The Lake District Coast Aquarium
Winner of the Cumbria Tourism Small Visitor Attraction of the Year 2010
The aquarium that attracts
high praise and repeat visits.
We are fully wheelchair accessible.
OPEN NOW
Shark Exhibition and Film
in our new exhibition centre
THE WILD SOLWAY CENTRE
Entry is free to The Wild Solway Centre
We have received a group of an old favourite
with customers, the Wolf Fish. They are just
babies now but given time they will grow 1metre big.
We now have a group of Lumpsuckers happily
swimming around in one of our tanks.
A common lobster emerges from his lair
A Lesser Octopus admires its refelection
 
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1997 - 2010
The Aquarium is now in its 13th year.
Opening Times
10am to 5pm Daily
View our new video of the Aquarium, which was made by Tourism TV here.
View our video of the Aquarium:
broadband.
Check out the aquarium on google street here.
Up Coming Events
July 31st - August 8th: National Marine Week
Freedom Pass
Are you planning a holiday in the Lake District? Why not take a look at this http://www.thefreedomof.com/
You can purchase a pass for a number of attractions and receive discounts on each one
Playpark
We would like to announce that the aquarium now owns the playpark in partnership with Maryport Town Council. It will be open everday and times of opening are 9am-5pm at the moment.
New Documentary
We have received an award winning BBC Wildlife Specials documentary about the fantastic mammel, the Humpback Whale. The documentary last for 50minutes and is narrated by David Attenborough. These whales are famous for creating the own special whale songs which can last up to 20minutes long. Baby SeaHorses
This morning, 21st March, we came in to discover 10 baby Dwarf Seahorses had been born over night, this is the first time the Dwarf Seahorses have given birth in our aquarium. Come along and watch them as they grow in to full size aldults, all be it only 2cm long as the Dwarf Seahorse is the worlds smallest Seahorse
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