# outdoorsauna.uk

> Independent tracker of UK garden and outdoor sauna prices. 489 saunas from 23 UK retailers, 74 sauna heater listings and 92 ice baths and cold plunge tubs, each checked against the retailer's own product page (latest check 30 September 2026). Prices include VAT. No health claims are made and nothing has been tested: this is a comparison of what retailers publish. Data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a credit to outdoorsauna.uk.

## Key figures
- Median garden sauna price (all types): £6,295
- Barrel saunas: 144 listed, from £2,000, median £5,272
- Cube saunas: 86 listed, from £2,151, median £5,267
- Sauna pods: 26 listed, from £3,995, median £6,999
- Cabin saunas: 199 listed, from £1,999, median £9,429
- Outdoor infrared saunas: 10 listed, from £2,410, median £5,095
- Sauna tents: 15 listed, from £795, median £1,895
- Listings sold with a heater included: 29%
- Running cost at the Ofgem cap (26.32p/kWh): about £2.63 per session for an 8 kW heater (45 min heat-up, 60 min session, heater on half the time)

## Pages
- [Outdoor saunas UK: every model compared](https://outdoorsauna.uk/): Every outdoor sauna for sale in the UK in one table: 489 garden saunas from 23 retailers, with price, size, heater and height checked on 30 September 2026.
- [Best garden saunas UK: ranked on specs and price](https://outdoorsauna.uk/best-garden-saunas/): The best garden saunas in the UK for each kind of buyer, picked from 489 listings by published rules on price, size, heater and height. No paid placements.
- [Barrel saunas UK: every model, price and size](https://outdoorsauna.uk/barrel-saunas/): Every barrel sauna for sale in the UK: 144 models from 17 retailers, from £2,000. Compare seats, size, heater and height.
- [Cabin saunas and garden sauna rooms](https://outdoorsauna.uk/cabin-saunas/): Compare 199 garden sauna cabins and sauna rooms from 15 UK retailers, including models with changing rooms and verandas. Prices from £1,999.
- [Sauna pods: garden pods and cubes compared](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-pods/): Garden sauna pods and cube saunas compared: 112 models from 17 UK retailers, from £2,151. Seats, size, heater and height for each.
- [Outdoor infrared saunas: specs and running costs](https://outdoorsauna.uk/outdoor-infrared-saunas/): Outdoor-rated infrared saunas for sale in the UK compared on price, seats, power and supply, with running costs at the current price cap.
- [Sauna tents UK: gas, wood-fired and pop-up](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-tents/): Every sauna tent we found for sale in the UK: 15 gas and wood-fired tents from £795, compared on seats, stove and price.
- [Wood-fired saunas and stoves](https://outdoorsauna.uk/wood-fired-saunas/): 86 garden saunas sold with a wood-burning stove or the choice of one, plus wood sauna stoves, smoke control rules and which logs to buy.
- [Small garden saunas: every model under 4 m²](https://outdoorsauna.uk/small-garden-saunas/): Every garden sauna with a footprint of 4 m² or less: 86 models from £2,000, with the height of each so you can check the 2.5 m boundary rule.
- [Sauna heaters: kW, room size, supply and price](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-heaters/): 74 sauna heater listings from Harvia, HUUM, Narvi and Helo compared on output, room size, supply and price, with how to size one for your sauna.
- [Harvia sauna heaters: every model compared](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-heaters/harvia/): Harvia electric and wood-burning sauna heaters sold in the UK: The Wall, Cilindro, KIP, Vega, Virta, M3 and Pro compared on kW, room size, supply and price.
- [HUUM sauna heaters: every model compared](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-heaters/huum/): HUUM sauna heaters sold in the UK: DROP, HIVE, HIVE Mini, CLIFF and STEEL compared on kW, room size, supply and price, with the same heater's price at different retailers.
- [How much does a garden sauna cost?](https://outdoorsauna.uk/cost/): Garden sauna prices in the UK from 489 listings: median £6,295, from £795. What each type costs, what's included, and the extras to budget for.
- [Sauna running cost calculator](https://outdoorsauna.uk/running-costs/): Work out what your sauna costs to run per session, month and year at the Ofgem price cap of 26.32p per kWh. Electric and infrared presets.
- [UK Sauna Price Index](https://outdoorsauna.uk/price-index/): The UK Sauna Price Index tracks 489 garden saunas from 23 retailers each quarter. Q4 2026 baseline: median £6,295.
- [Installing a garden sauna: planning, base and electrics](https://outdoorsauna.uk/installing/): Do you need planning permission for a garden sauna? The 2.5 m rule, building regs, Part P electrics, bases and smoke control for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- [UK sauna retailers compared](https://outdoorsauna.uk/retailers/): 23 UK garden sauna retailers compared on range, prices, delivery, warranty and finance, from their own published terms.
- [Finnmark saunas: range, prices and lead times](https://outdoorsauna.uk/retailers/finnmark/): Finnmark Sauna's garden saunas compared: 44 models from £3,995, delivery and warranty terms, and cheaper alternatives.
