When we went to Scarborough recently we decided to pay a trip to the Sea Life centre. I had been before a couple of times when I was a kid, but couldn't really remember a whole lot about it. When we were checking the website prior to our visit, I noticed that the London aquarium is also part of the Sea Life group. I must admit having visited the London aquarium a couple of years back and left feeling somewhat disappointed with my visit, I was a little sceptical as to how much we'd enjoy this visit to the Scarborough centre. ~Getting there~ The Sea Life centre is situated close to Scarborough's North Bay and in fact as you look out over the bay, it's ...  Read the complete review

The Sealife Centre in Scarborough is one of the town's most popular tourist attractions despite an admission price of £14 per adult. I visit Scarborough several times every year and had so far been put off by both the charges and the length of the queues at the door. I finally paid a visit to the Sealife Centre on Saturday 18th July 2009, swayed by half price admission tickets and a cloud full of rain. We arrived quite early, around 9.30am and the queues weren't too bad but despite this the check in process seemed to be frustrating slow and it still took us the best part of an hour to finally get inside. Once inside the doorway the reason for the delay became ...  Read the complete review

There were 5 in our party 3 adults and 2 under 2's, we got our tickets from the haven site we were staying on as it was only £7.50 per adult and under 2's free. We found it to be awkward to find as we got to scarborough and couldnt see any signs anywhere, we ended up asking a bus driver where it was. When we got there it was very busy but it was August, and i'm not sure that the kids actually saw much as it was very crowded and they were in pushchairs. The site isn't very wheelchair/pushchair friendly as we made it around to the seals and it was either go down lots of steps or try and backtrack through the crowds and possibly miss things ...  Read the complete review

Scarborough Sea Life Centre is well worth a visit - we had a 2 for 1 offer from Tesco's and I have recently seen a similar offer on a particular brand of tea bags. I often seen voucher of a similar nature in The Mirror Newspaper and have seen The Sun advertising vouchers of this nature too. Price: It costs £12.95 per adult, £11.95 for concessions, under 5''s go free, and children have a cheaper rate, which I do not remember as it wasn't applicable to our group. (Prices were for October 2008). Parking: We had to pay for 3 hours parking, which was about £3.50. I found this to be quite high, if you only planned to stay at the centre for a ...  Read the complete review

~How to Find It~ The Sea Life centre is located at Scalby Mills in Scarborough and can be found by following the signs for North Bay Leisure Parks or Sea Life. There's plentiful parking outside, with a pay and display car park which overlooks the seafront. This cost us £3 for four hours. It's a good place to visit whatever the weather, as it is mostly indoors. There are outdoor areas with picnic benches, where you can visit the otters, seals and penguins, which can be avoided if it's a rainy day. ~Prices~ It's open daily from 10 am to 4.30pm, with last admissions at 3.30. Admission prices at the gate are £14.00 for adults, £10.00 for ...  Read the complete review