Cold plunge
Images credit: Glasgow Community Sauna
At a glance
About this sauna
Glasgow Community Sauna, Pollokshields is a hand-built, wood-fired sauna set in a renovated corner of a community garden on McCulloch Street. It’s run as a not-for-profit, built and maintained by volunteers with a DIY, community spirit.
Alongside public sessions, the sauna also works with local charities and healthcare partners to offer subsidised sessions for groups who might otherwise face barriers to accessing it.
What to expect
- Two hand-built saunas, a 7-seat horsebox and a 13-seat wheelchair-accessible sauna
- Social sessions for up to 13 people
- Scotland's first wheelchair-accessible sauna and cold plunge
- Chilled, filtered cold plunge and a cold outdoor shower
- Set in a renovated corner of a former bowling green
Additional experiences and sessions
- Private hire available
- Men-only and women-only sessions
- Aufguss sessions, alongside soundbaths, whisking and movement events
- Free and subsidised sessions
- Part of Scotland's social prescribing sauna programme
Plan your visit
- Swimwear
- Two towels (one for sitting on, one for drying off)
- Flip flops or sandals
- Warm layers for afterwards
- Water bottle
- Changing robe or loose layers for getting changed outdoors
Accredited by the British Sauna Society
Location
What’s nearby
Nithsdale Road, a short walk away, has plenty of food and drink options. Pollokshaws Road, also close by, has a mix of independent cafés and traditional pubs. Queen’s Park, with its own walking paths and views over the city, is a short walk away too.
Before you go
If you’re new to wild saunas, these quick answers might help
No — you can enjoy the sauna on its own.
Yes — you can move between the sauna, the water and breaks outside at your own pace.
