Head spas in Bristol.

Bristol is unusual among the towns on this list in that the city and the county are one and the same — it's a unitary authority rather than part of a larger shire — and it currently has a single head spa venue listed. For a city of Bristol's size and reputation, that's a smaller showing than you might expect, though head spa treatments have generally spread faster through the biggest English cities like Manchester and Birmingham than through Bristol so far.

Across the Severn Estuary, Cardiff has a small cluster of its own venues if you're happy to widen the search, and Bournemouth along the south coast is another option within reach.

Otherwise, what's currently listed in Bristol itself is below, and it stands as a proper booking option regardless of the city's single-venue status — being a unitary authority just means there's no wider county page to bulk out the comparison, so this listing is effectively the whole picture for the city. Swindon and Gloucester, both a reasonable distance away, are down to one venue each too if you're mapping out the wider South West.