Biggest Aquarium in UK

ash_scotland88 · 23 Feb 2011 at 15:59

http://www.deepseaworld.com/ claims to be one of the biggest "At 112 metres long and holding a million gallons of water, the underwater tunnel at Deep Sea World is one of the longest underwater tunnels in the world."

wordy · 23 Feb 2011 at 16:04

uvarvu said:
Only Devonport Dockyard has that nickname!

Technically, but everyone who says Guzz means the whole place when they say it.

happy_2008 · 23 Feb 2011 at 17:09

Plymouth is miles away

HAz · 23 Feb 2011 at 18:15

yup plymouth is best

Ahleckz · 23 Feb 2011 at 18:25

We had a party once in St Andrews aquarium, that was cool.

doofer · 23 Feb 2011 at 18:38

Stoke probably has the biggest collection of Pond Life

Vidar · 23 Feb 2011 at 23:10

Blue Planet is such a let down, Best one I have been too was one in the South of France though can't remember what it's called!

Cosimo · 23 Feb 2011 at 23:12

doofer said:
Stoke probably has the biggest collection of Pond Life

That explains why it doesn’t get many visitors.

J-FRO · 23 Feb 2011 at 23:19

*Scribbles down Plymouth aquarium on to-do-list*

Podmonkey · 23 Feb 2011 at 23:21

The deep (in hull) has a very large main tank - apparently the biggest submarium (whatever that is). Large tank in the centre covering about 3 floors. Get different views from all around it. Theres loads of other mini tanks around too. Its pretty good there. Spent ages just sat watching the sharks go by.

Amp34 · 23 Feb 2011 at 23:41

Yep one in Plymouth is pretty large.

The main tank is huge, the shark tank is also large and has a 20ish metre tunnel (although reminds me of a Red Dwarf episode due to its looks) and the smaller tropical tank is quite nice too, could sit for hours staring at the fish and turtle going round and round.

Kelsey** · 24 Feb 2011 at 15:15

Recently brought a Fish Box 360. Went to my local Aquatics centre A5 on Saturday to find a replacement light and oggle over the staff

. Ive been to other local fish centres and cant find a replacement bulb thats flurecent?

Its an Eddison screw fit....
Any ideas? :confused:

Participant · 24 Feb 2011 at 15:26

Ahleckz said:
We had a party once in St Andrews aquarium, that was cool.

Haha, that is probably the worst thing in the whole of St. Andrews

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chaparral · 6 May 2011 at 20:49

happy_2008 said:
Plymouth is miles away

It only 80 miles across the water for me

Koalaboy · 7 May 2011 at 19:55

I suppose I really should visit it, considering it's only just over a mile away - I've only been once before, and that was for a party in the function room

James J · 7 May 2011 at 20:22

Podmonkey said:
The deep (in hull) has a very large main tank - apparently the biggest submarium (whatever that is). Large tank in the centre covering about 3 floors. Get different views from all around it. Theres loads of other mini tanks around too. Its pretty good there. Spent ages just sat watching the sharks go by.

To add to this and slightly correct it, its the worlds ONLY submarium http://www.thedeep.co.uk/index.php

Well worth a visit

MofoKilla · 7 May 2011 at 20:47

Once you have seen one youve seen them all.

ins0mn1ac · 7 May 2011 at 20:55

Just booked tickets for the one in Plymouth thanks to this thread

little bit of a drive mind...

vicisthebest · 7 May 2011 at 20:57

matt d938 said:
Not in the uk but the Oceanografic in Valencia is the biggest in europe and rather spectacular

We visited last october and are doing so again this year, excellent idea of making it a long weekend and also seeing Valencia's amazing old buildings, a gorgeous city.

Plus they have a Dolphin show several times a day

Matt

We have now decided to have a weekend in Valencia during the Summer hols, bf loves aquariums and looking at it on web, plus the city itself, we've decided to give it a go. Not somewhere we'd have thought about before so thanks!

vicisthebest · 7 May 2011 at 20:59

Podmonkey said:
The deep (in hull) has a very large main tank - apparently the biggest submarium (whatever that is). Large tank in the centre covering about 3 floors. Get different views from all around it. Theres loads of other mini tanks around too. Its pretty good there. Spent ages just sat watching the sharks go by.

Are you kidding?

The Deep was the biggest waste of money and the most boring aquarium I've ever been to in my life!

Looking at the same tank again and again as you walk round and round in a sprial - we were in and out within 40 mins and it took us 2 hours each way to get there. Sooooo disappointing.