A small spa, built on long practice
The Workshop opened in Royston in 2011 as a permanent home for a practice that goes back to 1995. It's a quiet, discreet building on Lower Gower Road, with private parking, a chill-out area, sauna and walk-in shower, and proper time held between bookings so the room is calm when you arrive. Most guests travel from across Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and North London.
The domain itself, naturistmassage.co.uk, predates the spa by more than a decade. It's where the practice first lived online, and we kept it when The Workshop opened because the principles behind the work hadn't changed.
Treatments at The Workshop
Five treatments, all delivered without clothing for therapist and client. Each has its own page with the longer explanation. Use of the sauna, walk-in shower, towels and a hot drink come with every full massage session.
The standard session, where most first-timers start. Every part of the body in one continuous flow, no fixed sequence and no breaks for towel adjustments. From £70 for thirty minutes.
For when you've come in with something specific. Shoulders that won't drop, a lower back tight for a fortnight, recovery from training. Deeper pressure where the muscle wants it; the rest of the body still gets included. From £70 for thirty minutes.
The slowest of the treatments. Long, even strokes with plenty of time held in stillness. Best at ninety minutes or more. The slower pace tends to surface what the body has been holding, and old feelings sometimes come up; for most that's a relief. From £110 for forty-five minutes.
Two therapists on one client at the same time. The mind tends to stop tracking which hand is where, and the work goes deeper for it. Tantric version available at forty-five and sixty minutes. From £140.
You and your partner in the same room, each with your own therapist working separately. Available as a standard session or as the slower tantric variant. Separate rooms are also possible if you'd prefer. From £120 for the couple.
What happens on your first visit
For most guests, this is their first time at a naturist spa. You might arrive a little unsure; almost everyone does. What tends to happen is that within a few minutes the quiet of the building takes over, and it simply becomes a very good massage.
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Arrive
Park in front of the building. Settle in the chill-out area while you wait for your therapist.
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Shower and sauna
Use the walk-in shower before your session. If you've allowed thirty minutes, the six-person sauna is yours to use first.
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The session
Treatment takes place without clothing for both you and the therapist. Most people find this more natural than a draped session within the first few minutes.
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Rest
When the session ends there's no rush. Shower again, sit with a hot drink, leave when you're ready.
Antonio and the team
I'm Antonio. I founded The Workshop in 2011, after running the practice on my own from 1995. I run the spa, take the bookings, and teach the couples tuition sessions personally. I'm not on the daily rota, but I still see clients when someone asks for me by name or when a couple wants one male and one female therapist working together. Usually a day or two's notice is enough.
Day-to-day massage is the work of a rota of seven therapists: Jessica, Roxanne, Sophia, Maria, Cindy, Scarlett and Lilly. Every therapist on the rota is qualified and works to the same approach: calm, unhurried, and properly trained. You can see who's working today on the rota page.
Where to find us
The Workshop is on Lower Gower Road in Royston, a few minutes from the A505 and Royston railway station. Private parking on site. Full directions and a map are on the location page.