Newcastle spas, salons, skincare brands, gyms and wellbeing studios, from the city centre and Jesmond to Gosforth, Tynemouth and Durham.
Newcastle's Yoga x Life has moved into a new mezzanine studio on Lime Street in the Ouseburn, carrying its mission of everyday yoga, meditation and community into a fresh chapter.
Founded by Northumbria graduate Annabelle Hill and inspired by her seaside hometown, Sea the Love makes vegan, marine-mineral skincare with a self-love mantra and a pledge to protect the oceans.
Born from a paediatric nurse's cracked hands, Gosforth skincare brand Nursem gives a month of free hand cream to an NHS professional for every product sold, and the milestone is in sight.
Opened in January 2026 in the former Side Gallery, Reform Studio offers reformer Pilates, barre, yoga, sound healing, an infrared sauna and a secret garden overlooking the Tyne Bridge.
Having started with mobile sauna tents on the beach, Steam & Salt now runs two timber-clad, wood-fired saunas on Longsands, with floor-to-ceiling windows looking straight out to the North Sea.
At Hemscott Hill Farm on the Northumberland coast, Sauna Hetta offers community sauna sessions, apothecary facial rituals, free dip and run clubs and even a book club around the fire pit.
Just north of Ponteland, sauna master Fenwick Ridley guides guests through barrel sauna sessions, lake dips, drumming rituals and ice baths at the popular Northumbrian Sauna.
Gary Hooker and Michael Young have built one of the region's most respected salon groups, with a place in the British Hairdressing Hall of Fame and salons in Jesmond, Gosforth Park, Ponteland and Wynyard.
Inside the former St Mark's Church on Shields Road, Newcastle Climbing Centre offers roped walls, bouldering, auto belays and a welcoming women's night for climbers of every ability.
The Grade II listed City Baths on Northumberland Road, with its restored Turkish baths, gym and pool, is now run by GLL under the Better brand after a change of operator in 2026.