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Not as big as expected.
National Sea Life Centre (Birmingham)

Member Name: elaine_cart1
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National Sea Life Centre (Birmingham)
Date: 05/08/10
Rating:
Advantages: plenty of parking, easy to find, good gift shop
Disadvantages: don't think its worth the money, lots of small sea animals but would have like to have seen bigger
I am 27 years old but love going to places like the zoo as I do find them very interesting even though they are mainly aimed for children! We decided top visit the sea life centre as neither of us had ever been there before.
They is plenty of available places to park around the centre and it is situated quite near the NIA. We didn't even use a sat nav as it was so well sign posted.
My first impression when we went in wasn't the best as it looked quite small, but we asked the lady behind the paying desk and she said there is a lot more. Off we went into the centre and to begin with was mainly plants and a few small animals, we followed the trail and realised there was more to it than whet we could see.
There is a wide selection of sea animals but a lot of them couldn't be seen as they were either hiding or asleep (otters).
It only took us about 1 - 1&1/2 hours to walk round and towards the end we were getting quite bored!
I think you should get more for your money and thought the centre would be a lot bigger and have more larger sea animals. I am a big animal lover but wasn't excited much by the visit.
There is a good gift shop at the end which is quite reasonably priced.
I don't think I would go again paying the same price! was a bit dissapointed.
Summary: not a day trip only a few hours, would be costly to take the whole family
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