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The Spa at La Mon — a friendly leisure club and beauty salon in the countryside on the Castlereagh edge of Belfast, built around a warm indoor pool, a jacuzzi and the heat rooms.
What you'll enjoy: A 15-metre indoor heated pool with a jacuzzi and a shallow Baby Dolphin pool, a sauna and steam room, two gyms and an outdoor tennis court. Beauty and body treatments are run separately by Odessí Health & Beauty on site.
How long: An hour or two is plenty for a pool, jacuzzi and heat-room session; add a treatment or a gym class and it becomes a relaxed half-day.
Book ahead: Ring the Country Club before you travel for a day pass, and book any Odessí treatment in advance — it's a small salon and can't always take walk-ins. Confirm current prices and pool times when you call.
Who it's for: This is a family-friendly leisure club, not an adults-only thermal spa — children swim here and there's a shallow pool and kids' swimming lessons. If you're after quiet adult relaxation, ask about the calmer times when you book. A swim cap is required in the pool.
Cost: Day passes and memberships are available; treatments and spa packages are priced separately by Odessí. Prices aren't published online — confirm on the day (see the numbers below).
When: The Country Club is open daily — Monday to Friday 7am to 9pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am to 9pm. Always confirm on the day, as leisure timetables shift around classes and lessons.
Plan your visit
What you can actually do here
Two things share the site, and it helps to picture them apart. The first is the Country Club — the leisure side: a 15-metre indoor pool warm enough to linger in, a jacuzzi off to one corner, and a shallow Baby Dolphin pool for little ones, with a sauna and steam room to move between and two gyms if you fancy a workout. There's an outdoor tennis court too, and a weekly timetable of classes — Pilates, yoga, spin, circuits and kids' fitness among them. The second is Odessí Health & Beauty, a salon on the same site that runs facials, massage and body treatments on their own booking. So a visit can be as simple as a swim and a spell in the heat rooms, or you can build it into a treatment and a longer relax. It's a genuinely welcoming, well-loved local club rather than a sleek destination spa — reviewers call the water and surrounds calming, while noting the fabric of the place is a little dated in spots. Go for the warm, easy feel of it.
15-metre indoor heated pool with jacuzziSauna and steam roomTwo gyms and a weekly class timetableOutdoor tennis courtShallow Baby Dolphin pool and kids' swimming lessonsOdessí Health & Beauty salon on site
Good to know before you go:
Day-pass and treatment prices aren't published online and pool times shift around lessons and classes, so ring ahead to confirm both. A swim cap is required in the pool. Treatments at Odessí are booked separately from the Country Club — allow for two phone calls if you want both.
Before you set off
What to bring
🩱Swimwear and a swim capA cap is required in the pool — pack one, or ask whether they sell them at reception.
🧖Flip-flops and a towelHandy for the poolside, the sauna and the steam room. A robe is a nice extra if you have one.
🔒A pound coin or padlockFor the changing-room lockers — check whether it's coin-return when you arrive.
💧WaterThe heat rooms are thirsty work — bring a bottle to sip between the sauna and the pool.
Good to know
Everything before you go
What's here
Country Club leisure side: a 15-metre indoor heated pool, jacuzzi, shallow Baby Dolphin pool, sauna, steam room, two gyms and an outdoor tennis court, plus a weekly class timetable (Pilates, yoga, spin, circuits, kids' fitness) and swimming lessons. Odessí Health & Beauty runs beauty and body treatments on site, booked separately.
Cost
Day passes and memberships are available for the Country Club; Odessí treatments and packages are priced separately. Prices aren't published online — confirm current rates when you call.
Opening hours
Country Club open daily: Monday to Friday 7am to 9pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am to 9pm. Pool times can be affected by lessons and classes, so confirm on the day. Odessí booking hours differ — ask when you book.
Booking
Ring the Country Club ahead for a day pass; book any Odessí treatment in advance, as it's a small salon that can't always take walk-ins.
Best for ages
Families and adults. It's a family-friendly leisure club — children swim here, with a shallow Baby Dolphin pool and kids' swimming lessons — rather than an adults-only thermal spa. Ask about quieter adult times when you book if you're after calm.
Swim caps
A swim cap is required in the pool.
Food
The wider La Mon Hotel has a bar and restaurant on site for a bite or a coffee before or after; the leisure club itself is not a café.
Gift vouchers
Odessí offers gift cards, which make a straightforward present for a treatment. Ask the Country Club about leisure or membership vouchers.
Parking
Free on-site parking at the hotel.
Accessibility
The pool has handrails and steps into the water. For specific access needs — step-free routes, pool hoist, accessible changing — check directly with the Country Club before you travel.
How long to allow
An hour or two for a pool, jacuzzi and heat-room session; a relaxed half-day if you add a treatment, a class or a gym session.
Address
La Mon Hotel & Country Club, 41 Gransha Road, Castlereagh, Belfast, BT23 5RF
Questions
Before you go
Is it an adults-only spa?
No. This is a family-friendly leisure club — children swim here, there's a shallow Baby Dolphin pool and kids' swimming lessons run on the timetable. There's no separate adults-only thermal spa. If you want a quieter, adult relaxation, ask about the calmer times of day when you book.
What's included, and what's booked separately?
The Country Club day pass covers the leisure side — the pool, jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, gyms and (where timetabled) classes. Beauty and body treatments are run by Odessí Health & Beauty, a salon on the same site, and are booked and paid for separately.
Do I need to book?
Ring the Country Club ahead for a day pass, and book any Odessí treatment in advance — it's a small salon and can't always take walk-ins. It's worth confirming current prices and pool times on the same call.
Is there a thermal suite?
There's a sauna and a steam room alongside the pool and jacuzzi, but not a large multi-room thermal suite. It's a comfortable, straightforward leisure set-up rather than a destination thermal experience.
Do I need a swim cap?
Yes — a swim cap is required in the pool. Pack one, or ask at reception whether they have them to buy.
Getting there
The Spa at La Mon is at La Mon Hotel & Country Club, 41 Gransha Road, Castlereagh, Belfast, BT23 5RF — a short drive out into the countryside on the eastern edge of the city, with free on-site parking. Ring ahead for a day pass and to confirm prices and pool times, and book any treatment with Odessí separately. Tap below for directions.
La Mon sits where Belfast loosens into the countryside — a white, curved hotel wrapped in lawns and gardens just off the Gransha Road, about fifteen minutes from the city centre. It has long been a fixture for weddings, functions and Sunday lunches in this corner of Castlereagh, and the Country Club is the part locals slip into on quieter terms: a swim before work, a class in the evening, an hour drifting between the jacuzzi and the steam room at the weekend.
The leisure side is unpretentious and well used. The pool is a proper 15 metres — warm, tiled, easy to potter in — with a jacuzzi in one corner and a shallow pool where small children take their first strokes. The sauna and steam room sit close by, the two gyms run a full weekly timetable of classes, and there's a tennis court outside for a knock-about when the weather plays along. Odessí Health & Beauty added the treatment side, so a straightforward swim can turn into a facial or a massage if you plan it in.
It won't pretend to be a glossy destination spa, and it doesn't try to. Regulars describe the water and surroundings as genuinely calming while being honest that parts of the place could do with a refresh. What it offers instead is warmth in both senses — a friendly, familiar leisure club a short drive from town, the kind of easy hour or two that leaves you looser than you arrived. Ring ahead, pack a swim cap, and make an afternoon of it.