London Aquarium

I love aquariums, and this one didn’t disappoint!
— Impressively large and varied array of fish to gaze at, and a few other surprises!
— Charming, helpful staff around to explain the difference between alligators and crocodiles etc
— Cool underwater tunnel, where you can see the stingrays float over you :)
Nit: Rather crowded, so best to pick an off-​peak time.

Beautiful place. Absolutely mesmerising. 100% worth the money. I came mainly for the Sharks but was surprised they had sooo many exotic fish.

Recently went on a Friday afternoon to the aquarium lates. At £15 inc a glass of fizz and with no kids allowed i thought it was a really good hour or so to spend before Friday dinner however at the usual price of £30 on a busy weekend — well that’s just a rip off and I would rate it 2*. Great for kids but just so over priced.
As it was we didn’t get to see the Penguins and the place isn’t actually that big but the Sharks were impressive and there were lots of staff around to talk about the fish which was interesting. It was also in collab with Lego so there were tables full of it to play with.
Would recommend the adults lates — think there is one in September and tickets for the early bird price are reasonably priced.

Visited on Saturday. It is massive, the baby loved it and it makes for a nice afternoon out.
That said, it is bloody expensive — only go with 2for1. We waited 20, yes 20, minutes to change a pooey baby nappy. Seriously no where near enough facilities. Almost changed her on the corridor floor, if it hadn’t been a poonami I would have done.
Choose when you go, it is mentally busy.

My son absolutely loved it here. My husband went in with the sharks here last year for his birthday so he enjoyed this second visit. It is a huge place, I reckon definitely bigger than Brighton’s. It’s nice to be able to see another Sea Life Centre other than what we have on our doorstep. It was a lovely experience all over.

The girls loved this place… It was a normal aquarium nothing special. You can find the same thing in most US Cities with the same amount of sea life. The lay out is great. easy to move through it and see all things

I had the pleasure of going after dark. Which means I had exclusive tickets and prosseco on arrival. Oh and did I mention No kids. Great. Downside is the Penguins were sleeping so I didn’t see happy feet… I cried a little. Shhhhhh.
Other than that, it was pretty cool… sooooo many fishes I never knew existed. I was just waiting for the little mermaid to pop out. Lovely place. The staff were friendly… worth a visit

Every other London attraction is better. This was expensive and terrible. The entire experience was horrible. Once you sit in line to pay they make every person sit in line again to take your photo. Around every turn is another up charge. Once you take your photo you have to wait in line again to get on a small elevator to go to the actual aquarium. Once you are in the aquarium there is no way to actually get next to any of the exhibits because the people crowd around each one and the facility is too small. You end up just getting stuck in a very small hallway filled with people. Do not go to the aquarium. Every other London attraction is better.

I haven’t visited many aquariums of this kind so far so I can’t compare this to the others. But I loved this one! Wonderful displays of colourful fishes. May get crowded, get your ticket online in advance.

Firstly thank you to Unilocal for the free tickets for the after dark Valentines event. It was a very fun evening that we hadn’t planned for.
As to the aquarium it is a fun place to go if you want to see fish but that’s really what you are going for. They do have penguins now but only a few and actually I felt very sorry for them as they looked very sad in their enclosed underground home. I’m not sure an aquarium is the best place for penguins.
Highlights would be the shark tank which I literally could spend all day at a desk working whilst the sharks swim by in the background. This tank reappears on three levels and you get closer as the tank gets higher — so close you can look a shark in the eye!
They have now changed the rules about touching the rays and you can no longer do that but there is a small rock pool you can dip your hands in!
All in all we had a fun evening and it was a nice way to spend Valentines but I probably wouldn’t go again unless we had an offer and it wouldn’t be top on my list to visit in London!
Thanks Unilocal.
Xyz

Really enjoyable day out.
Got the 2−4−1 deal with National Express.
Love the different sections and exhbitions. Seeing the penguins was a major highlight for me but wish there was a bigger viewing area.
Staff were friendly and welcoming
Would recommend for adults aswell as children.

The first impressions were: here we are in a queue, masses of tourists pushing around, the winds of the Thames making the waiting chilly and then an even chillier entrance fee … More queues as we were guided into the subterranean labyrinth, but, hey, the kids wanted to see it so badly.
But then, after having crossed the transparent floor over the shark tank we were introduced into a subaquatic world where the whole experience was themed around the oceans and rivers, decoration and sound deepening the impressions. I even managed to (nearly) forget about the masses around me. You really get seduced and absorbed into the world of fish, Atlantic, tropical, Amazonas, Antarctic … It was really amazing! Thanks to the children!

