Just behind the bustle of Portobello Road Market, there’s a quiet corner of Notting Hill that feels like a different city altogether. Colville Mews is all cobblestones and calm, and it’s where you’ll find Cloud Twelve – a wellness and lifestyle club that’s tucked away enough to feel like a secret, but well worth discovering.
Inside, it’s a mix of spa, holistic clinic, salon, and even an interactive play-and-learn space for families. So while children are busy building, painting, or generally expending energy in creative ways, grown-ups can focus on winding down properly.
The Spa
The spa is a good place to start, with a thermal suite that includes a rose sauna, an on-demand salt room, traditional steam, and an ice bath for those who enjoy a proper shock to the system. The air is warm, softly scented, and everything feels just a little quieter here. Whichever treatment you choose, you’re likely to leave feeling like a different person altogether.
One of the standouts here is the head spa treatment – a combination of scalp massage, exfoliation, and hydration designed to relieve tension and revive tired hair. It’s part ritual, part necessity, and well worth setting aside the time for.
The Holistic Wellness Clinic
The wellness clinic is quietly high-tech, and many of the treatments here revolve around light and heat – specifically infrared. The full-body infrared sauna looks like a standard wooden cabin, but instead of steam it uses infrared heat, which works deeper in the body. It’s said to be seven times more detoxifying than a normal sauna and is used for everything from boosting energy and metabolism to supporting the immune system. After about 30 minutes, you come out feeling genuinely reset – like you’ve done something good for your body without spending hours at the gym.
Another treatment that’s worth trying is the Lymphatic Drainage Suit. It’s basically a suit you lie in, which uses rhythmic, gentle pressure to help the body detox, reduce swelling, and improve circulation. It’s ideal after travelling, intense workouts, or simply as a way to feel lighter and more relaxed.
There’s also Far Infrared for full-body detox, Near Infrared red light therapy beds for skin health and muscle recovery, and – for something a bit different – an LED Hair Growth Helmet, which uses light therapy to stimulate the scalp.
Everything at Cloud Twelve is calm, considered, and designed to help you feel better without making a big deal of it. Given its location, it’s the kind of place you can slip into for an hour – or an afternoon – and leave feeling like you’ve pressed pause on the rest of the city.
