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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

Saturday: 10:00 - 19:00

Closed

Sunday: 10:00 - 19:00

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SEA LIFE Manchester

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John Spellman

a week 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 😆

G

3 months ago

Very small. Won tickets through Cadbury so didn't have to pay but if I did I'd have been disappointed. Some lovely creatures but only took about 20 mins and that's with a toddler. They have a small play area for kids towards the end too which is nice but definitely for big kids as it's very narrow and high up.

S L

3 months ago

Had a pleasant time here. Wish the jelly fish tank was cleaned more (looks cleaner in my pictures cause i edited them). The axolot were hiding away from sight. The tunnel was pretty cool. They also had a petting starfish area which was nice. Won't lie when i was a bit sad when we finished but was a nice place. Don't recommend buying the book was a bit disappointed by the content. Would be nice if they had a brochure for kids to find certain creatures and learn about facts, or stamp stations along the journey.

Alok Ekka

4 months ago

Great experience for my 2-years-old son. He loved the jelly fish tank and shark tunnel. Place was clean and staff was helpful. But it was smaller than we expected and little bit expensive.

Katie Templeman

a week ago

The experience was okay overall — we got to see a nice variety of fish, and the highlight was definitely Ernie the turtle and all the terrapins. There are some interesting talks and a gift shop at the end, but we left feeling a bit disappointed, especially considering we paid £52 for two tickets. The whole visit didn’t take very long, and while it’s probably great if you’ve got young children (there’s a soft play area too), as adults it just didn’t feel worth the price. A decent experience, but not something I’d rush back to.