Lake District Coast Aquarium Reviews

Thoroughly enjoyed by grown ups and children, loved the informative feeding displays and find the fish hunt. Gorgeous little cafe with fire which was welcomed as it was rather a chilly day! Large souvenir shop with wide range of products.

Mary port, queyside really nice place to visit mainly commercial boats moored up, town not very big. Countryside around is lovely

Every thing you need for a cheep outing with the kids. Nothing is over priced

I never thought that there was so much variety of life in the Solway. A great no frills aquarium that is very good value. We got a voucher for free crazy golf. Bonus. Cafe is great. It has the same opinion of salad as I do.

Surprisingly entertaining plenty of coastline Fish. Next to the harbour and the lighthouse.
Has a shop inside and cafe. Must visit close to called Chatagooa Takeaway hot uniform staff in Purple. Waiting for orders. Pizza & Kebabs . Nice small Town in Maryport.

Visited here whilst on holiday with friends and family. Over priced for what s on offer. Kids were bored quickly. Have been to better aquariums back home in Scotland that also offer more fun elements, hence the 3 star rating.
Cafe was quite nice and staff pleasant.
Plenty parking outside the aquarium

Lovely little aquarium, great for kids to see and learn. Stools available for better viewing for kids and pools where you can touch the sea life were a highlight. Food was good in the cafe and reasonably priced, despite it clearly bring the local pensioner hotspot it catered well for children with high chairs, microwave and crayons all available to use. Nice day out

Good place to visit. Measures in place. Crazy golf were lots of fun. Children play area was good idea too.

Nice place to take the kids. There is loads of different fish to be seen and a quite reasonable priced cafe. There is also a playground crazy golf course and of course boats in the harbour.

Great place to visit with really interesting displays, facts and a lab. Good quality shop and imaginative cafe in lovely location.

Local. Ticket lasted all day so you could come and go. Great value. Very friendly staff.

Not the biggest of Aquariums to visit but had some great exhibits and activities to get the kids interested.

Great way to spend a morning.. surprising how much there is to see.

Lovely family experience,fab food in the cafe also.

Over priced and not very maintained, staff are good though nice and friendly.

Very basic aquarium but it features a lot of the fish found in local areas which is good for children to learn. It does have some fish from other areas as well. Good information board's.

We went 2 weeks ago for a visit and after half hour in my wife was in pain and had breathing difficulties went and got staff who are fully first aid trained came to see to her I must say the staff were brilliant and looked after us me my wife and kids till a ambulance came the staff were really kind stayed with wife made sure she was comfortable were very experienced and calm and think the staff there should be reconised for what there did in that emergency what we seen of the place looked really good and was very pleasant and the kids had loads of fun even no we had that emergency I would recommend this place to any one who s visiting round the areas near by we are going to be going back as soon as we get chance

Trawlerman breakfast was beautiful as usual with wonderful friendly staff.

Friendly staff nice and clean
Well presented for children and adults alike. Disability friendly too. Lovely little cafe and shop to end the day after seeing the large variety of fish.

Interesting Aquarium nice gift shop good food and nice views of harbour from restaurant

Loved this and the Cafe is great too xx Been back many times for the food x

Nice themed aquarium that's open throughout the year (as most of the town isn't). Great indoor wave machine.

Great little town.. great little aquarium.. highly recommended

Good cup of coffee and friendly staff with a good service

Good value for money enjoyed it 22c mini golf outside and play area outside next to it worth visiting Michael

Friendly staff, good food and a very educational aquarium. Will be going again.

Terrific place for kids and adults who still are kids. Cafe great too.

Great little Aquarium. Spent a lovely afternoon here.

Kids and adults all loved his place! so many fish to see, ray pool was amazing and guides were friendly and informative, great day out!

Good food and the aquariums are well looked after good afternoon really enjoyed it

Always friendly staff. Wide range of choice on menu. Food is always lovely and well presented. Hard to beat xx

The kids sensory pool is good for the young ones. Daily talks in the different sealife at the aquarium & a good sized park at the rear. You can re enter later too as the ticket is an all day ticket.

Slightly overpriced cafe but good food and friendly staff.

