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The following is a list of zoos and aquariums in the United Kingdom. Zoos in the UK are legally required to be licensed by local authorities under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981, but many are also members of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums. [1]
The National Marine Aquarium, which opened in May 1998, is situated in Plymouth in south-west England. It is the largest aquarium in the UK [ 3 ] and houses over 5,000 animals. It acts as an educational institution by teaching visitors about the marine environment. [ 3 ]
The National Sea Life Centre is an aquarium with over 60 displays of freshwater and marine life in Brindleyplace, Birmingham, England.Its ocean tank has a capacity of 1,000,000 litres (220,000 imp gal) of water and houses giant green sea turtles, blacktip reef sharks and tropical reef fish, with the only fully transparent 360-degree underwater tunnel in the United Kingdom.
The Deep is a public aquarium situated at Sammy's Point, at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary in Hull, England.It opened in March 2002. Billed as "the world's only submarium", [4] the exhibits contain thousands of sea creatures (including seven species of shark), 2,500,000 litres (550,000 imp gal) of water and 87 tonnes (86 long tons) of salt housed in a building designed ...
The Sea Life London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames in central London, near the London Eye.It opened in March 1997 as the London Aquarium and hosts about one million visitors each year.
Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth The underwater viewing tunnel at Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth 55°01′40″N 1°25′49″W / 55.0276839°N 1.430407°W / 55.0276839; -1. The Tynemouth branch is located in Tynemouth , England, and opened on February 9, 2002. [ 11 ]
Aquarium de Paris - Cinéaqua - Paris (opened in 1867 as "Aquarium du Trocadéro", closed in 1985, re-opened as "Cinéaqua" in 2006) Grand Aquarium de Touraine - between Amboise and Tours, on the southern bank of the river Loire [10] Aquarium de Lyon - Lyon; Aquarium du Musée de Zoologie - Nancy (1970) Aquarium Mare Nostrum Montpellier ...
Opened as Brighton Aquarium in 1872, it is the oldest continuously operating aquarium in the world, and the main tank was the largest in the world at the time. The attraction was bought by SEA LIFE in 1991.