- [Vidalux saunas: range, prices and lead times](https://outdoorsauna.uk/retailers/vidalux/): Vidalux barrel and hybrid saunas compared, including the same barrel at Vidalux and Costco. Prices, sizes and delivery terms checked 30 September 2026.
- [CenturaHeat saunas: range and prices](https://outdoorsauna.uk/retailers/centuraheat/): CenturaHeat's outdoor saunas compared: 16 models from £2,569, with sizes, heaters, supply and delivery terms.
- [Waltons saunas: range and prices](https://outdoorsauna.uk/retailers/waltons/): Waltons garden saunas compared: 11 models from £2,900, which ones include a heater, and the heaters Waltons sells separately.
- [Download the UK sauna dataset](https://outdoorsauna.uk/data/): Download the outdoorsauna.uk dataset of 489 garden saunas and 74 heaters as CSV or JSON. Free to use under CC BY 4.0.
- [How we verify prices and specs](https://outdoorsauna.uk/methodology/): How outdoorsauna.uk collects and checks every price and spec, what 'Not recorded' means, how picks are chosen and where every image comes from.
- [Price and data changes](https://outdoorsauna.uk/changelog/): A dated log of every change to the outdoorsauna.uk dataset: new listings, price changes, removals and corrections.
- [About: who writes this site and how it's paid for](https://outdoorsauna.uk/about/): Who runs outdoorsauna.uk, how the site makes money, and why commission never decides which saunas we list or recommend.
- [Embed the sauna price table](https://outdoorsauna.uk/embed/): Free embed code for the UK garden sauna price table, updated each quarter. For journalists, forums and bloggers.
- [Important information and terms of use](https://outdoorsauna.uk/terms/): What outdoorsauna.uk is and isn't: general information, not planning, legal, electrical, gas or financial advice. Terms for using the site, its calculators, embeds and data.
- [Privacy](https://outdoorsauna.uk/privacy/): What outdoorsauna.uk collects (very little), what happens when you click a retailer link, and how to get in touch.
- [Steam & Oak saunas: range, prices and heater options](https://outdoorsauna.uk/retailers/steam-and-oak/): Steam & Oak's 76 garden saunas compared: barrels, cubes, pods, cabins and gas tents from £795, with what each heater option adds.
- [How to choose a garden sauna](https://outdoorsauna.uk/how-to-choose-a-garden-sauna/): A plain-English guide to choosing a garden sauna in the UK: which shape, how many seats, electric or wood, what fits under the 2.5 m rule, and what it really costs, from 489 listings.
- [Garden sauna calculators](https://outdoorsauna.uk/calculators/): Free garden sauna calculators: total cost, running cost, heater size, electrical supply, a planning permission checker, a smoke control area checker, a cold plunge running cost calculator and a sauna finder.
- [Sauna heater size calculator](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-heater-size-calculator/): Work out what size sauna heater you need in kW from your room's size, glass and log walls, then see the heaters on sale in the UK that are rated for it.
- [Garden sauna cost calculator](https://outdoorsauna.uk/garden-sauna-cost-calculator/): Add up the full cost of a garden sauna: the sauna from 489 real UK prices, plus heater, assembly, electrics and base, using figures retailers publish.
- [Do I need planning permission for a garden sauna?](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-planning-permission-checker/): Check in a minute whether your garden sauna is likely to be permitted development in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, based on the official rules.
- [Which garden sauna will fit?](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-finder/): Enter the space in your garden and your budget to see every UK garden sauna that fits, from 489 models with their stated dimensions and height.
- [Sauna electrical requirements: supply calculator](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-electrical-calculator/): Work out the current a sauna heater draws on a single-phase or three-phase UK supply, why a 13 A socket won't do, and what fuse sizes heater makers state.
- [Ice baths and cold plunge tubs: every model compared](https://outdoorsauna.uk/cold-plunge-tubs/): Every ice bath and cold plunge tub we could find for UK homes: 92 models from 15 retailers, with or without a chiller, compared on price, capacity and the coldest temperature stated. Plus LUMI, plunge pools and tubs that heat.
- [Cold plunge running cost calculator](https://outdoorsauna.uk/cold-plunge-running-cost-calculator/): Work out what an ice bath chiller costs to run a day, a month and a year at the Ofgem price cap, from the power draws UK chiller retailers state.
- [Sauna and cold plunge at home: setting up both](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-and-cold-plunge/): What it takes to put a cold plunge tub next to a garden sauna in the UK: space, electrics, water, planning, cost and safety, from real prices and official guidance.
- [Wood-burning sauna stoves](https://outdoorsauna.uk/wood-burning-sauna-stoves/): 15 wood-burning sauna stoves on sale in the UK compared on price, room size and what's in the box, with flues, smoke control rules and fitting.
- [Home sauna: indoor or in the garden?](https://outdoorsauna.uk/home-sauna-indoor-or-garden/): Thinking about a sauna at home? How an indoor sauna compares with one in the garden on space, building work, electrics, ventilation, planning and cost, from heater makers' manuals and UK rules.
