Our Story

Built by hand. Driven by community.

Saunassa started with a family connection and a conversation about sauna. Derry and Zoey turned that conversation into a courtyard in Newquay: a wood-fired sauna, a couple of hot tubs, and a handful of ice baths. What's grown since is still built on the same idea, heat, cold and rest, shared with other people.

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Meet the founders

Moving between heat and cold stimulates circulation, supports recovery, boosts immunity, and helps reduce inflammation. Elevating the body’s temperature in the sauna or hot tub expands blood vessels near the skin’s surface. The plunge into cold water does the opposite, training your body to recover faster each time you do it.

Zoey

Zoey grew up in Newquay and has always been drawn to bringing people together. With years in hospitality and wellbeing behind her, she keeps things running day to day, from managing the spa to making sure every visit feels like it matters.

Derry

Derry's background is carpentry. He's faced his own mental health challenges and found sauna to be a powerful tool for healing, that's why he wanted to build a place where others could find the same calm and relief. He's also the one behind the tools, making sure everything's safe, warm, and working just right.

Heat, cold and connection

We believe in the power of heat, cold, and rest. It's more than wellness, it's recovery and connection. Saunassa was built with care, grit, and a shared love of sauna culture, for locals, visitors, athletes, and first-timers alike.

Our core value

To be the best community sauna in the UK

That means creating welcoming spaces where heat, cold and connection come together. Every Saunassa is built around the same simple idea: accessible contrast therapy, a strong sense of community, and somewhere people genuinely want to return to.

Whether you're coming for recovery, a reset, or simply some time away from the everyday, find the Saunassa closest to you and experience it for yourself.

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What we believe

Saunassa is built around more than the physical benefits of heat and cold. We believe the best wellbeing spaces should feel welcoming, accessible and rooted in community, with every detail designed to help people recover, reset and reconnect. Those principles shape how every Saunassa is built, how each location is run, and the experience we want every visitor to have.

Wellness & Recovery

Contrast therapy sits at the centre of everything, heat and cold working together to help the body recover and the mind reset.

Community First

Every session is a chance to connect. We build spaces where conversations happen as naturally as the plunge into cold water.

Contrast Therapy

Traditional and infrared saunas, hot tubs, and cold baths. The full Nordic cycle, done properly.

Safety & Standards

Every site is built and run to the same standard, so wherever you find a Saunassa, you know what you're getting.

Accessible Wellness

Sauna culture shouldn't be a luxury. We keep it affordable and welcoming, for everyday routines as much as special occasions.

Built by Hand

From the first wood-fired sauna in Newquay to every site since, Saunassa is built with the same care and attention, not off a shelf.

Our journey

Join the Saunassa network

Interested in joining the Saunassa network?

Saunassa is growing, and we’re looking for the right people to bring our approach to sauna, contrast therapy and community to new locations across the UK.

If you share our values and want to build something with real local impact, explore the franchise opportunity and find out what it takes to open a Saunassa of your own.