gym in Hove with a sauna I can use?

Zone4 Hove (open to all), Natural Fit Health Club (members + guests) and Hove Fitness Club (members only).

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How we check

Every price and fact on this page was copied from the venue's own website or booking page and checked by code against a saved copy. We go round again every month.

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