Bath’s Top 10 Hair Salons & Hairdressers

The Profile

Artizan occupies an elegant Georgian space on George Street and presents itself as one of a small number of Aveda-exclusive salons in the UK. The interior deliberately echoes Georgian proportions while offering contemporary convenience, creating a calm, refined setting where clients can relax during more in-depth services and consultations.

Artizan operates with a clear emphasis on wellbeing as well as style, offering Aveda plant-infused products and a complementary sensory ritual for clients. The salon routinely includes a stress-relieving neck, head and shoulder or hand massage using mood-lifting flower and plant essences as part of many appointments, which reinforces a pampering, restorative visit.

Artizan has been established for over twenty years and highlights consultation, suitability and a tailored finish as central to every appointment. The team lists services from contemporary colouring and short-hair perms to wedding styling and extensions, and the salon invites customers to book a free hair consultation or by email to discuss objectives before treatment.

Why It Made the List and Why It’s Our Top Pick

Artizan tops the list in Bath because it combines Aveda’s plant-focused colour and product philosophy with a long-established independent practice set inside a Georgian salon, delivering thoughtful consultations, wellbeing-led finishing rituals and a broad service menu including perms, extensions and wedding work that suit a wide range of clients.

Good to Know

Artizan offers free hair consultations and carries out skin testing for colour services; clients can book online or, and the salon also advertises shorter technical services such as fringe or short-hair perms alongside full-colour appointments.

The Profile

Backstage Atelier presents itself in Bath as a modern, client-focused salon where colouring and styling are central to the offer; the team promotes carefully judged complimentary consultations and a service culture that aims to match colour technique to each client’s face shape and lifestyle rather than following trends blindly.

Backstage Atelier emphasises practical, long-lasting colour and styling solutions, stating that its colour team applies specially developed techniques to create natural-looking results and that free consultations are available for bridal or special-occasion work. The salon features an online booking system and photographic galleries that illustrate its contemporary finishes and colour transitions.

Why It Made the List

Backstage Atelier is noted here for combining thorough consultations with modern colouring skills and a polished, friendly salon environment; the team’s measured approach to colour and cut aims to produce wearable results that still feel fresh, while the salon’s online booking and bridal consultation options make planning straightforward.

Good to Know

Backstage Atelier takes bookings online and by phone, and offers free consultations for bridal hair; clients can view live availability on the salon website and are encouraged to reserve trial appointments ahead of weddings to confirm styles and timings.

The Profile

TONI&GUY Bath sits on Upper Borough Walls and brings the brand’s international education and signature cutting techniques to the city. The salon promotes a structured approach to consultation and bespoke cutting methods that reflect the company’s six-decade history in training and stylist development.

TONI&GUY’s Bath team includes senior stylists and technical directors with specialist roles, including a qualified trichologist and colour specialists who have progressed through the company’s education system. The salon lists extended opening hours on Thursdays and Saturdays, plus a recommendation that clients have a complimentary consultation before booking to agree on goals and treatments.

Why It Made the List

TONI&GUY in Bath combines the resources of a large, education-led company with local expertise: experienced stylists, technical directors and specialists who offer signature cutting techniques, colour services and scalp expertise, and who work to translate salon training into consistently precise, wearable results for clients.

Good to Know

TONI&GUY recommends a complimentary consultation before booking and publishes its opening hours online; the Bath branch is contactable and lists extended late opening on Thursdays for client convenience.

The Profile

Cherry Blossom Hair Studios has been trading in Bath since 2014 and markets a team with broad experience, typically reporting stylists who have ten to twenty-five years of professional practice; the salon positions itself as a neighbourhood studio that handles both everyday services and more creative colour work.

Cherry Blossom promotes balayage, babylights and bespoke colour transformations with an emphasis on individual vision and online convenience; the salon uses social media to show before-and-after work, advertises last-minute appointment availability and maintains live online booking so clients can check slots in real time.

Why It Made the List

Cherry Blossom Hair Studios combines a long-serving, experienced stylist team with a clear focus on balayage, babylights and bespoke colour work; their active social feed and live online booking system make it straightforward to find short-notice appointments, while the salon’s practice of advertising same-day openings helps clients with urgent scheduling needs.

Good to Know

Cherry Blossom offers live online booking plus phone and direct-message options; the salon routinely posts last-minute openings on social media and asks clients to use the website booking link for the quickest confirmation and to secure same-day slots when they appear.

The Profile

HUE Salon was founded by Adriana, a native Colombian stylist who trained at the Revlon Academy and in Spain, and the salon emphasises a founder-led approach to colour. Adriana promotes a signature HUE Technique that focuses on freehand application to blend with the client’s natural colour rather than heavy foil placement.

HUE markets itself as a client-centred salon where freehand colour application improves hair health and creates more natural regrowth. The website displays multiple client reviews praising the salon’s blending and longevity of colour, and the team highlights their preference for techniques that reduce stress on the hair structure.

Why It Made the List

HUE Salon stands out for a founder-directed colour method and freehand HUE technique that prioritises hair health while achieving natural-looking blends; the salon’s profile and client testimonials point to careful colour application and customised service rather than a one-size-fits-all foil routine.

