PrimeVerified listingThe Paddington Rooms
Paddington, London
Day spa with six treatment rooms, couples suite and steam room
5.0 · 1 review
1 therapist · Greater London
Two therapists working in synchronised rhythm for a deeper release. London has the widest choice of massage therapists in the country and the sharpest differences between neighbourhoods.
One therapist currently offers four hands massage in London, identity-verified. Listed rates run from £85 to £155, with an hour typically around £85. Sessions are booked at 60, 90 or 120 minutes. They treat clients at their own premises rather than travelling. Availability is concentrated in Paddington.
In a four hands massage, two therapists work on you at the same time, mirroring each other's strokes so that both sides of the body receive identical attention in the same moment. The effect is distinctive: the brain cannot follow two sets of movements at once, stops anticipating the next stroke and lets go far more quickly than it does under a single pair of hands.
The technique underneath is usually Swedish or relaxing, sometimes with warm oil, and the therapists rehearse their choreography beforehand. It is offered by spas with the staff to pair up, by agencies, and by independent therapists who work together regularly rather than in ad hoc combinations.
Sessions are 60 minutes as a rule, occasionally 90, and are priced close to double a single treatment. It is booked as a treat or a gift more than as a routine, and needs advance notice because two diaries have to be aligned. Do not confuse it with a couples massage, which is two clients and two therapists in the same room.
Read the full guide to four hands massage — what it involves, who it suits and what it costs. Also known as 4 hands massage, two therapist massage and synchronised massage.
Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Chelsea hold the high-end clinics and hotel spas, where ninety-minute treatments and a few days' notice are the norm and rates run a third above the rest of the city. Soho and Shoreditch are younger and later, with studios open until ten and a strong showing of Thai and deep tissue work for people coming straight from the office. Kensington and Paddington have the largest number of independent therapists working from their own treatment rooms, and Canary Wharf is almost entirely a weekday market: mobile massage to offices and hotels, sports and back treatments booked at lunchtime, and very little at weekends.
More on massage in London as a whole — areas, pricing and how booking works locally.
For four hands massage specifically, the therapists listed here work out of Paddington. You can also browse everything in London.
Listed rates run from £85 to £155, depending on duration and on whether you visit the therapist or they come to you. An hour typically costs around £85.
Not at the moment. The one therapist listing four hands massage in London treats clients at their own premises.
The therapist listing here works out of Paddington.