National Marine Aquarium - Plymouth

Dawn Jones

It was an amazing experience that was well worth the long trip for us!

The views of various sea life were incredible to see, with many different marine life and tanks to see them in. In addition, the walk around and Shark Talk was both fun and very educational! Staff were very friendly, approachable, and knowledgeable, making the whole experience all the better!

Ian Fenn

Wonderful place to visit, OK it's not cheap, but it really is worth the price of entrance. Even going quickly through, you will spend a couple of hours here. The large tanks are mesmerising, and you can spend an easy 20 minutes just looking at each one. Has many small tanks lining all the connecting corridors all well worth stopping and looking into.

Tatiana

The aquariums are impressive, everything is well-maintained, but if you want to see a shark show or something similar on schedule, take your seats in the hall half an hour in advance, otherwise you simply won’t have any room left on a weekend to watch 😉

Arthur Bairner

Very enjoyable music in a great atmospheric setting. The comfort of the seating became a bit of a distraction after a while and a cloakroom to leave coats would have been appreciated. The bar was a nice touch but having nowhere to set a glass down was somewhat inconvenient. Overall a good experience but might be improved with the aforementioned points. Many thanks

Amba Smith

Just such an amazing experience. The staff are LOVELY!! and the range of animals here are really interesting.

It's really good value. You buy a ticket and then get a year pass !!

We visited because our son had watched the series about the aquarium on BBC iplayer. He enjoyed spotting all the animals by their names he had learnt through the show.

Definitely worth the overnight stay and 5 hours in the car to get there.

Riley Williams

THE family day-out in Devon (on my list, it is No.1 in devon and No.3 in the UK) a magnificent place. The work they do for the environment is second to none and they don’t just gather donations and pop off to do stuff, they let the public engage and be educated in the issues of the marine world.

The café is a little pricey but very convenient due to the lack of small food outlets in the area and good food.

All the animals are very beautiful and it creates a wordless expression whenever you actually see how beautiful it all is. The aquascaping, the animals, the educational talks.

Keep up the good work and our marine environment safe! A worthy visit from anywhere in the country if you are interested in the ocean!

Sydney C-F

Walked around what I thought was there back entrance / delivery ramp

£50 for myself and my partner. Soft play was closed. And had walked around in around half an hour. Expected more for the price. Won’t be visiting again.

Very overpriced tickets as was the gift shop too.

Brim Zeze

I thought it was a bit too expensive for what it's worth, however, you get a free pass to visit again when you buy your ticket.

The aquarium has a lot of different type of sea animals, seagrass, anemones. It has a lot of useful information displayed about the fish (however I wish they were more detailed). It does tell you their habitat and diet.

I liked the big room where you can see the ray and sharks just swimming about. There are also two other rooms with huge fish tanks on one side of the wall.

I would definitely recommend a visit here.