Whinfell Forest spa experiences

Discover 14 immersive indoor and outdoor spa experiences, each using heat, water and nature to bring a wealth of wellbeing benefits to your mind and body.

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Thermal Experiences

Salt Steam

Steam, essential oils and salt recreate a coastal atmosphere in this unique inhalation room centred around a striking illuminated rose quartz. Relax on the heated seats and breathe in the bracing mix of mineral salts, jasmine and mint.

A glowing salt rock sits in a pebble-filled bowl, illuminating a dark tiled steam room with curved bench seating and a backlit amber brick wall.

Botanical Steam

Drift away in this atmospheric steam room and experience total detoxification, inside and out. Intense heat and steam are a treat for the respiratory and circulatory system, while jasmine soothes and moisturises the skin.

Statue with hands pressed together stands centered, illuminated blue-red, between two open tiled steam rooms. Mosaic benches curve along walls; small stone heaters sit in corners under warm beige lighting.

Blossom Steam

An immersive experience with glittering lights, exotic colours, flower petals and sculpted stone. This intense steam experience is infused with the uplifting aroma of black amber and citrus to clear your airways.

Woman reclines on a curved mosaic-tiled bench, resting with eyes closed and one arm draped back, in blue lighting within a spa steam room or sauna.

Aromatherapy Steam

A humid environment, with waves of intense steam infused with menthol and eucalyptus to open your airways, help you breathe more easily and soothe aching muscles. A detoxifying and purifying experience.

Decorative tiled Turkish Hammam with intricate designs on the walls.

Cedar Sauna

A traditional sauna with wooden benches and soothing dry heat. Soft lighting combined with intense heat calms your mind and body, releases impurities, opens pores and strengthens the body’s immune defences.

Wooden Tyrolean Sauna with bench seating and a bucket of cold water.

Herbal Sauna

A comfortably warm, aromatic experience. Chamomile creates a feeling of calm, promoting a good night’s sleep, sage relieves stress and counters muscle fatigue, while rosemary stimulates mind and body and promotes clearer thinking.

Greek Herbal Bath with individual tiled seating around a selection of herbs.

Herbal Heat

A gentle heat to detoxify the body and strengthen your immune system. When you feel hot, direct the cold water hose all over your body, starting with the extremities and working towards the heart. Your skin will tingle and feel refreshed.

Ornate urn fountain sprays thin water jets upward, resting on a mosaic pedestal. Surrounding it, a curved, tile-covered bench forms a circular steam-room alcove with warm, dim lighting.

Hydrotherapy Experiences

Outdoor Pool

Let your mind drift away in our heated outdoor pool, set against a striking forest backdrop. Whether you're doing a few lazy lengths, floating beneath the open sky or simply admiring the woodland view as you soak amongst the bubbles, it's a tranquil and refreshing experience whatever the weather.
  • Pregnancy-friendly experience
Wooden decking with comfortable seating by an Outdoor Pool in the forest.

Experience Showers

A sequence of shower experiences using meridian acupressure, alternating hot and cold water alongside different scents, sounds, colours and sensations - from reinvigorating cold mist to warm tropical rainfall and revitalising side body jets.

Woman standing under the Rain Walk shower with water flowing over her head.

Ice Fountain

Enjoy an invigorating ice-rub across your skin after visiting our thermal experiences. Alternating extremes of hot and cold boosts circulation, reduces inflammation, minimises pores and enhances your sense of wellbeing.

  • Pregnancy-friendly experience
Woman stood in the Ice Cave applying shaved ice to her shoulder.

Hydropool

Hydrotherapy has been used to promote health and wellbeing for hundreds of years. Try the massage jets to soothe aching muscles, increase circulation, boost the immune system and flush away toxins, or take a relaxing soak to calm your nerves and melt away stress.

Spa pool bubbles and cascades, water jets pouring from stainless spouts and steps descending between handrails. Surrounded by tiled flooring, glass walls, and hanging greenery in a calm, indoor wellness area.

Sole Therapy

The perfect start to your spa experience, our effervescent reflexology footbaths soothe and stimulate tired and aching feet. Soaking your feet helps your body temperature rise slightly, preparing you for the heat of some of our experiences.

  • Pregnancy-friendly experience
Women in a white spa robe sat on a bench with feet in a foot bath

Relax Experiences

Deep Relax

Our cosy water beds are the perfect place for a moment of calm and meditation amongst the glowing candles. Snuggle under a soft towel and sink into the bed, allowing yourself to be rocked to sleep by the gentle ripples of the water below you.

  • Pregnancy-friendly experience
A person lying comfortably on a bed with a pillow, experiencing a deep relax treatment in a dimly lit cozy room

Zen Garden

Walk through this symbolic, serene space designed for focus, meditation and reflection, with radiant Japanese maples and reflexology stones for a meditative walk and foot massage, helping to reduce tension and lower blood pressure.

  • Pregnancy-friendly experience
A man in a spa robe outside next to a blossom tree with forest trees behind him

Outdoor Terrace

Snuggle up under a fluffy towel on one of our egg-shaped poolside loungers and soak up the beautiful forest views. Feel close to nature and enjoy a moment of quiet reflection as you gaze out over the water and through the trees.

  • Pregnancy-friendly experience
Couple sitting in fluffy spa robes by the pool.
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