5 Broughton Market · Edinburgh · EH3 6NU / Scotland
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Contact & Socials
03 Prices
06 Facilities
What's inside
Facilities
| Adult Cinema/Video Lounge | Dark Room |
| Glory Holes | Hot Tub/Spa Pool |
| Lockers | Lounge/Rest Area |
| Private Cabins/Cubicles | Steam Room |
| Wet Room/Showers | Sauna |
The wet area includes a steam room, a dry sauna, and a hot tub. Communal showers and changing facilities are available. Free tea and coffee are provided throughout the day.
Private cabins are available for £24 and feature a lockable door, double locker, TV, and USB charging. These are bookable on arrival.
The venue has a large fully-dark darkroom, a video room with two large screens, and open play areas including glory holes and a sling. The layout is spread across multiple levels.
A lounge area provides a space to relax between sessions with free tea and coffee. The venue sits just off Broughton Street, within easy reach of Edinburgh's gay bars and nightlife.
07 Events & Themed Sessions
What's on
Events & Themed Sessions
08 Reviews
What visitors say
Reviews
Steamworks is Edinburgh’s only gay sauna and draws a steady stream of feedback from both locals and visitors to the city. As the sole venue of its kind in the Scottish capital, it occupies a unique position — and visitor reviews reflect that.
Staff are frequently described as friendly and approachable. First-time visitors and regulars alike note a warm reception on arrival, with staff happy to show newcomers around the venue.
The venue is described as unpretentious and sociable, with a mixed crowd across ages and body types. The atmosphere is generally relaxed during daytime sessions, with Fridays, Saturdays, and Naked Wednesdays drawing the busiest and most active crowds.
The core wet facilities — steam room, sauna, and hot tub — are regularly praised for consistent temperatures and cleanliness. The darkroom, video room, and play areas receive positive mentions from visitors looking for those facilities.
The Broughton Market position, in the heart of Edinburgh’s Pink Triangle and a short walk from Broughton Street’s gay bars, is frequently cited as one of the venue’s strongest practical advantages — particularly for visitors combining a sauna trip with an evening out.
Based on publicly available reviews from Google Reviews and TripAdvisor as of March 2026. Monitored by gaysaunas.co.uk.
Based on Google Reviews as of June 2026.
09 About
About
Steamworks – Edinburgh
Steamworks is Edinburgh’s only gay sauna, at 5 Broughton Market in the city’s Pink Triangle — just off Broughton Street and a ten-minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley station. Run by the same team as Planet Bar, it occupies a multi-level building with a steam room, dry sauna, hot tub, private cabins, darkroom, video room, and play areas. The venue is open seven days a week from 11am to 11pm, with themed sessions including Naked Wednesdays and Darker Nights on Fridays and Saturdays. No membership required. Entry from £16.
Steamworks is the only gay sauna in Edinburgh and the only one on the east side of Scotland. Located at Broughton Market — steps from the bars on Broughton Street and Edinburgh’s established Pink Triangle — it sits right in the city centre, within a 10-minute walk of Edinburgh Waverley station. For anyone searching for a gay sauna in Edinburgh, a gay sauna in Edinburgh city centre, or a gay sauna in Scotland, Steamworks is the venue on this side of the country.
Edinburgh’s position as Scotland’s capital and one of Europe’s most visited cities gives Steamworks a visitor profile unlike most UK gay saunas. Alongside a strong local following from across Edinburgh, the Lothians, and Fife, the venue draws men travelling from Dundee (around 75 minutes by car or train), Stirling (about an hour), and the Scottish Borders. During the Edinburgh Festival and Pride, it serves an international crowd too — search queries in Spanish and other languages consistently appear in the venue’s traffic data. Glasgow is roughly 45 minutes west by train, and Scotland’s two cities each have their own dedicated venue, so men on the east coast don’t need to cross the Central Belt to find what they’re looking for.
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