Who would have thought a place like this existed right in the middle of London. We went along after a friend booked for us to have the turtle feeding experience and, wow, what a gift! You get around half an hour armed with a litter picker and a bucket of lettuce and the opportunity to feed them and even stroke their shells. Truly an amazing experience. After that, the rest of the aquarium was a bonus. Nice big display windows so everyone could see, loads of different environments adding to the atmosphere and the time flew by. Though some of the other aquariums in the country are larger, have a wider variety of animals and open air areas, I would highly recommend this if you’re looking for something fun and family friendly to do in London.

So, the family comes to visit London with the little ones and we look for something interesting to do. The kids see an advert for the Aquarium and, hey presto, that’s where we go!
We got there around 2.30 on a Saturday afternoon. It started off well, all soothing, mellow music as a soundtrack to the sites. We all got very excited walking across the glass floor as sharks swam beneath us and we were really looking forward to the glass tunnel we had seen in the brochure.
But, oops!, we made the fatal mistake of stopping for face-​painting. In the time it took my niece and nephew to be transfromed into magical creatures a huge deluge of people appeared. Trying to get from one tank to another, nevermind viewing them, became a very annoying effort and it took for EVER to get through the aquarium. We never found the glass tunnel. We did find a small tunnel with a glass ceiling, but no sharks swam by, so it was all a bit yawn!
The gift shop at the end is badly planned too. Very cramped and for the amount of people ploughing through, completely inadequate.
If you take photos, how good they are will be dependant on how good your camera is as you not allowed to use flashes and it’s quite dark in there. Most mine just showed dark shadows.
It is an adequate distraction for the kids but I would suggest doing your research before hand and finding out when the less busy times are. Otherwise you’re in for a long, tiring and irritating time.

Kinda lame, but cool for a visit. I recommend purchasing your tickets online and get the 3PM tickets. Reason: It’s cheaper, you skip the 75 min. line to get in the door, they let you right in at 3PM.
I zipped through the entire Aquarium in 40 mins. This place can get a little claustrophobic at times. You will also get to enjoy pushy children who have no manners.
The aquarium offers great variety of sea life. If you have the time, I’de recommend it. If you’re easily annoyed this place isn’t for you.

What a waste! Thankfully we bought the discounted tickets for admission after 3pm, but still…
This is the worst excuse for an aquarium.
Save your time and money, they only have fish and a few sharks.

So, it’s a pretty solid morning out, but I have to say, bang for the buck isn’t there. Is there an equivalent for «bang for your buck» in pounds sterling? Hmm…
London Aquarium is just a bit small for the near £20 cost for adults. I would say that there’s not a whoooole lot of variety here, but what they have is cool. I did enjoy all the fishies! But if you’re expecting lots of tanks with the super colorful types of tropical salt-​water fish, you may be disappointed.
Lots of rays, sharks, and two gorgeous sea turtles swimming about in their main tank which is featured throughout the aquarium on different levels. I was plenty satisfied at seeing seahorses, which are always one of my favorites at any aquarium! Penguins are of course, amazing. They also seemed quite acclimated to the audience as they kept swimming by the window and making a show!
So overall, not the best aquarium I’ve ever been to, but decent enough. Would go back if I needed to entertain some kiddos.

Super Aquarium, sehr gepflegt, man hat immer das Gefühl die Tiere fühlen sich dort sehr wohl!
Besonders empfehlenswert ist das Pinguinbecken! Unter frostigen Temperaturen fühlen die Pinguine sich pudelwohl. Das erkennt man deutlich, kaum einer sitzt, alle sind in ständiger bewegung-​ein tolles Erlebnis! Tipp:
vorher noch überlegen ob man sich gleich eine Kombikarte kauft in Verbindung mit London Eye oder Dungeon!

It was ok…
Crowded (went on Tuesday after Easter). Bought tickets in advance and it took over 30 minutes just to collect tickets and get in.
Isn’t free-​flowing… .basically its pathed all the way around… can’t really skip from exhibit to exhibit or go back easily.
Enclosed, claustrophobic, narrow… not my favorite kinda place or feeling.
I don’t know what the deal is, but some of the biggest strollers I’ve ever seen were being navigated in this place. The people are rude, inconsiderate, and their kids are the same way. I was about to stiff arm and shove a couple little kids for forcing their way through and pushing my daughter. I came so my daughter could see the aquarium, not vie for a spot on future installments of the Hunger Games.
A bit pricey for the experience, but sure… I’m spoiled by the one on Oahu (cheaper), Monterey Bay (bigger), and Steinhart (newer, bigger, nicer.
My daughter had a good time, but she’s almost bulletproof… I know better, and unless you just have some time to kill with kids, or money burning a hole in your pocket, or some hankering to see live fish… move on.

Good clean fun and keeps the 6 – 15 year old kids happy. Try and find the 2 for 1 offers to lessen the pain of the entrance fee!

