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You have to pay to swim there(Image: www.lcleatphotography.com)<\/p>\nIt’s opened along with a sauna at a former wildlife parkYou have to pay to swim there(Image: www.lcleatphotography.com)<\/p>\n
A pond once home to seals at a wildlife park has become Bristol’s newest cold swimming spot. The natural pool is now open along with a new sauna at Westbury Wildlife Park, pitched as a “wellness experience” that people can pay for.<\/p>\n
The park in Westbury-on-Trym<\/a> closed in the early 90s due to new animal regulations, but reopened in 2021 as a community space<\/a>. Decades ago it was home to birds of prey, seals, rare sheep breeds and deer.<\/p>\n There are no longer any animal exhibits, but there is a cafe, ponds, picnic areas and walking routes. The centre, which dates back to the 1960s, is now used to help preserve and protect flora and fauna under Westbury Wildlife Park Foundation.<\/p>\n Now, an ‘organic cold plunge pool and wood-fired sauna’ has been added to the facilities. It forms part of Fire & Ice Wellness, which will use the pool for cold water immersion therapy.<\/p>\n Fire & Ice Wellness was started by two Bristolians – Jamie Winn, who comes from the start-up drinks world, and Neema Abbassi, a property solicitor. Co-founder Jamie said: \u201cI\u2019ve lived in Westbury my whole life, so it\u2019s amazing to have created this holistic experience in such a special and unique place that was once abandoned.<\/p>\n “Our hope is that this beautiful natural space provides a relaxing, enjoyable, and sociable experience for people, reconnecting them with nature just a stone’s throw away from Bristol city centre<\/a>.”<\/p>\n He said the effects of cold therapy combined with a sauna session are “truly euphoric”. Fans of cold plunge pools claim the chill helps to boost circulation, reduce inflammation and sharpen mental clarity.<\/p>\n Meanwhile the soothing heat of the wood-fired sauna is said to relax muscles and release tension. Communal drop-in sessions are available from \u00a317.50 for one hour, with private hire, memberships and corporate hire costing more.<\/p>\n Join our WhatsApp group<\/a>Privacy Notice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s opened along with a sauna at a former wildlife parkYou have to pay to swim there(Image: www.lcleatphotography.com)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,15125,16,15,11386],"class_list":{"0":"post-108509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-things-to-do-in-bristol","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-westbury-on-trym"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114522143809845649","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747469116_410_0_Fire-Ice.jpg\")
The sauna and cold plunge combination is supposed to be revitalising for mind and body(Image: LCLEATPHOTOGRAPHY)<\/p>\n![\"Fire](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747469117_182_0_Fire-Ice.jpg\")
Fire & Ice Wellness was started by Jamie Winn and Neema Abbassi(Image: LCLEATPHOTOGRAPHY)<\/p>\n