The Deep Reviews

The deep is definatley orientated to a younger audience but still worth a visit to see the quiet spectacular collection of fish, rays, sharks, turtles and not forgetting the penguins.

Well worth the visit. Been several times. Go once then visit as often as you like within 12 months free

My son loved it! Ticket price is for a years free entry which is amazing. Lots of different species there and our trip didn't at all feel like 2 hours!

Excellent staff .Couldn't do enough for my family as we had my disabled Granddaughter.

Had a good experience visiting The Deep. The shuttle lift was a let down as it goes way too fast, taking the stairs allows more time to look at the central main tank.

20 mins wait in the cold outside and a further 15 mins inside when we had already booked and paid online! However, this is a fantastic place to come and see all the different kinds of marine life and some of the history behind it. Thoroughly enjoyed my time inside.

Lost the first raid battle but ended up catching the alolan maruwak anyway.

Absolutely superb, so much to see and learn. Parking easy. Also restaurant area at top with great views.

Went based on good reviews, but was just ok. Not great selection of fish or tanks, wouldn't go again. (one section was closed for refurbishment)

Nice place quite small no tunnel to walk threw to see the fish,well there is a tunnel but its very small hardly what is normally classed as a tunnel like at other aquariums we've been to you could stand for a good while without causing a problem because other people want to squish in there too, there is a car park but get there early to park outside,

5 star activity, you won't find better place if you are fauna lover

Kids lived going here lots of different species and lots of information on the way round

Biggest goldfish bowl I've ever seen good exhibits which were interesting and informative and all the staff were friendly and helpful.

Nice day out but more a day out for people with kids

Always enjoy the experience at The Deep, spend as much time as you like, big cafe has decent food and good coffee & there's a smaller, more "secluded" if you like, cafe downstairs, but hot drinks in paper cups only in this caf. Wheelchair & disabled access everywhere. Buy an entrance ticket & you can return again within 12 months for free, as we did, with our toddler son, he loves it here.

Really amazing place. Great discounts for disabled people.

I took my girlfriend here for our third anniversary after a lot of thinking. This was definitely the right choice, we both loved it. We're both huge lovers of animals and I'm a former animal student myself.



The only disappointing thing was the Bubble Lift, an elevator at the end of the exhibition to take you to the cafe/shop/exit. It *was* good, but it wasn't an 'underwater elevator' like I expected from the site. It has a see-through side that goes past the main tank for a few seconds, but it was still cool.

Hand-sanitizer, staff on lookout and signs on the floors/walls to keep apart etc were all in place. You could also buy a Deep mask there if you wanted, but it's pretty expensive.

Extremely well set out walk down and round the exhibits, my little toddler enjoyed all the fish and the penguins. I particularly enjoyed the Homemade Steak Pie in the cafe!

Absolutely brilliant. I am totally blind and went with a group of visually impaired friends. We had a guided tour by one of the staff and we were allowed to touch things such as a velvet crab fish. Guide dogs are allowed too. I would recommend The Deep to anyone.

Had the priviledge of watching a male sea horse giving birth! Amazing place, very friendly staff. Well worth getting a Gold Season ticket to return again and again.

Fairly pricey for many small exhibits leading to a largish main tank. I felt it didn't improve on the Cape Town aquarium which is over 30yrs old. Most activities did not work. Non fish exhibits had no activity & low stock/lighting or dirty glass made it impossible to see anything. Fish appeared in good health though. Lastly... felt like we had to hurry out in the last hour due to staff scurrying around doing final clean up. Disencouraged to go again. On a possitive, my 6yr old insisted we go. This was his 2nd visit in 8mths... he loved it.

It's ok, 1 visit tho and that's enough. Not big enough and over priced for what it is

Lots of fish, very scenic. Saw some penguins eating. Saw an ant ride a leaf that his pal was carrying too.

The ability to buy a year ticket as your entry is fantastic.

Excellent place for good day out for all the family

Great place to visit and spend time in. Thoroughly recommend it.

Good day out. loads of information and free returns for a year

The aquarium wasn't as big as I was expecting but me and my family thoroughly enjoyed it.

The children always enjoy it but I wish they would fix all of the display/info gizmos that are never working.

Every year in my sun birthday we are visiting the area. Lovely place.

Really enjoyed wandering around The Deep wearing my snazzy crocodile shoes.

Very good activity for children of all ages
Had a full day of fun with the grandchildren

Lovely day out. Just be prepared to wait for an hour in the rain to get in.

My grandchildren love this place very educational and great value

My grankid love seeing the fish ones 2yrs and there other is 5

This is one amazing place to visit, can't believe I haven't been before.

Incredible Subquarium (had to look that up!) with a great selection of fantastic exhibits. Not to be missed!

Overpriced, tired and dingy. There is no allowance for children with special needs, and the lights and noise levels are frankly carcophanous. I wouldn't return in a hurry.

Good for kids, quite small though. The main tank is impressive with huge fish, rays and sharks. At the time of writing, tickets were cheaper if bought online and allowed re-entry for a year, excluding bank holidays.
Parking isn't included in the ticket price but there is free parking within a 10 minute walk.

It could be good, but they let way too many people in. Difficult to see the exhibits. Far too crammed, very claustrophobic and unpleasant experience.

Very informative,and enjoyable visit, highly recommended

Amazing place for a great day out! I loved the sharks!!!

A great morning or afternoon out. The staff actually like children and it really shows. A great team of people.

Kids adore going and with the annual pass included for 1 year we love going

Totally unmissable place I didn't like it I love it

Fantastic place very good prices to get in and the restaurant is a good price to but the gift shop make it up

One big fish tank across 3 levels, a lot of interactive screens to play with, plenty of small display cabinets with live animals but some artificial greens, penguins are real but scenery around totally disappointing, good choice of live stock around.

Great place to spend a day with kids. Very informative.

Nice place, not changed alot since I was there nearly 30 yrs ago

Love it. Great day out for the family and a month pass at no extra cost

Fun day out with yearly pass thrown in for good measure! Nice

Not as big as i would of liked lots of fish again not that many different types would of liked to see more sharks more bigger mammals

Good place to go with kids also don't forget to visit nearby museums 10 minutes walk from the deep car park good for the family day out

Very good for a few hours out, possibly the best aquarium we have been to in the uk

Great price for a year pass, lots of interactive for the kids. Also you can swim with sharks.

A great day out, lots of interesting things to see. Getting a little dated now though

Nice aquarium but very long waiting times (30 mins) to get in. Have to pay for parking on top.