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Sea Life Manchester

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Sea Life is one of Manchester’s best family attractions in the city. If you’re looking for an activity to do, then with just a short car journey from the Manchester city centre you can enter the underwater world full of glittering scales, colourful fins and inquisitive sea turtles, plus much much more!

For family fun and adventure visit the residents of Sea Life Manchester, the cute smiley Cownose Rays or Giant Green Sea Turtles, you’ll have plenty of things to do. The Ocean Tunnel will get you as close to sharks as you’d like to be, then go on to watch the Clownfish in amongst the coral.

With several areas of Sea Life Manchester to discover, the family will enjoy venturing into the Ocean Tunnel, Rocky Hideout, Shark Shipwreck and the Sea Ranger areas. And don’t forget to enter the Giant Crab’s lair.

Families will have fun spending time around Stingray Bay. Be enchanted by the assortment of amazing rays! They have a variety of rays swimming around in the bay, so see how many species you will spot. Keep the little ones entertained where they can explore mini caves and immersive tank displays to get up close to some weird and wonderful species.

Online booking will give you a saving of up to 27% compared to paying at the entrance on the day.

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Opening Hours

Monday: 10:00 - 19:00

Tuesday: 10:00 - 19:00

Wednesday: 10:00 - 19:00

Thursday: 10:00 - 19:00

Friday: 10:00 - 19:00

Closed

Saturday: 10:00 - 19:00

Sunday: 10:00 - 19:00

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SEA LIFE Manchester

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J BM

a month ago

SEA LIFE Manchester is a truly mesmerising experience, especially the underwater tunnel, which is absolutely captivating. The displays are beautiful and immersive, making it easy to lose track of time while watching the marine life glide overhead. Because there’s so much to see, it’s also easy to momentarily lose track of your children in the tunnel, so parents should keep a close eye. Overall, it’s a fantastic attraction for families, educational as well as entertaining, and well worth a visit!

Trevor Græme Wilkins

a week ago

Beautiful place with so much squeezed into such a small place. Great staff. Great facilities. Strongly recommended to visitors of all ages.

Michael Collins

a month ago

Excellent visit to Sealife @Trafford Park. We parked at Barton Square as its not much of a walk to the entrance of Sealife, parking was free. We booked and paid online £20 per Adult. There's a great play area half way around so ideal for the younger children, There is also toilets onsite, plus a well stocked gift shop. Plenty to see and do ideal if you have young children. Also there's an interactive Rock pool where you can touch star fish. Allow 1 to 2 hours this should give you more than enough time to take it all in. We'll worth a visit we really enjoyed our visit. Big thankyou to the very friendly staff who were very sociable and helpful also packed with information about species that they have.

John Spellman

6 months ago

2yr old loves visiting here as its not that far away and we have merlin passes. I learn something new each time I visit as well. Nice play area for kids if you fancy a break half way round and want to wear them out a little. Handy having Legoland next door as well... My kid loves seeing the sharks 😆

Joseph O'Rourke

2 months ago

We had a fantastic time at Sea Life Manchester. Staff were very friendly and helpful. We got given a free birthday badge for our son which was a lovely touch. Not overcrowded and plenty of opportunities to see the animals close up, but I did visit on a weekday! My only slight complaint would be the soft play area could do with some better seating and possibly a place to hang coats. But overall I would recommend. Gift shop had some reasonably priced items as well.