Sealife Birmingham
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Birmingham Sea Life Centre
The Waters Edge, Brindley Place,
Birmingham B1 2HL
Tel: 0121 643 6777
About Birmingham Sea Life Centre
Sealife is a network of innovative centres across the UK, Europe and beyond that operate both as a family attraction and great family day out, and also as a conservation and education organisation. Sealife helps millions of people to discover the marine world through its coastal sanctuaries, such as Gweek, in the West Country, and its hi-tech, all swimming all dancing centres in Birmingham, Great Yarmouth, Blackpool, Brighton, Scarborough, Weymouth and Loch Lomond.
Each Sealife centre helps to safeguard the seas and their inhabitants for the future and for all of us, by sponsoring conservation efforts and through increased public awareness among visitors on their family day out.
Dedicated Sealife projects include regular contributions to conservation and marine animal welfare schemes, and a special programme to manage and develop these activities: Save Our Seas – S.O.S.
Among the Sealife SOS success stories this millennium are a petition that led to a heavy fine for the Greek government and forced it to improve protection for nesting beaches for Loggerhead Sea Turtles on its coastline; a petition that helped to bring about a ban on the shark-finning industry in European national waters; pressure to reduce the slaughter of dolphins and porpoises in fishing nets and to implement overall cuts in fishing quotas; and funding for a new turtle rescue centre on the Greek island of Zakynthos. Ongoing Sealife campaigning includes an effort to eliminate rogue fishermen dodging EU quotas by flying flags of convenience.
Other Sealife work at its centres includes the creation of a spacious enclosure for families of Asian short-clawed otters, allowing them the freedom and enjoyment that visitors get from a family day out at Sealife. A ticket will also allow access to seahorses and the research done on them that has cast serious doubt on their much-vaunted monogamy! And that’s not the only family attraction at this family attraction!
There’s the rapidly growing Sealife seal rescue network for common and grey seals, and a ground- (or is it sea) breaking programme of shark conservation, which had rehabilitated the creatures both literally and in the public psyche. All of these things, and much more besides, make a visit to any Sealife centre an intriguing and informative family day out. Just the ticket for an all year round family attraction that the weather can’t spoil.
Sealife Birmingham is a family attraction at the aptly-named Waters Edge on the opposite side of the canal from the National Indoor Arena at Brindley Place. A perfect family day out that the weather can’t spoil, a ticket to Sealife Birmingham grants entry to over 60 displays of marine life and some startling close encounters with amazing creatures, from shrimps and sea horses to sharks and rays. There are over 4,500 sea and freshwater creatures, including over 2000 fish, at Sealife Birmingham, with a recent feature adding to its attraction for a family day out The Lost City Of Atlantis. A maze of stylised ancient ruins, it winds its way around the lairs of mysterious sea dwellers including the guardian of sunken treasures, coral caves and hidden temples, the Giant Pacific Octopus. It’s surrounded by shoals of darting fish, while Sealife Birmingham’s magic mirror maze and the world’s first 360° acrylic tunnel allow all-round viewing of marine life, including sharks, sea turtles and tropical fish. Just the ticket!
Sealife Birmingham also boasts a million litre ocean tank containing giant green sea turtles and black tip reef sharks, while dozens of other displays feature short-clawed otters, seahorses, crabs, lobsters and sting rays, guaranteeing a memorable family day out. There are also informative talks and feeding presentations throughout the day, ensuring an educational family day out, with the entry ticket additionally allowing access to Explore AmaZonia, which takes in species from the world's greatest rainforests in South America, such as razor-toothed piranhas, electric eels, poison dart frogs, freshwater stingrays and tropical catfish.
Further facilities included in a Sealife Birmingham ticket are a cafe serving hot and cold snacks and refreshments, a Gift Shop, feeding and Touchpool demonstrations, Education facilities and resources, and a pay and display car park. Open every day except Christmas Day – to give the swimmers a breather! – there are special birthday packages on offer, including a guided tour of the displays, goodie bags, food and a birthday cake. So a family day out can be made even more special, with details available from Sealife Birmingham – an out of and under this world family attraction!