Birthday Spa Day in Birmingham: Lovely Ideas, Prices and Tips

Planning a birthday spa day in Birmingham? Whether it’s your own birthday, your partner’s, your mum’s or your best friend’s, a few hours of warmth, rest and good food is a lovely way to celebrate. This guide explains how to plan a birthday spa day at Clover Wellness Birmingham, a small European-style spa in Erdington: the options and prices, ideas for every kind of birthday, how to make it feel special and how to give it as a gift.

Why a spa day makes a great birthday

• It’s time, not stuff. Most people have enough things. What they’re short of is a few hours to switch off.
• It suits every age. From 21st birthdays to 60ths and beyond, everyone appreciates heat, rest and a good lunch.
• It’s relaxed. No loud restaurant, no rushing between bookings.
• It works for one, two or a few of you. Come alone, as a couple or with friends.
• It’s memorable. A day spent in a garden hot tub tends to be remembered long after the cake.

Birthday spa day options and prices

There are three easy ways to plan a birthday spa day at Clover:

• Day spa use: from £25 per person or £35 per couple. The sauna, steam room, hot tub, plunge pool, heated loungers, gardens and garden retreat, for as long as you like during opening hours.
• Spa day package: from £99 per person, or from £180 per couple. Everything in day spa use, plus a treatment each, such as a 60-minute massage.
• Spa mini break: from £130 a night for two. One of seven en-suite bedrooms, breakfast and spa use on both days.

Food, drinks and robe hire are extra. Our guide to what a spa day costs in Birmingham has the full breakdown.

Birthday spa day ideas

For your partner

Turn it into a couples spa day: a treatment each, lunch at the café bar and an afternoon in the hot tub. Or make a night of it with the spa mini break, so you can enjoy the spa on both days without driving home.

For your mum

A calm daytime visit on a weekday is perfect: warm up in the steam room, rest on the heated loungers, then a long lunch together. Add a massage or a facial for her and it becomes a proper treat.

For your best friend

Spend the day catching up somewhere warm instead of a noisy bar. Take turns in the sauna, chat in the hot tub, then share food and a drink at the licensed café bar.

For yourself

There’s nothing wrong with celebrating your birthday on your own. A quiet day with a book, a massage and the garden is a gift in itself. Plenty of people come alone, and it’s easy to chat to others if you’d like to.

For a milestone birthday

For a 30th, 40th, 50th or 60th, the spa mini break makes it feel like a real occasion: an afternoon in the spa, dinner, an evening by the fire in the garden retreat and a proper night’s sleep, then the spa again after breakfast.

A birthday spa day, step by step

Here’s how a relaxed birthday might go with the spa day package:

• 11am: Arrive, check in and settle in.
• 11.30am: Warm up in the steam room, then the sauna, with cool-downs and rests in between.
• 1pm: Birthday lunch at the café bar.
• 2.30pm: Treatments: a massage or facial.
• 4pm: The hot tub on the patio, perhaps with a drink.
• 5pm onwards: The garden retreat and its wood fire, and a slow end to the day.

How to make it feel special

• Tell the team it’s a birthday when you book.
• Book treatments ahead, especially at weekends.
• Switch phones off for the day; the birthday messages can wait.
• Don’t over-plan. Leave time to do nothing in the garden.
• Stay the night for a milestone birthday, so nobody has to drive.

Treatments for a birthday

Clover offers over 15 different massages, from Swedish to hot stones and lava shell, plus mini and purifying facials and holistic treatments such as Indian head massage. Treatments take place in private rooms, and spa access is optional, so you can book a massage on its own or add spa use to make a full day of it. If you’re staying overnight, residents get 10% off treatments booked at the same time as their room. Read more about massage in Erdington.

Food and drink

The licensed café bar is part of the day, serving breakfasts, lunches and dinners, plus hot drinks, soft drinks, wine and beer. Food and drinks are paid for separately. If anyone has dietary requirements, mention them when you book.

