Went to see Father Christmas was very busy, not signposted well which way to go to see Father Christmas... Brought photos but never got digital copy like we was told rang and emailed to get sorted but never heard back.
Excellent variety. Plenty to see. Great access to all the tanks. Underwater tunnel very good. Only negatives were no otters and 4D cinema could be better organised by doing allocated viewing as not big so pot luck if you got in.
A huge selection of sea creatures both big and small. There's creatures as small as seahorses and clown fish like Nemo that starred in the hit Disney Pixar movie Finding Nemo. There's also creatures as large as sharks like the one that starred in Jaws, octopus, turtles like the ones that starred in A Turtle's Tale and stingray like the ones that starred in the 1978 action comedy movie Stingray.
Conviniently located in Brindley Place, on Birmingham's canal network and close to the main Broad Street.
Tip: look out for the penguins close to the entrance and exit, they might even pose for a photo!
Fab day out for the babies - prices are a bit steep so not something if your looking for a fun but cheap day out.
What a brilliant venue for munchkins and adults. Modern and very well designed, they have crammed a huge amount of exhibits into the space. Staff were upbeat and knowledgeable. The Behind the Scenes Tour is excellent. One of the best aquariums for conservation work in the UK. Just missing a small cafe ? Otherwise perfect.
The National sea life center is great for all ages. The 4 D cinema was wonderful and the ocean tunnel is so good having sharks and turles swimming over your head. The staff are really good and helpful. The best thing to do is buy your tickets online before you go as the tickets will be cheaper as you have booked ahead. Always best to go mid week as always very busy weekends. There is a souvenir shop where you can get a little reminder of your day.
Love visiting sealife centers a good way to spend a few hours
Good place to show children sea creatures, friendly staff
A great trip out again! The kiddies loved finding the Halloween theme props in the tanks.
Great little place for a couple of hours but not worth the cost. Customer service is appalling Javier and another customer service representive at the cashiers desk did not smile unfriendly and rude. Javier could learn a lesson or two from the Ladies in the Gift shop were lovely, friendly and helpful.
Very peaceful place lovely seeing the different types of fish an seals defo will be back
Had such an amazing experience here I loved every single part of the whole place, I was amazed with everything I seen the staff was great and very friendly, the ticket prices are pretty cheap for everything you get to see, and do when there
No social distancing measures feels unsafe compared to Alton towers and Lego Land. Over crowding at every point. Lifts packed full of people, no one advising people how to wear masks. Felt unsafe and I would not recommend going here whilst Covid is a prominent feature of our lives.
Wonderful day out regardless of age, there is an opportunity to take a family photo half way through and all the animals look to be in wonderful condition and are very active, especially the penguins and sea otters that were swimming around quite fast. We even saw the penguins being fed! Unfortunately we didn't get to experience the 4D display but that had to be closed understandably due to Covid-19. Precautions were taken with hand sanitiser available at mutliple intervals and temperature checking at the door. Overall I would highly recommend.
It is an OK sealife centre for a city location. Just very small but they have worked with what space they have
My little girl and my nephew really enjoyed the sensory aspect of Sealife! Ages 4months and 3years
Really enjoyed it. My 1 year old liked poking the glass where the fish were coming past
Loved it . 4D cinema was fab.. penguins are our favourites..
A great place for family and friends but avoid peak times
Very nice place, plenty to see and very entertaining for the kids. Staff are very helpful and polite, more than happy to share information about the animals and the place. You can get a nice surprise after the visit too, if you book online in advance. 10/10
I did have a great day, and so did my toddler, however, they're having a fair amount of renovations done at the moment which I wasn't aware of before booking. It wouldn't have stopped me going, but it meant some of the things weren't as easily accessible, such as the jellyfish etc. They were only really visible as you were in the queue to the 4d film, but I didn't take my son there as he'd be afraid of it, so we didn't get to see any of them as it was too busy. Of course, it's fair to say that I chose to go at a peak time on a weekend, which is agreeable, but it's now just made it a bit more crammed. But renovations need to be done, hopefully next time we go, it'll be better.
We also didn't see the turtles. And they're not exactly small and we spent over 20 minutes in the tunnel, so maybe they're out for breeding or they were just both amazingly good at hiding
Great.
The back of the scenes part is the best part of my visit.
Earlier arrival is recommended. I entered just on time for my booked time and didn't spend enough time with the first part
Nice place to take family and the kids really enjoyed it.
