One of the most vibrant, fascinating creatures of its kind, there’s a lot more to starfish than just their unique look. There are all sorts of incredible facts and information about the starfish you might not know about.
At Tynemouth Aquarium, we know how much our visitors love learning about dangerous species, and the stonefish is right up there among the most lethal residents of the deep. Here, we’ll be exploring what makes this fish so formidable.
Saturday 29th August Come and enjoy your Saturday on Dinosaur Day with a ROAR! Pete the Dinosaur is back by popular demand. You can mete Pete the T-Rex and his baby dinosaur friends. Pete will be stomping around the aquarium so give him a wave and make sure you take your photo with him too! … Continued
Tynemouth Aquarium re-opened its doors on Saturday 4th July and is pleased to report the weekend went swimmingly! The North East’s Aquarium is ready to welcome visitors once again to marvel their hundreds of aquatic creatures including seals, sharks and seahorses.
The team at Tynemouth Aquarium are working hard behind the scenes to get ready to safely re-open our doors. This time under new strict COVID-19 health and safety procedures. Safety is our highest priority, and we are meticulously reviewing your journey around the aquarium. This is to minimise risk without compromising our unique underwater experience. … Continued
Tynemouth Aquarium Closes Temporarily in Response to COVID-19 Tynemouth Aquarium is temporarily closed to the public to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). The Aquarium will be closed to the public starting 22/03/2020. The Aquarium believes it is their ethical responsibility to adhere to limiting large social gatherings at this time. During this period of … Continued
Saturday 14th March 2020 Tynemouth Aquarium would like to reassure everyone that we are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of all of our visitors in response to ongoing Coronavirus (COVID 19) situation. We want you to feel as safe and comfortable as possible when you visit us. We are operating in accordance … Continued
Bay & Laurel is Tynemouth’s newest sea front restaurant based at Tynemouth Aquarium. The restaurant is open to the general public as well as aquarium visitors and is dog friendly too. Bay & Laurel serves great food and drink in beautiful surroundings with stunning sea views. In the summer the restaurant will open up with … Continued
This half term we are all about new! This past year we have been busy making improvements to your aquarium! Come along and see what’s new this half term. Our new exhibit; River Giants takes you deep into the rainforest and brings you up close to some giant fish. You can meet our River Giants and … Continued
Competition Time! Firstly, to celebrate our first weekend we are giving away food and drinks for four at Bay & Laurel and a family pass to visit Tynemouth Aquarium in a competition. To enter, like our page and tag the person you would bring with you! Finally, entries close on Tuesday 10th … Continued