SEA LIFE Manchester

You might not know it, but you share your city with some of the most fascinating animals in the world.

You’ll find them at SEA LIFE Manchester, an aquarium in Trafford Palazzo, a part of the Trafford Centre. Next time you’re in the area to do some shopping or watch a movie, stop by to say hello to the hundreds of curious creatures, aquatic animals and frisky fish that live here.

The aquarium is arranged in different zones that showcase the environments of the blue planet and their inhabitants. Your visit will take you on a tour of Turtle beach, Rocky Hideout, Jellyfish Seas, Shark Shipwreck, Coral Reefs, Ocean tunnel, Sea Ranger and more. The attractions include large tanks with huge observation windows, smaller tanks with bubble-style windows and rock pools and touch pools where you can go beyond just looking and actually touch some of the wildlife.

As well as standard visits, we put on special events in the aquarium. The most popular ones feature magical mermaids swimming alongside turtles in the largest of our tanks. There are also opportunities to snorkel in the tanks yourself during pre-arranged, limited space sessions.

Your entry fees help us to run conservation projects in Manchester and around the world. On the local scale, we’re committed to cleaning up Greater Manchester’s canals to boost wildlife in these habitats, while global schemes include a beluga whale sanctuary in Iceland. If you want help out more, you can take a sponsored plunge in our cold dip!

Down periscope! It’s time to explore.