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2018-09-17

Nothing says ‘romance’ like some fun beneath the waves, right? Grab your love-goggles, because Blue Planet Aquarium is sending Cupid and his bow underwater to give the singletons of the North-West a little helping hand in the dating department. Are you single? Are you 18 or over? Are you able to travel to Blue Planet […]

2018-09-13

MAGICAL MERMAID DAY FAQ:   What sort of ticket will I need to buy to come to Magical Mermaid Day? You will need to purchase our normal Standard / Junior / Concession / Family / Groovy Grandparents tickets. Why not purchase your tickets online to get 10% off! How many mermaids will there be? We […]

2018-08-21

How to Do a #2MinuteBeachClean Over 800 million tonnes of plastic makes its way into our oceans every year! Plastic bags, nets, bottles, and more are damaging ocean environments and the creatures that live there. So, before you take your next dip in the ocean or start building sandcastles, can you spare two minutes to […]

2018-08-08

Dinosaurs had a good run of more than 180 million years, until an asteroid came along and wiped out life on the planet… Or did it? (That’s another question for another day.) While most life of earth met its demise during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction (also known as the K/T boundary), many marine families and […]

2018-07-25

Its Shark Week and we’re celebrating by telling you all about our sharks. First up We have Wilma She’s the grandma of the Aquarium and lets all the others know by keeping them in check. Sand Tigers are unique in the shark world because they are the only species of shark to gulp air to […]