City dwellers in need of a nature fix don’t have to travel far to leave traffic jams and crowded tube trains behind. Within two hours of London, you’ll find an abundance of glamping spaces with hot tubs surrounded nature and very little else. Thanks to the capital’s rail links, they’re usually accessible by train and a short journey means more time in the tub.
We've got cabins, shepherd's huts, treehouses, VW Campers and safari tents, each with its own way of making the most of a soak outdoors. Some are tucked among woodland, others overlooking open fields or waiting beside a vineyard. You might have to head back to London eventually, but not before one last dip beneath the stars.
Leave London behind, not your whole weekend
You don't need a five-hour drive to end the day in a steaming hot tub beneath open skies. Within a couple of hours of leaving London, you could be lighting the logs beneath a wood-fired tub, watching the stars appear from warm water or soaking tired legs after a day outdoors.
Hot water somehow makes fresh air even better
There's something deeply satisfying about climbing into steaming water after spending the day outside. Warm up after a long walk, watch mist drift across the fields on chilly mornings or stay out beneath the stars long after you'd normally have gone inside.
Hot tubs are only half the story
The soak is wonderful, but so is everything that’s set up around it. One stay lets you sip local wine in a vineyard before wandering back to your wood-fired tub, while another pairs a lakeside sauna with a cold plunge for the ultimate contrast therapy. They're places with hot tubs where the whole routine of your day is built around them.