The Cotswolds may be associated with roaring fires and long lunches, but The Lakes by YOO is making a case for something considerably colder.
Cryotherapy has joined the wellness programme at Spa by YOO, bringing the treatment more often associated with athletes and longevity clinics into the country escape. It sits alongside contrast therapy, a plunge pool, sauna and steam room, while Dr. Barbara Sturm and Wildsmith Skin provide the gentler end of the treatment menu.
The setting provides a useful counterpoint. The 17-metre pool looks across Marley Lake, while forest bathing and woodland trails take wellness back outside. It’s an interesting mix of new-generation treatments and the restorative qualities that brought people to the countryside in the first place.
