South Manchester · WA14 5HH
Sauna and Ice Bath in Manchester
RE:UP is a dedicated sauna and ice bath facility in Broadheath, south Manchester — an 8-person Finnish sauna and two cold plunge baths in the same room, about a 20-minute drive from the city centre. Sessions are 90 minutes and start at £20.
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£20
Session from
90 min
Session length
7 days
Open
7am — 9pm
Hours
The quick answer
RE:UP is a sauna and ice bath facility at 20 Huxley Street, Broadheath, Altrincham, in south Manchester. It has an 8-person traditional Finnish sauna running at 90–110°C and two cold plunge ice baths held at 4–7°C, both included in a 90-minute session from £20. It is roughly 20 to 25 minutes from Manchester city centre by car via the A56, with free parking on site, and is open seven days a week from 7am to 9pm.
The facility
Heat and cold in the same room
The sauna at RE:UP is a traditional Finnish design, not infrared. It is heated by a stove with heated stones, seats eight, and runs between 90 and 110°C. Water can be ladled onto the stones for short bursts of steam.
Two cold plunge ice baths sit a few steps away, maintained at 4 to 7°C and monitored daily. Because the sauna and both plunges are in one room, a full contrast protocol — alternating heat and cold across several rounds — happens without leaving the space or queuing for a second facility.
Normatec compression boots, a mobility area with rollers and bands, four private changing rooms, a hot shower and a chill-out area are included in every session at no extra cost. Anyone looking for a sauna in Manchester with a cold plunge beside it, rather than the two in separate buildings, will find both here in one room.
How a session runs
No instructor, no timer, no group to keep up with
Every session at RE:UP is free-flow. You get 90 minutes and full access to the facility, and you use it however suits you — long rounds or short ones, sauna first or plunge first, as many cycles as you want.
Most sauna and ice bath venues in central Manchester run guided or class-based sessions on a fixed clock. That format works well for some people. It is not what RE:UP does, and anyone who has found guided sessions rushed or too rigid tends to prefer the free-flow format.
Getting here
Twenty minutes from the city centre, with parking
- By car: the A56 south through Stretford and Sale, turning off at Broadheath. Approximately 20 to 25 minutes from Manchester city centre. Parking on Huxley Street is free.
- By tram: Metrolink to Altrincham interchange, then a short taxi to Broadheath. Around 35 minutes in total.
- From south Manchester: Didsbury is about 14 minutes, Chorlton and Stretford around 12, Sale roughly 8.
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Recovery Sessions — Open Now, From £20
Book a 90-minute recovery session — an 8-person Finnish sauna, cold plunge ice baths (4–7°C) and Normatec compression — from £20 at 20 Huxley Street, Altrincham. Open seven days a week, 7am–9pm. Memberships from £50/month.
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Recovery people from across Manchester
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Sauna and ice bath in Manchester — common questions
RE:UP is a dedicated sauna and ice bath facility in Broadheath, Altrincham, in south Manchester — roughly 20 to 25 minutes from Manchester city centre by car down the A56. It has an 8-person Finnish sauna at 90–110°C and two cold plunge ice baths held at 4–7°C in the same room, so heat and cold can be alternated in one visit. A 90-minute session costs £20, seven days a week. For anyone searching for a cold plunge in Manchester who does not want to travel into the city centre, RE:UP is the closest purpose-built option to the south of the city.
Daily use suits some people and not others. Research on heat and cold exposure generally studies several sessions a week rather than daily use, and the evidence for a daily protocol being better than three or four times a week is thin. RE:UP members often go two to four times a week. Anyone with a heart condition, high or low blood pressure, or who is pregnant should speak to a GP before starting, and nobody should use an ice bath alone if they are unwell.
Contrast therapy in Manchester means alternating heat and cold in the same visit, and it needs a sauna and a cold plunge in the same place. RE:UP in Broadheath has an 8-person Finnish sauna and two cold plunge ice baths in one room, so rounds can be alternated without moving between facilities or booking two things. A full contrast session is included in the standard 90-minute slot rather than priced separately.
RE:UP is at 20 Huxley Street, Broadheath, Altrincham, WA14 5HH — approximately 20 to 25 minutes from Manchester city centre by car, taking the A56 south through Stretford and Sale. By tram it is around 35 minutes: Metrolink to Altrincham interchange, then a short taxi. Parking on Huxley Street is free, which city-centre venues generally cannot offer.
Sessions at RE:UP are booked online in advance and capacity per slot is limited, so turning up without a slot is not reliable. A single 90-minute session is £20 with no account needed. Membership starts at £50 a month for people coming regularly.
No. RE:UP has a traditional Finnish sauna, not an infrared cabin. It is heated by a stove with heated stones and runs at 90–110°C, and water can be ladled onto the stones for short bursts of steam. Infrared saunas operate far cooler, typically 45–60°C, and heat the body directly rather than heating the air.
Swimwear, a towel and a water bottle. RE:UP has private changing rooms and a hot shower on site. Flip-flops are useful but not essential. Nothing else is needed — the sauna, both ice baths, Normatec compression boots and the mobility area are all included in the session price.