London Aquarium
County Hall,  Westminster Bridge Road, South Bank,  SE1 7PB
Telephone: 020 7967 8000
info@londonaquarium.co.uk Email info@londonaquarium.co.uk
 
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The London Aquarium features hundreds of varieties of fish and sea life from around the world. Here you'll come face-to-face with sharks and watch divers feeding gigantic conger eels. Seahorses, rays, starfish and piranhas are also on show and the interactive displays include a supervised touch pool, while petting the friendly rays is positively de rigeur. You can see the fish being fed during diving displays on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 12noon and 12.30pm in the main Atlantic Tank (check in advance as this is subject to change and during holiday periods dives may occur more frequently). The aquarium itself is situated in County Hall right on the Thames, with an interactive entertainment centre next door. It's a pretty tranquil spot (as long as you can avoid colliding with school groups) and a favourite form of escape for Londoners. It is also a cool place to go on a date - Patrick Marber made it the venue for a rendez-vous in his play 'Closer'. Group tours can be organised: for clownfish and sensory tours there is a maximum of 10 individuals and for shark sessions there is a maximum of 20 people. For all other tours, your group should be between 10 and 30 people. Get in the swim of things and make some fishy friends.
 
Visiting London Aquarium
 
 
Opening Times
10am-6pm | Last admission 5pm
 
Ticket Prices
£13.25 (Adult), £9.75 (Child), FREE (Baby), £11.25 (Concessions)
 
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Underground Stations
Waterloo Tube (6 minutes)
Lambeth North Tube (10 minutes)
Railway Stations
Waterloo Railway Station (6 minutes)
Waterloo East Railway Station (6 minutes)
 
 
 
Car Parking
 
Coin Street NCP (11 minutes)
Library Street NCP (16 minutes)
 
 
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