Trend: Five United Kingdom Wellness Trends

Week of September 18th, 2024

5 UK wellness trends set to take over 2025–Country and Town House 
Reporter Ellie Smith covers the research and trends (from wild saunas to modern pilgrimages) presented at the GWS’s London press event. But she adds some other great trend examples and angles. 

How saunas are challenging UK pubs as the place to meet–The Guardian
Sauna venues are sprouting all across the UK. What was once an afterthought experience at a hotel spa is now a national flowering of saunas as the hot new community space–whether dozens of new saunas at the seaside or near lakes or the urban British saunas that are getting very creative with the social programming, and whose lack of dogma might surprise their Nordic visitors. 

Inside the rise of London’s wellness members’ clubs–Condé Nast Traveller 
Is London the new LA? With so many elite wellness spaces opening across the city (from The HVN to Surenne to Galen) the author wonders whether London is the new global hub of high-end wellbeing. And with the 2024 crop, it’s longevity all the way.  

From hill walks to foraging and wild swimming: 12 of the best active UK retreats–The Guardian 
The UK has endlessly creative and specific wellness retreats, from women-only retreats focusing on poetry writing and forest bathing in Monmouthshire to “Dirty Weekends” at a Cornwall retreat where guests restore the rainforest and learn about soil health and plant species reintroduction to mindful hill walking retreats in the Peak District to one that focuses more meaningfully on men’s wellbeing in Hertfordshire. 

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