Das London Aquarium ist das beste Aquarium, das ich kenne. Besonders gefallen hat mir, dass ich viele Haie sehen konnte und dass man sogar Rochen streicheln kann.
Die Räumlichkeiten sind dunkel gehalten, so dass man sehr gut fotografieren kann, ohne dass man nur die sich spiegelnden Menschen auf den Bildern hat.
Wir hatten doppelt Glück, als wir spontan ins LA gegangen sind, denn erstens hatten wir keinerlei Wartezeiten und es war entsprechend leer, und zweitens waren wir eigentlich auf dem Rückweg zum Flughafen, hatten aber noch zeit zu überbrücken und daher unser Gepäck dabei. EIGENTLICH sagte man uns, wir müssten es mitnehmen, aber dann hatte die nette Dame an der Kasse doch Erbarmen mit uns und hat unser Gepäck für die Dauer unseres Rundganges eingeschlossen! Allein dafür 5 Sterne, aber die hätte es auf Grund des schönen Gesamtpakets ohnehin gegeben :)

I love their moon jelly tank
I would mos def come back
and their photo booth/​gift shop was neat :)
I hate to agree with Unilocaler Natasha, but Long Beach Aquarium is still better. London’s atmosphere is just darker and damper and less colorful, but still cool to check it! :)
p. s. London Aquarium is better than Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

Endroit magnifique
Un vrai moment d’évasion
Allez y avec vos enfants, cela les ravira
Le prix n’est pas excessif

Dort gibt es richtige Haie und man kann als Highlight Rochen, Seesterne und Krebse streicheln.

Das London Aquarium ist eine der größten maritimen Ausstellungen Europas. Auf einer Reise durch alle Ozeane kann man in über 50 Becken mehr als 500 verschiedene Arten an Unterwassertieren bewundern. Entlang von Flüssen, Seen und den Weltmeeren begegnet man Haien, Stachelrochen, Clownfischen, Aalen, Rotfeuerfischen und faszinierenden Quallenarten. Die perfekte Umgebung also, um einfach mal abzutauchen, sich zu entspannen und sich vom Leben unter Wasser begeistern zu lassen.

Das Highlight ist mit sicherheit der Wasserturm mit seinen Haien. Von jeder Etage aus hat man Einblick in die Unterwasserwelt und natürlich auf die Haie. Wirklich atemberaubend. Natürlich sind wir hier in London das heisst lange anstehen und viele viele Menschen. Aber sowas weiss man ja wenn man in eine Großstadt reist.

Mit Abstand das schönste Aquarium, das ich kenne! So große Haie sieht man sonst nirgendwo und das Rochenbecken, (hier ist das Berühren der Tiere erlaubt, sofern diese das auch wollen;-), ist ein ganz tolles Erlebniskurzum ein Muß für Fans von Meeresbewohnern.

Das schönste Aquarium in dem ich je war, ein Muss für jeden London Besucher!
Das Aquarium ist übersichtlich und sauber. Es scheint auch, dass die Fische dort genügend Platz haben, in vielen Aquarien hat man da schon mal Mitleid mit den Tieren.

Ich liebe diesen Platz, besonders wenn er nicht so voll ist.
Langsam kommt es mir so vor, als ob ich hier für die Londoncard Werbung mache, aber hier muß ich sie noch einmal erwähnen.
Mit meiner Karte bin ich 20 Minuten vor der eigendlichen Öffnungszeit hineingelassen worden und hatte eine Zeit lang die ganzen Fische für mich alleine, das war toll!
Ist irgendwie Unheimlich, wenn riesige Makrelenschwärme an einem vorbeiziehen, oder ein bestimmt 8Meter lange Haie lautlos auf Augenhöhe vorbeigleitet, da bekommt man schonmal Gänsehaut.
Für mich ist das Aquarium ein absolutes Highlight und das schönste Aquarium, das ich bisher gesehen habe.
Toll!
Thilo-​W. Finger
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Bien
Malgré son prix assez élevé je trouve, comme dit l’avis précédent c’est toujours assez reposant après d’avoir fait plusieurs musées ou de marche de se «reposer». A côté de «L’œil de Londres» (la grande roué) et du London Bridge, c’est un beau aquarium mais assez petit je trouve. Mon seul regret c’est qu’il n’y ait pas la traduction en français des espèces…

Vive les poissons !
L’entrée est un peu chere (11 £). Mais c’est très agréable, voir les poissons sur trois étages, les requins, les étoiles de mer et pouvoir toucher les raies du bout de la main dans un bassin spécialement prévu pour… A faire si vous avez un peu de temps.

pour se reposer les neurones
Après avoir parcouru les nombreux musées londoniens, c’est une cure de repos que de parcourir l’aquarium. Les requins impressionnent toujours et les raies qui viennent se faire caresser attirent les grands autant que les enfants. Seul regret: un peu cher.