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Aquariums in the UK

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Aquariums in the UK

Sharks, seahorses and rock-pool encounters — aquariums deliver wide-eyed wonder in any weather, and most sit right in the heart of the UK's favourite seaside towns.

Aberdeenshire

  • Macduff Marine Aquarium

    Macduff Marine Aquarium introduces you to the sea creatures of the Moray Firth, Scotland's...

Anglesey

  • Anglesey Sea Zoo

    Anglesey Sea Zoo is an independent aquarium on the Isle of Anglesey, showing off British m...

Ayrshire

Bedfordshire

Birmingham

  • National Sea Life Centre

    The National Sea Life Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon is an aquarium where you can walk thro...

Blackpool

  • SEA LIFE Blackpool

    SEA LIFE Blackpool is an aquarium in Blackpool, Lancashire, where you can discover thousan...

Bournemouth

  • Oceanarium

    The Oceanarium is a tropical aquarium on Bournemouth's seafront, home to sharks, a loggerh...

Brighton

  • Brighton Aquarium

    SEA LIFE Brighton is the world's oldest continually operating aquarium, opened in 1872 and...

  • Sea Life Centre

    SEA LIFE Brighton is the world's oldest continually operating aquarium, opened in 1872 and...

  • Paraquatics

Bristol

  • Bristol Aquarium

    Bristol Aquarium sits in the heart of the city on the historic Harbourside, with more than...

Cheshire

  • Sea Life Manchester

    Sea Life Manchester is an aquarium in Trafford where you can get close to over 2,000 creat...

Chester

Cleethorpes

  • Elite Koi

    Elite Koi is a family-run Japanese koi dealer in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, where h...

  • Dock Koi

County Down

  • Exploris Aquarium

    Exploris Aquarium and Seal Sanctuary is an aquarium in Portaferry, County Down, where you...

County Durham

Edinburgh

  • Deep Sea World

    Deep Sea World is an aquarium in Edinburgh, Scotland, sited next to the Forth Rail Bridge...

Elsewhere in the UK

  • SEA LIFE Loch Lomond

    SEA LIFE Loch Lomond is an aquarium in Balloch, West Dunbartonshire, where you can explore...

Essex

Great Yarmouth

  • The Sealife Centre

    The SEA LIFE Centre in Great Yarmouth is an aquarium where you can wander through an ocean...

Hastings

  • Blue Reef Aquarium

    Blue Reef is a national chain of public aquariums in England owned by Aspro Parks.

Hull

  • The Deep

    The Deep is an education and conservation charity built around an aquarium overlooking the...

Hunstanton

Ilfracombe

  • Ilfracombe Aquarium

    Ilfracombe Aquarium sits in the Old Lifeboat House on Ilfracombe's historic pier, taking y...

Keswick

Lancashire

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs

London

  • SEA LIFE Aquarium London

    SEA LIFE London Aquarium is a large underwater attraction spread across three floors, with...

  • London Aquarium

    SEA LIFE London Aquarium is a large underwater attraction spread across three floors in La...

Looe

  • National Marine Aquarium

    The National Marine Aquarium is the UK's National Aquarium, located in Plymouth and home t...

Lyme Regis

Matlock

  • Matlock Bath Aquarium

    Matlock Bath Aquarium sits in a Victorian building in the centre of Matlock Bath, at the h...

Newquay

  • Blue Reef Aquarium

    Blue Reef Aquarium sits right on Towan Promenade in Newquay, overlooking the beach, and of...

Portsmouth

Scarborough

Skegness

  • Skegness Aquarium

    Skegness Aquarium sits on the seafront in Skegness, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, and takes...

St Andrews

  • St Andrews Aquarium

    St Andrews Aquarium is a family-owned aquarium and animal attraction on the Fife coast, ho...

St Austell

Surrey

Weymouth

Whitby

Windermere

  • Lakes Aquarium

    Lakes Aquarium sits in Colton, in the Lake District, and is open daily from 10am. You can...