Giving a birthday spa day as a gift

If you’d like to give the birthday spa day as a present, gift vouchers are available. A spa day package with a massage makes a generous present; day spa use for two is a thoughtful smaller gift. For more ideas, see our guide to spa gift ideas in Birmingham.

Birthdays at special events

Clover runs events through the year, which can make a birthday even more sociable:

• Ladies and couples weekends: some weekends, from 6pm on Friday until 12 noon on Sunday, are for ladies and couples only.
• Young Clover days: occasional spa days for guests aged 18 to 45.
• The Monday Night Sauna Club: every Monday, 6pm to 10pm, £15 on the door.

Ask the team what’s coming up when you book.

What to wear and bring

Clover is a European-style spa, so the sauna and steam room are used without swimwear, sitting on a towel, as they are across much of Europe. Outside the heat rooms, you’re welcome to wear a robe or keep a towel on for as long as you like. Read European-style spas explained if it’s new to you.

Towels are provided and there are lockers. Bring a robe and flip-flops if you have them, or hire a robe and buy flip-flops on the day. If it’s your first visit and you booked online, bring photo ID and the card you paid with.

Is the birthday person nervous?

If the birthday person has never been to a spa like Clover, a free tour is a good idea before the big day. You look around together, fully clothed, with a coffee, no charge and no obligation. It takes the mystery out of it, so the birthday itself can be completely relaxed.

Planning a birthday on any budget

A birthday spa day doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Here’s how the options compare:

• A simple treat: day spa use for two from £35, plus lunch at the café bar. Hours of heat, rest and conversation for less than many restaurant meals.
• A proper pamper: the spa day package with a treatment each, from £99 per person, for a birthday that feels complete.
• A birthday to remember: the spa mini break from £130 a night for two, with breakfast and spa use on both days.
• A Monday treat: the Monday Night Sauna Club, £15 on the door from 6pm to 10pm, if the birthday falls at the start of the week.

Summer birthdays and winter birthdays

In summer, the gardens make the day. There are sun loungers on the lawn, shady spots under the trees, a gazebo and the hot tub on the patio, so you can spend most of the afternoon outside between rounds of heat. A long lunch in the sunshine feels like a little holiday.

In winter, it’s all about contrast and cosiness: a hot sauna, a quick breath of cold garden air, then warming up again by the wood fire in the garden retreat with a hot drink. Dark evenings make a birthday spa evening feel especially snug, and Clover stays open until 10pm every day, so it’s easy to fit around work.

A thoughtful surprise

If you’re planning a surprise, keep it simple. Tell them to clear the day, pack a small bag with a book and a water bottle, and leave the rest to you. If they’ve never been to a European-style spa before, consider a gentler reveal: book a free tour together a week or two before, so the birthday itself holds no surprises they wouldn’t enjoy.

Opening times and how to get here

Clover is open 10am to 10pm Monday to Friday and 12pm to 10pm on Saturday and Sunday. It’s at 759 Chester Road, Erdington, Birmingham B24 0BY, on the Sutton Coldfield side of the city, about 500 metres from Chester Road station on the Cross-City line.

Questions about a birthday spa day

How much is a birthday spa day in Birmingham?

At Clover, day spa use costs from £25 per person, the spa day package with a treatment from £99 per person, and the spa mini break from £130 a night for two.

Can I bring a group of friends?

Yes, friends are very welcome. Get in touch before you book so the team can help plan treatments and timings.

Can we celebrate in the evening?

Yes. Clover is open until 10pm every day, so an evening birthday is easy. See our guide to an evening spa in Birmingham.

Can I buy a voucher instead?

Yes. Gift vouchers are available, so the birthday person can choose their own date.

You might also like: our date ideas in Birmingham and our guide to a spa break in Birmingham.

Book a birthday spa day

Ready to plan it? Book your birthday spa day online, or get in touch to talk it through. Not sure yet? Book a free tour and see Clover for yourself first.

Buying for Christmas? See our Christmas spa gifts guide, with three Clover experiences to give and gift vouchers from £15 to £250.