Good to Know

HUE encourages consultations for colour work and notes the HUE Technique avoids heavy foil application to be kinder to hair; clients are invited to book via the salon contact page and to discuss repair or maintenance plans during their appointment.

The Profile

Number Three occupies two floors of a Georgian townhouse adjacent to Bath’s Assembly Rooms, presenting a bright minimalist interior that reads more like a small gallery than a conventional salon. The space offers a calm, ambient atmosphere intended to complement the team’s considered cut and colour work.

Number Three provides a boutique experience that includes a pleasant private patio garden for clients to use between treatments, reading material and a relaxed, appointment-led rhythm. The salon also promotes bespoke bridal services and travel-to-you options alongside in-salon trials and specialist styling for weddings and special occasions.

Why It Made the List

Number Three is chosen for its quietly confident approach: a two-floor Georgian location, a calm interior and a boutique feel combine with attentive consultations and bridal services including in-salon trials and the option to travel to venues, making it a refined choice for wedding and destination clients.

Good to Know

Number Three runs a bridal service that includes a bridal trial priced at £80 and offers travel-to-venue styling; for bridal enquiries, the salon lists a dedicated email address, to request full information and quotations.

The Profile

The Suite promotes itself as a modern Bath salon focused on customised hair health and finish, advertising in-salon Kerastase Fusio Dose treatments that are tailored to individual hair concerns. The team positions these targeted blends as an add-on to standard services to address nutrition and softness immediately.

The Suite is located on Walcot Street and operates an appointment system that highlights occasional promotional pricing for treatments; the salon communicates by phone and email and stresses a bespoke approach in which stylists recommend specific in-salon treatments to complement colouring or cutting appointments.

Why It Made the List

The Suite earns recognition here for prioritising targeted hair health alongside style, using Kerastase Fusio Dose and bespoke in-salon treatments to address specific hair concerns and to complement cut and colour work, giving clients practical improvements to texture and manageability as well as an attractive finish.

Good to Know

The Suite advertises a temporary Kerastase Fusio Dose promotion priced at £10 when added to a booking; clients should quote FUSIO when booking and can contact the salon for details and availability.

The Profile

Material’s web presence notes that the salon has closed and that Paul, the stylist associated with Material is now freelancing from Melanie Giles in Bath; visitors are asked not to contact Melanie Giles for appointments but to use Paul’s direct booking channels instead.

Paul frames his work around restyles, precision cutting and the Davines sustainable product line, offering a service guarantee and advising on aftercare to achieve tailored, wash-and-wear results rooted in a Vidal Sassoon-influenced precision approach; clients book him directly using his online scheduler, by phone at 1 or by emailing.

Why It Made the List

Material now exists as Paul’s freelance restyle service based and his combination of classical precision cutting, sustainable Davines products and a written service guarantee suits clients seeking predictable, low-maintenance restyles; he also supplies clear aftercare advice and a direct online booking route to simplify follow-ups.

Good to Know

Material no longer operates as a standalone shop; Paul sees clients at Melanie Giles, BA1 and bookings are made directly with him via his online scheduler, by phoning 1 or by emailing and clients are asked not to contact the salon desk for his appointments.

The Profile

Claire Brown operates from a first-floor location and celebrates more than thirty years of adapting its techniques to modern trends; the salon emphasises a relaxed atmosphere while maintaining a focus on high-quality service and a welcoming environment for clients of all ages.

Claire Brown highlights personalised consultations across a wide age range and a commitment to continual staff training through internal and external courses; prospective clients are invited to or complete the salon’s online contact form to discuss services, availability and any specific requirements before booking.

Why It Made the List

Claire Brown combines long local experience with an emphasis on staff development and a calm Milsom Street setting, producing consistently well-judged cuts and colours; the salon’s steady training programme and careful consultation process make it a dependable option for clients seeking conservative, wearable results and attentive service.

Good to Know

Claire Brown is located on the first floor; the salon schedules appointments or via its online enquiry form and the team asks clients to mention any mobility or timing needs when booking so appointments can be arranged appropriately.

The Profile

Figo Hair operates multiple salons across the area with its Bath address at 15 Margaret’s Buildings close to The Royal Crescent and The Circus, and it presents a light-hearted, welcoming atmosphere backed by experienced stylists focused on tailored, wearable hairdressing. The team emphasises client satisfaction and a measured, calm appointment style.

The group highlights a sustainability focus across its operations, choosing suppliers who use renewable energy and recyclable packaging and partnering with a Full Circle recycling company to ensure salon recycling is handled responsibly. The business also runs FigoMAN barbers in Keynsham alongside its Bath, Corsham and Keynsham sites to cover both salon and male grooming needs.

Why It Made the List

Figo Hair’s defining merit is its combination of multi-site accessibility and an explicit sustainability programme: clients benefit from several convenient locations plus recycled-waste collection practices and supplier choices that prioritise lower environmental impact alongside consistently delivered salon services.

Good to Know

Figo Hair lists multiple site contacts: Bath at 15 Margaret’s Buildings (01225 338 866), Corsham in Wadswick Green (01225 584 080) and Keynsham within The Chocolate Quarter (0117 363 7140); the group highlights its Full Circle recycling arrangements and its FigoMAN barbers offer in Keynsham.