Some bits good, others need updating. The kids trails seem a bit of an afterthought and shoved in a corner by the toilets. Cinema wasn't working the day we went but they gave free return tickets in compensation. Needs a cafe
We enjoyed seeing the fish and penguins. It's also got a 4d cinema which the kids enjoyed
The place itself is really nice but people bringing small children(age 0-5yo) ruins the whole thing as they bump into you with their strollers, the children shout and cry. I would recommend going on a random tuesday for the best experience and don't try to be a professional parent just so you can tell your co-workers that you took your 3month old child to see a turtle.
Went here today with my daughter, 16 year old son and 3 grandsons aged between 17 months and 11 years.My son loved it and the younger children really had fun.Kiddies 4D cinema was great for the younger ones.An expensive day out but enjoyed by them all.
Ok. A bit small. Not really made for Buggys. Good animals and the soft play was ok
Took my little nephew for walk-about around Birmingham & ended up here. Beware, it can get very busy when it's holiday time. If possible get you tickets online, No standing in queues. It's a great place for small or bigger children & adults. Great sea life, with plenty of facts along the way. Jellyfish were our favourite, could of watched them for hours. There is a shop at the end to buy all those cuddly animals. (p.s. Take plenty of money... it ain't cheap.)
Good place to spend an hour, I purchased my tickets through Tesco Clubcard. There are works being done inside the building and the 4d/2d cinema wasn't fully working but on the whole. It was a pleasant visit.
I went to Sea Life with my son not long ago. We paid online for tickets, came in on time and there was not too many people. We had free time and could take as long as we wanted which was brilliant. My son is in love with this place we are coming back for sure to visit all animals again. Amazing place for children to show them how beautiful sea creatures are. My son start to study all about them so Sea Life made a new hobby which I'm happy about.
Not worth the entry fee , was done walking round in less than ten minutes penguins looked upset and enclosure was definatly not big enough for the amount they had , also had ray pool were you can't even touch the rays advertised having turtles and oters that were nowhere to be seen if your planning on educating your child about marine life and how to help animals I would definatly not recommend sea life centre
Came to Birmingham just for the Aquarium as online it says it closes at 6pm weekdays. Got to the Aquarium to find out it closes at 4 for some reason and that last entry is at 3pm and we arrived 3:15pm. Completely misleading closing times at the actu aquarium and online and ruined our trip entirely. Update your online timing and / or the timings presented at the aquarium itself. Do you close at 6 or do you close at 4. It's one or the other.
5 stars because I went into a tunnel and an otter jumped on my head.
Good value for money. Kids love it and I love it too. Highly recommended.
Lovely place and tied it in with Legoland Discovery Centre. Great day had by all.
Brilliant place, visited a few times in the past. Lots of different tanks and animals to see and touch. Can get mega busy!! Staff do their best to stagger entrance times. The pathway round can be narrow in places, so pushchairs can be a More
Love love loved seeing the sea otters, they were huge! And so playful, we watched them for a good chunk of time!
Good few hours put with the kids. Lots of areas and talks on throughout the day. Parking available close by with reasonable rates for the city centre.
A very short exhibit, expected to see more. Worth taking the kids too but not on the same level as any good aquarium ive been to.
Good day out if you have merlin pass or vouchers. Not worth full price and weekends are very very busy
Really love it here; it's a good size and great for family, my 2 year old loves it here
Great fun for all ages. The sea life are well looked after and very enjoyable.
Plenty of fishes and sea creatures. Good for kids of all ages
This place is really fun for both adults and kids. It is expensive compared to the size of the place. So if you have a large family maybe worth checking for 2 for 1s
So far been to 3 of the sea life centres and Birmingham is the best we've been!!
Our twins love it, specially the penguins, they're their favourite!
there is so much for them to see, and everytime they discover something new.
Thinking seriously in the getting the annual pass for us.
We went the 9th of July for my son's 2nd birthday and as we all know, toddlers get bored/tired very quick. Not a chance here! It is fab! So many different types of fish, penguins, secrets passage ways for little ones, activities and a 4D cinema! We were there for 3hrs and it went so quick, i would highly recommend it to everyone. Some might say a bit expensive but you can get the 2 for 1 in cereal boxes or discounts in certain websites. We will definitely go back soon!
