Spend the day
A day well spent.
Most day trips are over before they've properly begun. At Waresley there's always one more thing to book, one more coffee to have, and one more reason to stay a little longer.
How it works
Pick something, book it, come.
Most of the estate is private, so a day here is built around what you book: a swim‑and‑sauna session on the lake, a spa day, a treatment, a padel court, a class in the tipi. The coffee shop in the courtyard is open to everyone, so if you're not booked onto anything, come for a flat white and a pizza.
Nothing is bundled and there's no entry ticket. You pay for what you use.
The lake
Cold water, hot sauna.
A spring‑fed four‑acre lake with a ten‑person cedar sauna on the shore. The thing most people come for first.
The spa
Slow the day right down.
Pool, sauna and treatment rooms in a converted barn. Book a treatment, a half day or a whole one.
The tipi & play
Move a bit, or a lot.
Yoga and sound baths in the lakeside tipi, padel on the courts, and open‑air shows in the amphitheatre in summer.
Yoga
Lakeside classes, all levels
Sound baths
An hour with nothing to do but listen
Wellness classes
Pilates, tai chi, breathwork, strength
Padel
Two courts, lessons, rackets to hire
Amphitheatre
Open‑air theatre and music in summer
What's on
Workshops, supper clubs, family days
The gym
For members, inside the spa
Membership
Come back often, pay less
Eat & drink · open to everyone
Start, or end, in the courtyard.
Bean Theory roasts its coffee here on the estate and serves it in the courtyard from 8am to 4pm every day, with seasonal food and homemade things. Pizza from the oven Wednesday to Saturday, fish and chips on Friday nights, and supper clubs through the year.
- Coffee shop: 8am–4pm daily, no booking needed
- Pizza: Wednesday to Saturday, 12pm–9pm
- Fish & chips: Fridays, 5pm–9pm
A day here
One way to do it.
There's no set itinerary. This is just a day that works, more or less in this order.
- 9am
Coffee first.
Park, walk into the courtyard, flat white and something warm from the counter.
- 10am
Into the lake.
A swim‑and‑sauna session: cold water, hot cedar, the fire pit on the beach.
- 1pm
Pizza in the sun.
Wednesday to Saturday the oven is on from midday. Sit out in the courtyard.
- 3pm
Court, class or treatment.
An hour of padel, a class in the tipi, or a treatment in the spa before heading home.
Getting here
Twenty minutes from Cambridge.
Waresley Park Estate, Gamlingay Road, Waresley SG19 3DD. About 55 minutes from King's Cross via St Neots. Free parking on site.