The council health suite on Cecil Street — sauna, steam room, jacuzzi pool and heated stone seating for £6.10 a go.
Newry Leisure Centre Wellness Suite — The council health suite on Cecil Street — sauna, steam room, jacuzzi pool and heated stone seating for £6.10 a go.
The Health Suite and Swim rate covers the health suite and the pool together, so you can swim and then sit in the heat on one ticket. The health suite itself is the sauna, the steam room, the jacuzzi pool and the heated stone seating. If you want the gym in the same visit, the £7.60 Gym, Swim, Sauna and Steam rate is the one to ask for.
This is a drop-in facility rather than a sessions-and-events one. Memberships run alongside the pay-as-you-go rates if you end up going often, so ask at reception which tier covers the health suite before you sign up.
Newry Leisure Centre Wellness Suite is in Newry. Tap below for directions.
Northern Ireland's sauna boom has been built on wood fires, sea views and booking apps, and it is good. It is also £13 to £15 a session and needs planning. The council health suite on Cecil Street does none of that and asks £6.10.
You will not get a stream-fed plunge or a fire pit. You will get a sauna, a steam room, a jacuzzi and hot stone seating from half six in the morning, with a pool attached and nothing to book. Some days that is the better deal.