Sealife Centres
Scarborough North Bay

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Visit the Scarborough Sea life Centre for a fun look at the mysterious world of the sea. Find out more....

For a fantastic day out for all the family, come rain or shine, visit the Scarborough Sea Life Centre.

The kids will enjoy discovering all the:

• colorful fishes
• jellyfish
• seahorses
• turtles
• otters
• seals
• penguins
• (....and they might even learn something too! ...sshhh!! Don't tell them though!)

• The Scarborough Sea Life Centre is partly undercover, and partly outside, so can be enjoyed whatever the weather - it was a rather chilly day in January when we went.
• The main 'ocean' tank was closed for refurbishment at the time of our visit, but this in no way detracted from our enjoyment in our visit. We spent a good few hours looking around the Sealife Centres.









• Take note of the advertised feeding times, talks and activities throughout the day - we found them to be very interesting and informative. Choose from:
  • Otters
  • Seals
  • Penguins
  • Touchpool
• You can also check out the feeding times , so that you can time your visit to catch feeding times for your favourite sea-creatures.
• First stop for us were the very cute otters - a brother and sister, who fed on baby chicks, fish and peanuts.









• Then we made our way towards the seal pool, and watched them bobbing and floating through the water...






• Don't miss the seal hospital, where we saw a baby seal, only 5-6 weeks old, rescued from the beach.



• And of course, also outside, are the ever-popular penguins...
  
  

  

  
  
  Each penguin has a different coloured arm-band, to identify him/her. These are displayed around the penguin pool, so that you can easily spot which is which. We decided that Barney was our favourite...









• Don't miss the special underwater viewing pods, so that you can more easily watch the penguins swimming beneath the surface - beautiful!
• Back inside are a vast array of tanks filled with the weird and the wonderful from under the sea...

  The route through the tanks has subdued lighting and atmospheric music, giving a very atmospheric feel, and focusing attention on the sea-creatures in the beautifully lit tanks.

• We particularly liked:
  • Seahorses
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  • Jellyfish
    
    

    

    The Upside-down Jellyfish
  • Large tanks with the beautiful tropical fish...
    
    

    

    
    
    

    

    The 'cow nose ray' - a large, beautiful and ghost like creature, swooping through the tanks
    
    
    

    

    Everyone's favourite 'filmstar' - 'Nemo'
  • Giant turtles are in the large ocean tank, whilst there are smaller turtles and terrapins on the upper level.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  • The restaurant is also located up here, for snacks and light meals.
  • Also visit the gift shop in the foyer, for a fun souvenir of your visit.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
  

  Scarborough Sealife Centres on the Map

  The Sealife Centres in Scarborough North Bay, can be found on the north side of the town, at Scalby Mills - right at the end of Scalby Mills Road.

  This map is interactive.

  • Just use the + and - buttons in the top left corner of the map to zoom in and out.
  • Use the arrows to move about the area.

  Park your car in the onsite carpark (Pay and Display), or get here on the North Bay Railway

  You can eat, or rest a while, at the nearby 'Old Scalby Mills Pub', right nearby, which styles itself as 'sprog and dog friendly'.

  There are fantastic views across the rocky shore to Scarborough North Bay and Scarborough Castle.

  Booking Online

  If you are planning on visiting the Scarborough Sealife Centres, first go to the website (link provided later - keep reading...) and pre-book the tickets on there for the day you wish to go.

  We saved nearly £10 on our tickets, booking the very morning we wanted to visit!

  We paid online and printed out the tickets, then just handed them in at the desk when we got there.

  Prices (for adults) were around £9 each, rather than over £14. Kids' tickets can be booked online for around £7, rather than over £10.

  You can even save on the Annual Pass which seems very reasonable bought online, (only £20 for an adult, £15 for a child) and saves you money if you intend to visit more than twice in a year.

  For more details about the Sealife Centres, facilities, opening hours, feeding times, or to book online, visit the official website...

  See more images from our day out in the Scarborough Sea Life Centre Gallery Page

  Have you been to the Sea Life Centre? Where's your favourite day out? Tell us, here...

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