Champneys Tring
Wellness Spa & Detox Centre
Resort SPa | Hertfordshire, UK
Reimagining wellness at the original Champneys.
Creating two complementary spa environments at Tring, bringing together relaxation, therapeutic treatments and a more contemporary approach to wellbeing.
Our role
Spa Planning & DesignConcept development, spatial planning and interior design across the Wellness Spa and Detox Centre.
Wellness Experience Developing environments around salt, water and specialist therapies.
Bespoke Detailing Custom features, finishes, lighting and signage designed specifically for Tring.
The brief
Creating a new chapter for Champneys Tring
Champneys Tring has been at the heart of the brand since 1925. As the original Champneys health spa, it carried almost a century of wellbeing heritage, but the experience needed to evolve for a new generation of guests.
As part of a wider investment across the Champneys resorts, we were commissioned to create a new Wellness Spa and relaxation suite, along with a complementary Detox Spa focused on salt and water-based therapies.
Rather than treating them as separate experiences, our approach was to establish a shared design language across both. Salt, water, light and natural materials became the foundation, creating spaces that felt clean and contemporary while remaining calm, restorative and unmistakably Champneys.
What we did
Creating a new language for wellness
The Wellness Spa introduced a lighter, more contemporary character to Tring. A restrained white palette was layered with natural textures, tactile surfaces and soft mood lighting to create an environment that feels fresh without becoming clinical.
Salt and water informed both the concept and the detailing. Real silver birch trees bring nature directly into the interior, while bespoke cellular patterns were developed for features including the skylights and spa reception desk. Every element was considered as part of the same calm, immersive environment.
The result was a relaxation experience built around simplicity, giving guests space to slow down between treatments and allowing texture, light and material to create the atmosphere.
The Detox Centre
Taking the spa experience further
The Detox Centre extended this thinking into a more specialist therapeutic environment, using salt and water not simply as visual inspiration but as part of the guest experience itself.
At its centre is a five-metre backlit wall constructed from Himalayan salt blocks. Its warm glow creates a dramatic focal point for the salt suite, which also incorporates salt and oxygen inhalation and infrared heat.
Dedicated treatment rooms were designed around specialist Thalasso equipment, including a Vichy bath, float beds and underwater massage baths. A salt inhalation bar introduced another sensory element, allowing guests to select scented salts as part of a slower, more individual ritual.
The outcome
Wellness innovation at the original Champneys
The Wellness Spa and Detox Centre helped introduce a new chapter for Champneys Tring, bringing a more contemporary expression of wellness to the resort while building on the health-led philosophy that has defined it since 1925.
The Wellness Spa went on to be named Best Spa for Wellness at the Good Spa Guide Awards in 2016, following a public vote involving more than 72,000 spa-goers.
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