National Sea Life Centre

This particular sealife centre is based in Birmingham, and isn't too far a walk from the train stations. Although the actual building itself isn't too bad looking, the surrounding area looks run down and dated. The centre itself is quite small, but does have a reasonable selection of animals to view. These include various fish , small sharks, sea horses, crabs, giant turtles and otters. The journey around begins by gradually leading you up the different floors until you reach the top. There is then a lift which takes you down into a section where there is a large see - through tunnel to walk through. This is particularly good as you feel you are amongst the ...  Read the complete review

I went on a visit to Birmingham Sealife Centre last week for my birthday with some friends. I love fish and aquariums so was really looking forward to going. I'd previously been to the centres in Great Yarmouth and Scarborough but not for a number of years. Firstly, the prices shown about on here are very out of date. It's actually now a massive £15.60 per adult to get in, although I had managed to get a couple of 2 for 1 vouchers for us which made it a little more reasonable. First impressions of the place for me were that it was quite small compared to ones i'd been to before. It's a very compact building on about 3 floors. There are ramps all ...  Read the complete review

I don't normally like places where you just look at wild life, sea life etc. But this one was OK i quite liked it. This is good for people of all ages, it has disabled access, but it is quite crowded at times. The whole place is very colorful, and bright, which is great. Also if you get a VIP pass you can go straight in with no queuing at the door. There a a few activities especially for the the little ones, such as: badge making and colouring. The staff we're quiet funny there and were very entertaining, as when we arrived there were about 4 of them with a strong Birmingham accent bouncing on space hoppers. There is a short walk through a 360 ...  Read the complete review

A definite must see in Birmingham is the National Sea Life Centre. This is where children and adults living in the landlocked Midlands can see some of the creatures which live in the various seas touching the UK, and also from further afield. From the outside the building doesn't really look big enough to house it all, but when you go inside you'll see that looks really can be deceiving. It's absolutely huge with a massive foyer where you pay your admission and stairs leading up towards the display tanks. Once you've paid in you're free to wander around to your hearts content. There really is a bit of everything in here; from some of the smaller ...  Read the complete review

After a poor experience at the Blue Planet Aquarium early last year, when my new fella suggested to take me to the Birmingham Sealife Centre on our first date I agreed politely because it was nice to see someone actually trying to make an effort and do something a little bit different for a change instead of the old ..let's go for a beer!! The Birmingham National Sealife Centre has been open since 1996 and as we all know there are many of these across the country and also across Europe too, although I had never actually been to one until now. The Sealife Centre itself was first established in 1979 and opened its doors to the first aquarium in Scotland. At that ...  Read the complete review