Great Aquarium, lots to see, staff very knowledgeable, informative and passionate about what they do. It's great they have lots of amazing projects like starfish rehabilitation and a lobster nursery. They aim to introduce thousands of lobsters back into the local coastline. Will definitely go again. could do with updating some of the graphics around the exhibits but that's a very minor thing. Well done.

This is a very good aquarium especially for kids. It is not the biggest but had a good amount of species of fish and they are mainly all locally found in the sea surrounding the aquarium. All in all a good day out

Loved it. Local aquarium, a short drive from Carlisle in a small coastal town. Total wheelchair access, all knowledgeable & amazing staff, nice cafe with freshly made snacks. Excellent value for money. Entertained 3 adults for over 2 1/2 hrs, with no knowledge, pre interest or background. Would be fantastic for kids. We got to touch rays, anemones and star fish. Also saw baby seahorses and lobsters. Learned loads and was surprised by the variety. They also have mini golf and you can spend as much time as you like in the aquarium. Don't go expecting sea life type place and you will have a great time. Disability access really good, wheelchair was able to get round all exhibits and good facilities. Visited 7/6/17

Lots to see and very interesting talks. Grandchildren loved it, well worth the entrance fee

Really enjoyed our visit on a wet and windy day. Went at 3pm so no queues. Very well organised and helpful staff. Very well set out - loved the sharks and jellyfish. 10/10!

Had a fantastic time - even during COVID on a windy breezy day. Took my little girl here for her 3rd birthday and she was in awe of the place. Staff were friendly, place was super prepared with COVID systems in place. Sadly, but rightly too, we couldn't touch the fish or feed them to prevent passing anything to the fish, but it was still great to get upfront, close and personal with stingrays, star fish and more... thank you for making my daughters birthday still special in these difficult times. Crazy golf was family fun too.

Fishtastic!
It's great for the price and my daughter loves it. The staff are really enthusiastic and knowledgeable. The building is a bit tired, but the aquatic display tanks are always well kept and interesting. And there's lots to lern about ecology and environment.

The nearby park shares the same opening times. There's a cafe, gift shop, ice cream, fishing tackle and a small amusement area too.

We go regularly.

Excellent well worth visit great cafe and good value fab views of Maryport

Its good, plenty of different fish crabbie and lobbie, jelly, and some sort of crazy golf.

Fantastic family day out and finished off with crazy golf.

We took a chance on a rainy day and drove an hour to the aquarium. We were delighted we did and we filled the entire day there, the kids loved it. It's no frills and we've been too far more amazing aquariums but not learnt as much or had such a fun packed day. All british fish, we got to touch sea anemone, starfish, watch octopus hunt and feed. We stroked sting ray, completed a quiz for a prize. Brilliant cafe food, the fishcakes and place where top notch. The crazy golf was tired but 14 holes of fun and then we found the outdoor kids play area which was the icing. Great staff, brilliant find, highly recommended.

Great little aquarium, brilliant for kids. Will visit again

My son had a great time, he especially loved the Ray Pool.
Had been before so knew not too eat here, found a fantastic pub just round the corner for lunch.
There's a decent park outside if the weather's good.
The Aquarium is fine, small but with lots of interesting marine life, just feel there is something missing.

Really good aquarium, lots of things to see, kids loved it, decent cafe as well, staff really good, helpful and friendly.

Decent for kids, but not a lot for adults and older kids

Lovely little place, the lobster hatchery was really interesting. And love that you could be hands on, exploring the shells, and starfish, and being able to touch the rays. Great time.

Nice place to sit and watch the world go by. Nice vibe here.

Very nice place. Some interesting fish aswell.
Clean and overall great prices too

Fin got see some fishies and a crab.
We then played in the park which was fun.

Well designed and attractive to children who loved it. Excellent collection of fish from home and abroad. Demonstrations were excellent from a knowledgeable staff and the cafe provided a refreshing end to a good experience. Only one comment that prevents a 5 star rating: some of the descriptive cards were located too high on wall or round a corner making them difficult to read. Otherwise a great place for a wet day!

You can spend fantastic day out with your family. Prices not expensive.

Only visited the cafe for coffee and it was almost full (Saturday morning) so they must be doing something right! Also a good fishing tackle shop attached which has a great selection at great prices

Fantastic day out adults and children alike so much to see and learn.