Sea life London aquarium (which is also known as Sea Life Centre) is one of the most visited tourist attractions from London. This magnificent aquarium was initially opened for public in 1997. In current days the aquarium is featured with Shark walk, Underwater tunnel, Rainforest adventure, Pacific ocean tank, etc. This is located beside the river Thames (where London eye is a stone throwing distance). Every year a million visitors use to explore this attraction. [1]
Utilising waiting time:
Like all the attractions in London this aquarium is also a busy place. We had to wait for a while in the queue before an entrance. But that wasn’t crazy like the queue of London Eye. We got the ticket for London eye approximately 1-2 hours from that time. So in the meantime we’ve decided to explore this London aquarium. I’ve never visited any aquarium before from anywhere. So was excited about my first visit.
Walking under water:
The self guided walking inside the Sea life aquarium was brilliant. It started with the walking with shark. We could see the sharks were moving under our feet. There was a small underwater tunnel through which the visitors use to pass. During the walk we could see the Stingray flying over us (in fact swimming). The tunnel was more or less a busy place. It was really hard to get the picture of the tunnel without a visitor.
Rainforest adventure:
Sea life aquarium has a section for the Rainforest adventure. In that section it was designed with marine ecology of amazon forest (i assume). The fish tanks were having the fish from fresh water. They even had the ferocious Piranha there. Apart from the fish they had turtle, alligator, etc as well. The underwater freshwater weeds were decorated nicely inside and around the fish tank. It was a nice little experience of rain forest I must say.
Other things in aquarium:
This aquarium has plenty of fish tanks containing various colourful fishes. Apart from the fishes I saw the sea creatures like starfish, urchins, corals, and Jellyfishes. They have a big section for the Jellyfishes. The colourful lighting made the Jellyfish glowing in different colours. They have a section for the fish hatching. Also another section to have feeding experience. Overall the aquarium was a lovely place to learn many more things as well as to pass a quality time.
Opening and closing time:
This Sea life London aquarium remains open every days in the week (except during the Christmas day). From Sunday-Friday it remains open from 10:00 – 18:00pm. And during Saturday it remains open from 09:30 – 19:00pm. These hours might vary during the festival times, but it remains open. You can check the opening and closing time from the website.
Entry fee for the aquarium:
A standard ticket for the Sea life aquarium is £24 whereas the fast track ticket price is £40. You might get a discount when you buy the ticket from online. Also you could avail more discount if you buy another one or two attraction’s ticket with it. Check the Sea life aquarium’s website for prices. Also you could use the London explorer pass to buy ticket for 3, 5, or 7 attractions for £64, £94, £114 respectively. This could be a saving option when you plan to visit more attractions from London.
Where is Sea life London aquarium:
This aquarium is located inside the Town hall which is located at the southern bank of river Thames. This place is just beside the Westminster Bridge. London eye is a stone throwing distance from here as well. GPS coordinate of the aquarium is (51°30’07.9″N, 0°07’10.7″W).
How to Go:
In my opinion London’t public transportation facility is one of the best in the whole world. There are plenty of options for a tourists to move around in London city. Embankment, Waterloo, and Westminster are the closest tube stations from the London eye. There are few bus stoppages located at the either side of the Westminster bridge, if you don’t feel comfortable with the tubes.
Where to eat:
Now you are hungry after waiting in queue and your visit of London Eye. There are quite a few restaurants around the place. I’ve seen plenty of those beside the York Road which is beside the Waterloo station. I’ve found a nice Indian restaurant named Zabardast that serves delicious wraps. Although it was named after Indian but they were speaking in Bangla (my mother tongue), so I believe that was a Bangladeshi restaurant.
Other attractions nearby:
Shrek’s adventure, London Dungeon, London eye, etc are the closest attraction to the Sea life aquarium. The Thames cruise could be another attraction too to explore the London through river. On the other side of the river you could have a visit at the Westminster abbey.
Sea Life London Aquarium,
Westminster Bridge Rd,
London,
Country: England,
GPS Coordinate (51°30’07.9″N, 0°07’10.7″W).
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog https://www.alonelytraveler.com/
Monday, 24 September 2018