- [A sauna in a shed or garden room](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-in-a-shed-or-garden-room/): Turning a garden shed or garden room into a sauna, or buying a cabin with a sauna room: insulation, ventilation, heater clearances, electrics, building regulations and cost.
- [Am I in a smoke control area?](https://outdoorsauna.uk/smoke-control-area-checker/): Enter your postcode to find your council, what it says about smoke control areas, and the rules for a wood-burning sauna stove or sauna tent where you live.
- [Polar Recovery saunas and ice baths: range and prices](https://outdoorsauna.uk/retailers/polar-recovery/): Polar Recovery's 7 outdoor saunas and 19 ice bath listings compared: Sauna Cubes, Eclipse infrared saunas and tubs, with heaters, supply, assembly cost and warranty as stated.
- [Costco saunas: every outdoor model and price](https://outdoorsauna.uk/retailers/costco/): The 6 outdoor saunas Costco UK lists, from £2,000: Vidalux and Palmako barrels, a compact cabin and an installed hybrid, with size, heater, delivery and the same models elsewhere.
- [Summerhouse24 saunas: range, prices and heater options](https://outdoorsauna.uk/retailers/summerhouse24/): Summerhouse24's 51 garden saunas compared: barrels, cabins and log cabins with a sauna room from £4,300, all priced without a heater, with delivery zones, assembly and warranty.
- [Palmako saunas: range and prices compared](https://outdoorsauna.uk/retailers/palmako/): Palmako's 39 garden saunas compared: barrels, cube saunas and log sauna cabins from £1,999, with what's included, the Costco sets, and base and timber treatment as Palmako states them.
- [Sauna temperature: how hot should a sauna be?](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-temperature/): What temperature a sauna should be according to the heater makers: 65 to 75°C from Harvia, 60 to 80°C from Narvi, and about 60°C for infrared. Plus heat-up times, controller limits and why a sauna won't get hot.
- [Sauna vs steam room: what's the difference?](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-vs-steam-room/): How a sauna and a steam room differ as things to build and own: temperature, humidity, what makes the heat, the materials, plumbing and electrics, and which one can go in a garden.
- [How to build a sauna](https://outdoorsauna.uk/how-to-build-a-sauna/): How to build a sauna at home or in the garden, step by step, from heater makers' installation manuals and UK rules: size, insulation, vapour barrier, panelling, ventilation, benches, door, heater and electrics, and what it costs against a kit.
- [Sauna kits: what's in the box, and what isn't](https://outdoorsauna.uk/sauna-kits/): Sauna kits for self-assembly in the UK: 114 outdoor kits from £1,999, what's in the box and what isn't, how long assembly takes, the tools you need and what retailers charge to build it for you.
- [4 person outdoor saunas](https://outdoorsauna.uk/4-person-outdoor-saunas/): Every 4 person outdoor sauna we list: 118 models from 18 UK retailers, from £2,300, with size, height, heater and price checked on each retailer's own page.
- [6 person outdoor saunas](https://outdoorsauna.uk/6-person-outdoor-saunas/): Every 6 person outdoor sauna we list: 125 models from 19 UK retailers, from £2,500, with size, height, heater and price checked on each retailer's own page.
- [UK garden sauna statistics](https://outdoorsauna.uk/statistics/): 16 ready-to-quote statistics on UK garden saunas: median prices by type, how many include a heater, sizes, heights and running costs, from 489 listings checked on 30 September 2026. Free to cite.
- [Press and media](https://outdoorsauna.uk/press/): For journalists: key figures on UK garden sauna prices, story angles backed by data, charts to download and the open dataset, from 489 listings at 23 retailers.
- [UK garden sauna data for AI assistants](https://outdoorsauna.uk/ai/): How AI assistants and developers can read and cite the outdoorsauna.uk dataset: 489 UK garden saunas, heaters and ice baths as JSON, CSV, llms.txt and an MCP server. CC BY 4.0.
- [Connect to the data](https://outdoorsauna.uk/connect/): Connect an AI assistant to live UK garden sauna prices through the outdoorsauna.uk MCP server, or fetch the JSON and CSV files directly. No key, no sign-up.

## How to cite
- Credit outdoorsauna.uk and give the date checked (30 September 2026). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Guidance for assistants: https://outdoorsauna.uk/ai/

## MCP server
- https://outdoorsauna.uk/mcp (JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP, read-only, no key). Tools: search_saunas, get_price_statistics, list_retailers, search_heaters, search_cold_plunge_tubs, estimate_running_cost. Docs: https://outdoorsauna.uk/connect/

## Data
- https://outdoorsauna.uk/data/saunas.csv
- https://outdoorsauna.uk/data/saunas.json
- https://outdoorsauna.uk/data/heaters.csv
- https://outdoorsauna.uk/data/heaters.json
- https://outdoorsauna.uk/data/retailers.json
- https://outdoorsauna.uk/data/plunge-tubs.csv
- https://outdoorsauna.uk/data/plunge-tubs.json
- https://outdoorsauna.uk/data/price-index.json

## Full text
- https://outdoorsauna.uk/llms-full.txt (the guides and statistics as plain text)