Mobile sauna to operate at former golf course at weekends

A mobile sauna is set to operate at a former Edinburgh golf course at weekends, after plans were approved by the council.

- by Kevin Quinn

Pentland View Sauna applied for permission on August 5 to site a mobile sauna for use Friday to Sunday at the former Lothianburn Golf Club, 106 Biggar Road, which closed in 2013.

The existing club house is now used as offices rented out to a variety of users and the actual golf course is now subject to a variety of uses such as hillwalking, horse riding, running clubs along with other outdoor leisure uses. Long-term there is also plans to establish a mountain bike centre in the locality.

A short walk from the site is the Swanston Brasserie and wellness barn which hosts many other activities. It is envisaged that the proposed mobile sauna will compliment these existing uses.

The applicant said: "Pentland View sauna will be uniquely located, accessible and aligned with the overall wellness theme. We will attract our target clientele through marketing which will promote the benefits of outdoor saunas.