Aquarium
Blue Planet Aquarium
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
BIAZA
🐠 Aquarium, United Kingdom 134 spp. present
The Blue Planet Aquarium is a marine and freshwater aquarium located by the Cheshire Oaks retail and leisure complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. When opened by the Queen Elizabeth II in July 1998, it was the largest aquarium in the United Kingdom, and is still the largest in North West England. The £12 million building was designed by Manchester-based Buttress Fuller Alsop architects to resemble the shape of a crashing wave. It was built by Cheshire-based developer Deep Sea Leisure (now owned by Aspro Parks), who also built Deep Sea World in North Queensferry, Scotland. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
53.262° N 2.887° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Medium
Species present
134
speciesOpened
1998
Size
Small
Accreditations
- British and Irish Association of Zoos and AquariumsMembership body of zoos and aquariums in Britain and Ireland
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 10:00–17:0025 Dec · closed
Getting there
- Address
- Longlooms Road, Ellesmere Port CH65 9LF
- Access
- Wheelchair accessible
What visitors say
🐠 Animals in captivity
LC
Panther Chameleon
Furcifer pardalis
Before you go
Where is Blue Planet Aquarium?
United Kingdom
Blue Planet Aquarium is an aquarium in the United Kingdom, at Longlooms Road, Ellesmere Port CH65 9LF. Its coordinates are 53.262° N, 2.887° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 75 km away.
What animals can you see at Blue Planet Aquarium?
134 species
Citizen-science photos record 134 species at Blue Planet Aquarium, including Green and Black Dart-poison Frog, Tiger, Southern Stingray, Great Hornbill and Andean Marsupial Frog. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Blue Planet Aquarium in the wild?
Green and Black Dart-poison Frog: Carara National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Blue Planet Aquarium also live in the parks and cities we cover: Green and Black Dart-poison Frog (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Carara National Park), Tiger (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Bandhavgarh National Park) and Southern Stingray (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park).
Does Blue Planet Aquarium charge an entrance fee?
Yes, it is paid
The open map data for Blue Planet Aquarium lists it as a paid-entry attraction. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When is Blue Planet Aquarium open?
Every day · 10:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Blue Planet Aquarium is open Every day · 10:00–17:00; 25 Dec · closed. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
Is Blue Planet Aquarium accredited?
BIAZA
Open registers list Blue Planet Aquarium with BIAZA. These marks come from Wikidata, and they are shown here as a fact, not as an endorsement.
When did Blue Planet Aquarium open and how big is it?
Opened 1998, 0.4 ha
Blue Planet Aquarium, an aquarium in the United Kingdom, opened in 1998 and covers about 0.4 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 134 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)