Stag dos
Two wood-fired saunas, cold plunges and a bar, ten minutes from Tunbridge Wells.
Come at the start of the day, use it as the morning-after plan, or make it the main event if your group would rather have a few beers and a proper catch-up than a heavy night out.
Up to 30 people · 90 minutes or 3 hours · From £190 · Free parking
Where it fits
Balta works at the front of the day, the morning after, or as the whole thing.
Probably the best option if you’ve got a big night planned.
Have a sauna, get everyone together, grab a drink afterwards, then head into Tunbridge Wells for dinner and whatever comes next.
Everyone leaves feeling like the day has actually started, rather than spending three hours waiting for the pub.
If the night before was the main event, Balta makes a good plan for the following morning.
Coffee, sauna, a cool-down and somewhere to sit around while everyone gradually comes back to life.
It isn’t a hangover cure, and everyone needs to be sober and feeling well enough to sauna. But it’s a much nicer morning than twelve people sitting around waiting for checkout.
Not every stag needs to end at 2am.
Book three hours, move between the saunas and plunges, have a couple of beers and actually spend some time together.
For the right group, that’s enough.
Private hire
Most stag groups hire the whole Sauna Hub.
That gives you both wood-fired saunas and both cold plunges exclusively for your group. The bar remains open to other guests.
Up to 30 peopleWith 22 able to sit in the saunas at once.
Off-peak £190
Peak £220
Good at the start of a bigger day.
Off-peak £340
Peak £400
Better if Balta is one of the main parts of the stag.
Smaller group?
Up to 8 people
For groups of up to eight, one wood-fired sauna can be kept entirely for you.
The cold plunges, changing rooms and bar remain communal.
An important bit
Balta is a sauna hub and bar, not a party venue.
We have neighbours, other businesses operating on the site and, depending on your booking, other customers using the bar.
A few beers and a good laugh are absolutely fine. Shouting, rowdy behaviour and getting smashed aren’t really what the place is for.
And there’s one rule with no grey area:
If someone arrives drunk, they won’t be allowed to use the sauna or cold plunge. The same applies if someone becomes too intoxicated while they’re here.
If a heavy night is part of the plan, book Balta before it, or come the following day once everyone is sober and feeling up to it.
How it works
The place
Balta is in Mark Cross, East Sussex, around ten minutes from Tunbridge Wells.
Stag do FAQs
If you want somewhere for the group to actually spend time together, yes. It works particularly well at the start of a stag day, as a calmer evening activity, or the following morning after a night out.
Yes. We have a licensed bar serving beer, wine, low- and no-alcohol drinks, soft drinks and coffee. But sauna and heavy drinking don’t mix. Anyone who arrives drunk will not be allowed to use the sauna or cold plunge.
You can book the morning after a night out, but everyone needs to be sober and feeling well enough to sauna. Anyone who is still drunk, unwell or badly dehydrated should sit the sauna out.
With Sauna Hub hire, both saunas and both cold plunges are reserved exclusively for your group. The bar remains open to other guests. If you want the entire venue to yourselves as well, ask us about whole-venue hire.
The Sauna Hub works for groups of up to 30, with 22 able to sit across the two saunas at once. Groups of up to eight can hire one private sauna instead.
90 minutes if Balta is the warm-up to a bigger day. Three hours if you want time for several sauna rounds, cold plunges, drinks and a proper sit around together.
There’s no kitchen at Balta. If you’re heading out afterwards, Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding villages have plenty of options.
Swimwear, a towel and flip-flops or sliders.
Enquire
Send us the date, roughly how many people there are and where Balta fits into the weekend.
We’ll work out the best booking from there.
We usually reply the same day, and always within two working days.
