Sea Life Brighton Aquarium
Animal Farms, Zoos & Wildlife Parks · Sussex, East & West Sussex
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 9.30am
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16☔ Rainy-day friendly🐐 AnimalsEducationalSensory-friendly sessionsMemberships available
What’s there
- Café on site
- Baby changing
- Buggy friendly
- Birthday parties
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Changing Places toilet
- Relaxed / SEN sessions
- SEN friendly
No on-site parking. Nearest NCP car park is under the Waterfront Hotel, a short walk from the entrance. Seafront parking currently unavailable. Alternative: park at Withdean Sports Complex and take the 27 bus (£5 return). Council parking is limited and expensive — train recommended.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Step back in time at SEA LIFE Brighton, the world's oldest continually operating aquarium, opened in 1872 on Brighton's seafront at Marine Parade. Wander through the beautifully restored Victorian Arcade to meet more than 5,000 marine creatures, including sharks, turtles, jellyfish, seahorses and tropical fish. Highlights include the 750,000-litre Ocean Display, the UK's first indoor Glass Bottom Boat ride, the Rainforest Adventure zone and interactive rockpools. Family-friendly with daily talks and feeding times, monthly 'Quiet at the Aquarium' sensory-friendly sessions, a Changing Places facility and a coffee shop in the Victorian Arcade. Under 2s go free. Pre-booking online is essential and the attraction is cashless.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Hand sanitiser
- Hair bobbles
- Plasters
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
- Travel games
- Car window sunshade
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