Description
SEA LIFE London Aquarium is home to over 500 species spread across 14 themed zones, including the UK’s largest living coral reef. Visitors can journey through spectacular ocean habitats and encounter amazing marine life from sharks to penguins. It’s an immersive and educational attraction suitable for all ages.
Highlights include the Coral Kingdom, Shark Walk, Aquarium Tunnel, and Polar Adventure with a Gentoo penguin colony. Families can enjoy hands-on activities at Rockpool Explorer, explore the UK’s largest jellyfish zone, and discover exotic creatures in the Rainforest Adventure. Interactive conservation zones help raise awareness about ocean protection.
Tickets start at £28 per adult online (£39 on the day) for standard entry, with options for Anytime Entry, VR experiences, and drink-inclusive tickets. Children under 2 go free.
SEA LIFE London Aquarium offers an exciting mix of close-up wildlife encounters, interactive exhibits, and family-friendly fun. With stunning displays and unique activities, it’s one of London’s top indoor attractions for marine life lovers.
Features
- Paid
- Host birthday parties: No
Features
Major Ocean & Coral Exhibits
- Coral Kingdom – Features the UK’s largest living coral reef populated with hundreds of clownfish and tropical reef creatures.
- Open Oceans – Large tank with tropical fish, stone replicas (e.g. whale bones), Southern stingrays, cownose rays, purple tangs, triggerfish, snappers.
- Aquarium Tunnel – A 5 m submerged glass tunnel in a 750,000 L Open Ocean tank; features zebra sharks, green sea turtles, cownose rays, pufferfish, cleaner wrasse, batfish.
- Shark Walk – Walk across a glass platform above the Pacific shark tank to view sharks from below.
- Shark Reef Encounter – A shark exhibit featuring cleaner fish that use sharks to scratch and remove parasites.
- Shipwreck Zone – Simulated wreck with sand tiger, nurse sharks, bowmouth guitarfish (“Betty”).
Special Creature Zones
- Ocean Invaders – The UK’s largest jellyfish zone with three interactive galleries; explores jellyfish evolution, stings, and allows digital creation of jellyfish.
- Seahorse Kingdom – Exhibits seahorses, pipefish, plant-like weedy seadragons; highlights male pregnancy.
- Ray Lagoon – A lagoon beneath a pier showcasing graceful rays; visitors can spot eggs (mermaid’s purses).
Interactive & Adventure Areas
- Rockpool Explorer – Interactive touch pools to feel starfish, anemones, stingray eggs, mermaid’s purses.
- Conservation Cove – Interactive displays on marine threats and SEA LIFE Trust initiatives; petition stations and sustainable seafood guides.
- Polar Adventure (Penguin Point) – Home to a Gentoo penguin colony with augmented‑reality Arctic animals; lighting mimics winter cycles to encourage natural behavior.
- Rainforest Adventure – A humid rainforest walkthrough showcasing piranhas, crocodiles, tarantulas, frogs, and tropical fish.
34.31 miles
