UK Spa & Wellness News: August 2026

Three openings from the past fortnight are worth knowing if you are planning a break. A Marylebone landmark has reopened its spa after a big refit, a new spa has launched on the edge of the North York Moors, and a busy leisure centre in Hertfordshire has reopened a thermal suite you can book without a hotel stay. Here is what each one means in practice.

The Landmark London reopens its spa after a £4m refit

The Landmark London has reopened its spa in Marylebone following a £4 million investment, unveiling a reimagined 710 square metre space aimed at day visitors as well as hotel guests. The thermal suite now runs to a 34C vitality pool with swan-neck hydrotherapy jets, a Finnish sauna, an aromatic steam room, an ice fountain, heated marble loungers and multi-sensory showers, alongside five new treatment rooms and a relaxation zone. It matters because it adds a serious central-London thermal circuit you can book for the day, with signature 90-minute treatments from £265, so you do not need to leave town for proper heat-and-cold bathing. If you are weighing up options in the capital, see our guide to wellness retreats near London. The reopening is reported by PBL Magazine.

Gisborough Hall opens the Sakura Spa on the North York Moors

Gisborough Hall, a Grade II-listed hotel on the edge of the North York Moors, has opened its new Sakura Spa after a multi-million-pound build, marked with a launch event on 29 July. The spa has six treatment rooms and relaxation lounges plus a thermal garden with a vitality pool, saunas, a steam room and garden relaxation spaces, and there is a new Koyo Restaurant for spa guests. It is worth noting because it welcomes day visitors as well as overnight guests, giving the north-east corner of Yorkshire a fresh, garden-led spa rather than another indoor-only suite. For more places to book in the county, see our guide to spa days in Yorkshire. The opening is covered by Yorkshire Live.

St Albans reopens the Verulamium Spa after a £400k upgrade

The Verulamium Spa Retreat at Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre in St Albans has reopened after a £400,000 refurbishment by operator Everyone Active, with work that began in January now complete. The upgrade adds a new sauna and steam room, an enhanced hydrospa with monsoon showers, an ice cave with cold plunge baths, a salt room and infrared seating, plus fully refurbished changing rooms and an expanded treatment menu. The point worth making is access: this sits inside a public leisure centre that takes more than a million visits a year, so it is a genuinely affordable way to use a full thermal circuit without booking a hotel. For ways to keep the cost down elsewhere, see our spa break discount codes. The reopening is reported by Premier Construction News.