National Marine Aquarium

The national marine aquarium in Plymouth, Devon is brilliant however expensive. The aquarium homes a large variety of sea life, everything from rock pools full of anenomies and crabs to tanks for sharks and rays. Boasting records in tank size the aquarium stands out across the country as a great place for conservation and education. The layout is great giving all different tanks for different animal life and holding tanks that go over tunnels allowing the animals to swim over you. They are also many informational texts and videos around the centre with regular shows and experiments as well as games for children to get involved with. There are also ...  Read the complete review

NATIONAL MARINE AQUARIUM PLYMOUTH-WELL WORTH A VISIT We (my Wife,8 year old Daughter and I), recently made a visit,to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth,which is at Coxside right on the Waterfront.We purchased our tickets online,which saved us a few quid and also paid for 4D Cinema tickets (more about that later). Because we pre-booked,we didn't have to queue,although it wasn't too busy.For the next two and a half hours we were amazed by the various aquariums which ranged from open tanks with Rays,to coral reef displays,and a huge Atlantic tank,where divers can be seen feeding the multitude of Cod,Bass,Wrasse,Skates and Sharks. A ...  Read the complete review

I've visited here a couple of times and found it really interesting. Its quite expensive but both times we have paid in Tesco deal vouchers making it free! I would say its not great for a young child they just want to race ahead to the next thing whilst mum and dad want to take a closer look and read up about the exhibits. I would probably say 7 and up would get the best value from the visit. The big tanks are amazing, the size of a cinema screen and you can really get up close and personal with some amazing see creatures in as natural a habitat as your going to get. The sharks whilst not huge are certainly scary enough that you probably wouldn't want to take a dip with ...  Read the complete review

I visited Plymouth twice with my 1st wife and the 2nd coincided with the opening of the National Marine Aquarium in 1998. Whether through choice or luck our visit was a few months after it opened yet the queues were the width of the inclined walkway leading to the ticket desk on the first floor and stretched several yards out the main doors. It is an imposing building set next to Sutton Harbour and the yacht haven with a moving bridge acting like a lock allowing ships in and out of the harbour and is built into one of the council's many car parks with a covered walkway leading towards the fishing harbour where trawlers still bring in their catch - ...  Read the complete review

My hubby is a teacher so he gets lots of lovely holidays. He is currently on a two week break for the Easter holidays so we decided to plan some lovely family days out, one being the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. I have lived here all of my life but have never bothered with the aquarium but now my son is at an age where he can enjoy things like that we decided to make the trip. What can you see there? The Aquarium has lots of different underwater life that can be seen including huge sharks, turtles, seahorses, octopus and many other fishes. The fishes are displayed in a variety of different tanks including open topped ones. There are LCD screens ...  Read the complete review