{"id":353304,"date":"2025-08-18T04:22:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T04:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/353304\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T04:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T04:22:21","slug":"i-went-to-londons-cheapest-spa-it-wasnt-the-cleanest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/353304\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I went to London&#8217;s cheapest spa &#8211; it wasn&#8217;t the cleanest&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Callum Ryan, 24, ventured out to Porchester Spa, Bayswater, London, on August 11, 2025.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Curious about the &#8220;dodgy&#8221; reviews online, Callum wanted to try the spa out for himself.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He paid \u00a330.90 for entry &#8211; not including treatments &#8211; but had access to the steam rooms, sauna, swimming pool and baths.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Callum said the spa &#8220;wasn&#8217;t the cleanest&#8221; but said the staff were &#8220;super friendly&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Callum, a content creator from Wandsworth, London, said: &#8220;For \u00a330 in London, you can&#8217;t really get anything like that &#8211; it&#8217;s the cost of a couple of pints.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thatonecal\/video\/7537380000035605782\" data-video-id=\"7537380000035605782\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\"><p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thatonecal?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"@thatonecal\">@thatonecal<\/a> This is the Cheapest Spa Experience in London! \ud83e\uddd6\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Would you go? \ud83e\udd29 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/thatonecal?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"thatonecal\">#Thatonecal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/spa?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"spa\">#Spa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/london?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"london\">#London<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/thingstodo?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"thingstodo\">#Thingstodo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/porchester?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"porchester\">#porchester<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Good-Time-6917488734020339714?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\u266c Good Time - Owl City &amp; Carly Rae Jepsen\">\u266c Good Time &#8211; Owl City &amp; Carly Rae Jepsen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Obviously, being the oldest spa, it wasn&#8217;t the cleanest or the most modern, but it had a lot of character.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;You need a 20p coin for the lockers, which was quite nostalgic &#8211; it felt like being a kid again at the swimming pool.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Callum headed to Porchester Spa, London, after seeing bad reviews online.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While he said it wasn&#8217;t the cleanest or most modern,\u00a0there was a lot to do for the price (\u00a330.90).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;I&#8217;d seen some dodgy reviews online, and I wasn&#8217;t sure if it was going to be grim or a bit dirty.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;But the staff were really friendly and showed me around.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It had two steam rooms, Turkish baths, a sauna, a full-sized swimming pool and loads of lounge areas.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;For \u00a330 in London you can&#8217;t really get anything like that &#8211; it&#8217;s the cost of a couple of pints.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Callum says he &#8220;loved&#8221; the ice plunge, which is normally a small pool, but here was a full-sized swimming pool.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He was also surprised by the size of the sauna, which was &#8220;massive &#8211; one of the biggest I&#8217;ve been to.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The only let-down was the on-site caf\u00e9, which was closed when he was there, and looked &#8220;more like a snack drawer &#8211; a couple of packets of crisps and that&#8217;s about it.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Callum said:\u00a0&#8220;With the price of spas being so expensive throughout the UK, I thought, well, what&#8217;s the cheapest spa in London?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  We have approached the spa for comment.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Callum Ryan, 24, ventured out to Porchester Spa, Bayswater, London, on August 11, 2025. 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