Address: Tower Esplanade, Skegness, PE25 3HH, United Kingdom
Phone: +441754228200
Rating: 4.4
based on 515 reviews.
Aquarium Experience
Pros:
"All in all, my visit to the aquarium was an amazing experience that I will never forget."
"Loved every second of it, taken my 4 month old for her first time at an aquarium, and she loved it."
"Fantastic for children and adults very entertaining mermaid sessions everything I saw I loved took plenty of photos the great aquariums lovely fish sharks all different types you must take your children thank you."
"The exhibits are beautiful and the fish are wonderful."
"The staff were very helpful and the talks about the fish was very informative."
"Great time diving at the Skegness Aquarium."
"The staff are very knowledgeable and friendly."
Cons:
"The aquarium was quite small but a lovely place to go around a lot of times."
"The place is really not very big, you can walk around it in 25 minutes."
"The aquarium itself is quite small so wouldn't have wanted to pay more for entry than the £9 we paid as extras to my son's dive."
"The actual aquarium itself is quite small, the extra sections are closed due to staffing issues but the main bit was good with the fish and sharks."
"For a small aquarium, it is OK but there is not much in regard to sea animals."
"It’s quite small and slightly over priced."
"Overpriced for what is essentially one large tank with several viewing areas as you walk around."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Price wise it was good value for money and there was enough to see and we were there for about a couple of hours."
"Was around £10 each which we thought was good value for money."
"For the price it's a fantastic day out!"
"Less than half the cost of Sealife Centre but even more to do and see."
"The family pass for 2A 2Ch is well worth the money."
"Very reasonable price and great value for money."
"Definitely worth a visit, a family pass was £32 and it's worth it."
Cons:
"No carpark so pay parking elsewhere."
"The child's price is only for up 12 year olds as well which is ridiculous so we had to pay the adult price for our 14 year old son."
"Very expensive for the small size and sheer number of people that were crowded in."
"What a complete con. We had tickets to get in has we got a discount ticket for my 6 year old and 2 year old but they wouldn't let us in with the ticket that we got."
"Very disappointed with their fees. We were a family of 4, paid about £35 and it’s took us less than 20 to finish touring the Aquarium and the Jurassic Falls."
"Even with the reduced ticket price we felt ripped off as aquarium was small and it wasn’t worth the £21 we had paid."
"Very expensive £12 pound for an adult ticket for somewhere you can get around in 30-45 minutes if your taking it at leisurely pace."
Facilities and Accessibility
Pros:
"The staff were welcoming and friendly, and there are good facilities."
"They allow buggy wheel chair."
"Its lovely and clean inside, interactive boards to use, diving feeds to see, bubbles to climb in to see the tanks from different perspectives."
"Nice play area with great views of the sea front."
"The family pass for 2A 2Ch is well worth the money."
"Gift shop, restaurant and toilets all inside and all disabled friendly."
"A lot of the displays are at the right height for children or any disabled visitors in chairs or mobility scooters etc."
Cons:
"Sadly if you are going to dinor side you have to park or manage to push a buggy round as the terrains are rough."
"Nearest car park is at the embassy car park, however can get busy."
"The only downside were the price of the drinks in the cafe nearly £6 for 2 cokes!"
"Cafe is a bit dear."
"The food hall is overpriced. A coffee, a muffin a brownie and a slushy cost £14."
"It is slightly cramped, and hard to get buggies/prams around, especially in dinosaur land (some did not want to/could not park their buggies)."
"I only wish they had more space as its a bit difficult to get around when its busy, especially if you have a pushchair."
Staff and Service
Pros:
"The staff are really friendly and knowledgeable and the organisation of the experience was great."
"The staff were very helpful and the talks about the fish was very informative."
"Staff were friendly, knowledgeable and the whole process was professional from beginning to end."
"All the staff were lovely. Great with the kids and knowledgeable."
"The staff are very friendly and welcoming. The place is kept pretty clean and tidy."
"The diving team were very knowledgeable, looked after my son extremely well."
"Every single member of staff we spoke to was fantastically helpful and outgoing."
Cons:
"What a complete con. We had tickets to get in has we got a discount ticket for my 6 year old and 2 year old but they wouldn't let us in with the ticket that we got."
"On trying to enter we are told we can't enter with the dog... After 20 minutes we actually entered aquarium with the agreement that our service dog wouldn't decide to jump a good height to go for a swim with the fish neither will she put her paws in tank to fuss a fish."
"There didn't seem to be any monitoring of the amount of people in there, during covid there was the 2 meter rule and it wasn't being enforced."
"The guy at the reception told me that even though he's been suffering from asthma for 6months he could put 6 face masks on and still breathe."
"Came on Thursday here. Awful payment method very confusing."
"Not a lot of room to move when peak times, quite hot in there, lack of AC."
"It was super busy and the actual viewing on most the tanks is tiny, so you get a David Attenborough wannabe then your not seeing cute nemo!"
Additional Attractions
Pros:
"The dinosaur exhibition made it okay. Its better for little kids or really big kids who love an animatronic Dino!"
"My 6 year old loved it especially the new Dinosaur land."
"Lots to see and it has a dinosaur trail that the kids loved walking around outside."
"The new dinosaur area wasn't the best thing but it was still fun especially the animation ones and the kids liked looking for the answers to the questions."
"Loads of massive dinosaurs, some animatronic, that wowed our kids and were impressive even for adults."
"They now have a dino walkthrough with interactive dino bone digging."
"Definitely recommend the location for children as they have a lot of facts in the dinosaur area."