It was worth the visit, kids loved it. However, they can improve the aesthetics. Seemed kinda 90s retro.
I loved this place. I love anything with animals! I came here with my partner for our anniversary together and we both enjoyed it. It was smaller than we expected but it didn't ruin our fun.
Great day out at the Sea Life Centre. Lots to see here from small to large sea creatures. Penguins were a great sight to see. Can't really complain at the price as take roughly 2 hours to go through the whole centre
3 year old absolutely loved it
Favourite bit was being able to stand in middle of sea lions
Really good day out
Loved the penguins
Gift shop was a bit pricey
And car park expensive
Only 2 things that let the whole experience down
If you want to take kids for their first experience this is great. Otherwise it's a hassle walking around crowded halls..if it was quiet I an sure it would appeal more.
Queing system could do with speeding up especially when you are standing outside in the rain and wind.maybe a shelter overhead would help. Even when you book on line ahead of your visit you don't expect to que for so long. Having said that all the staff are very friendly and helpful but then it's not them that make the decisions on how it's run . So well done to them
Lots of fun. People arent really respecting the two metre rule but most wore masks and you can get away with not touching anything.
the penguins tried to eat my toy fish. fantastic 10/10.
Great place to spend time with family or friends. There is cinema so who is interested they can use as well. Short cartoon.
Very busy but probably due to it being half term, due to this was hard to see too much. Only really went because of getting cheap entry with the Lego discovery ticket. Probably wouldn't go again.
Wonderful place. The family loved it. The staff were really friendly. I think it will be good if they had some interactive activities to make the place perfect.
Not bad but not great either. It kind of feels like a big pet shop. Most of the fish are rather small except for one shark and one tortoise. If you're lucky you can touch a starfish in a bucket. I'm glad I went to check it out but I didn't enjoy it enough to go back.
An absolutely marvelous place to visit and well worth a family outing but Just a shame we didn't get to see the Jellyfish because of the queueing for the cinema as that's where they're located but other than that had a good day.
Really nice but the best bit was towards the end when you walk through a tunnel surrounded by fish .Should have been more of it.Other than that still good . Here's a few screenshots of the little fishes.xx
Booked in advance to get a little discount and arrived early before it got to busy. The highlight is definatley the ocean floor. Would say the behind the scenes isnt really worth it though
Great place to visit.Best to prebook tickets online as queue to purchase tickets on the day can be quite long.
A very good day out not cheap so book on line for a discount
Good display. Great place for kids. A little bit crowded during weekends. Nice and friendly staff.
It's ok, it's good to go first thing as it was quiet and we were first in, but you have to take your time to be able to see all the animals. You can get to the end quite quick, even with walking round with a toddler. If you go the the attractions in between it would take longer. Nice animals to look at, but not mind blowing.
Although there were no penguins, we have a free return which is great for our daughter to go back.
During school week good time to visit. Tunnel is great
Apart from it been really busy when we went it was good but if you can go out when kids are at school would be amazing, just too many people in a small space.
Great with a little one. Good value annual pass when theirs only u and a 1 yer old :) he loves it there. Nice way to spend a morning.
I spent an amazing time here. Everyone will love it from kids to elder people. Very friendly staff, there is a close parking nearby. Spent about 3 hours here and it worth every penny. At the time when I been here there was not very crowded (around mid day) but sometimes is pretty busy.I will definitely go again in the future.
Great experience for kids and adults alike. Lots to see and nice interactive bits for the kids. So great to see the sea life and be able to read about all the creatures. Very friendly and helpful staff too. Highly recommend a visit here.
Very nice exhibits and tied to Legoland for a full day
You should not keep animals in cages or they will die prematurely. Other than that it s amazing.
Best reguards V Beddard
Very nice Aquarium. We spent almost two hours with was a good amount of time to see everything, including the 4d movie
We visited on a Saturday afternoon which was a mistake in itself. The place is over run by children (which is obviously expected) and adults with pushchairs. It would be a massive improvement to have some sort of buggy storage as trying to navigate through soo many was disorientating. Anyway, it's a brilliant sea life centre with amazing animals and very factual. We very much enjoyed the experience.
It's not big like the London one but it is nice and exciting especially if you have children they would love it
Good weekend experience. Very friendly staff, prices are somehow expensive.
It was a really good place to visit highly recommend to this place to everyone
Great place but try to get money off vouchers before you come or it ends up quite expensive.
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