Blackpool SEA LIFE centre is one of the most popular marine life aquariums in the UK.

Housing more than fifty spectacular displays and over 1,000 assorted sea creatures it takes visitors on a journey from the coastline and sandy shallows to the ocean depths.

A highlight for every visitor is undoubtedly the mighty ocean tank, teeming with tropical sharks, gigantic groupers and colourful reef fish.

From the amazing vantage of a walkthrough underwater tunnel it is easy to imagine it is you…rather than the fish…that is on display!

Another special exhibition recreates part of the Amazon rainforest, complete with humid mists and dense jungle foliage. Piranhas feature, as you might expect, and so do a variety of poison dart frogs.

A waist-high Victorian Pier display tank is another firm favourite, filled with native sharks, flatfish and rays.

The latter nose the surface as if just as intrigued by the visitors…as the visitors are intrigued by them!

The Centre has enjoyed many breeding successes since it first opened its doors in 1990, and most visitors get the chance to admire baby rays, sharks and occasionally even seahorses.

They also get an opportunity to contribute to a conservation campaign organised under the umbrella of Sea Life’s SOS programme…short for Save Our Seas.

Regular talks and feeding demonstrations provide as deeper insight into the mysteries of marine world.

Open seven days a week from 10am…every day of the year bar Christmas Day