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The Sauna Shack

A wood-fired sauna in the beech trees beside Gortin Glens Forest Park, with a cold plunge fed by the stream.

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The Sauna Shack — A wood-fired sauna in the beech trees beside Gortin Glens Forest Park, with a cold plunge fed by the stream.

  • What you'll enjoy: Wood-fired sauna with benches at different heights, cold bucket shower, stream-fed cold plunge, fire pit, changing space in the community centre.
  • How long: Hour-long booking slots, with 10 to 15 minute rounds inside the sauna.
  • Book ahead: Appointment based. Book on the Sauna Shack website.
  • Cost: £13 weekday, £15 weekend. Stretch and Sauna or Sweat and Sauna £15.50. Private group booking £100. Packages from £50.
Plan your visit

Where you actually go

The address is 162 Glenpark Road, BT79 7SU, in the Sperrins between Gortin and Omagh. Read that carefully, because the sauna is right beside Gortin Glens Forest Park rather than inside it. You are not booking anything to do with the forest park itself, and the park's trails, car park and facilities are run separately. Your changing space is in the community centre, and it is a short walk down to the sauna from there.

Wood-fired sauna in a beech forest Cold plunge filled by the nearby stream Cold bucket shower Fire pit between rounds Beside Gortin Glens Forest Park Private and social sessions
Good to know before you go:

The Sauna Shack runs social sessions where you share the benches with whoever else booked, and private group bookings at £100 if you would rather keep it to your own people. Stretch and Sauna and Sweat and Sauna sessions pair the heat with something active.

Before you set off

What to bring

  • 🩱SwimwearOn under your clothes saves you fussing in a small changing space.
  • 🧖Two towelsOne to sit on in the heat, one dry for after the cold plunge.
  • 🩴Flip-flops & a warm layerYou’re outdoors between the sauna and the water — you’ll want both.
  • 💧A bottle of waterHeat and cold together will leave you thirstier than you expect.
Good to know

Everything before you go

Type
Wood-fired outdoor forest sauna
What you'll enjoy
Wood-fired sauna with benches at different heights, cold bucket shower, stream-fed cold plunge, fire pit, changing space in the community centre
How long
Hour-long booking slots, with 10 to 15 minute rounds inside the sauna
Cost
£13 weekday, £15 weekend. Stretch and Sauna or Sweat and Sauna £15.50. Private group booking £100. Packages from £50
Booking
Appointment based. Book on the Sauna Shack website
Bring
Slip-on shoes such as Crocs, and a towel or dry robe for the short walk down to the sauna. Swimwear
Questions

Before you go

Do I need to book?
Appointment based. Book on the Sauna Shack website
What's included, and what should I bring?
Slip-on shoes such as Crocs, and a towel or dry robe for the short walk down to the sauna. Swimwear
What does it cost?
£13 weekday, £15 weekend. Stretch and Sauna or Sweat and Sauna £15.50. Private group booking £100. Packages from £50
Getting there

The Sauna Shack is in Omagh. Tap below for directions.

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The story

Heat in the Sperrins

Most of Northern Ireland's outdoor saunas went to the coast and built their pitch around the sea. The Sauna Shack went the other way and put the fire in the trees, using the stream running past it to fill the plunge.

It is a small operation, and it shows in the good way. You are met by name, you walk down through beech woods, and you sit at a fire pit afterwards with the Sperrins around you.