Opening Times

  • Monday: 10am – 5pm
  • Tuesday: 10am – 5pm
  • Wednesday: 10am – 5pm
  • Thursday: 10am – 5pm
  • Friday: 10am – 5pm
  • Saturday: 10am – 5pm
  • Sunday: 10am – 5pm

Everything You Need to Know About Starfish

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.

Meet the Stonefish: The World’s Deadliest Fish

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.

Dinosaur Day

Saturday 29th August Come and enjoy your Saturday 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! Meeting Pete is … Continued

Tynemouth Aquarium is the plaice to be!

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.

Tynemouth Aquarium is getting ready to re-open!

The team at Tynemouth Aquarium are working hard behind the scenes to get ready to safely re-open our doors under new strict COVID-19 health and safety procedures. Safety is our highest priority, and we are meticulously reviewing your journey around the aquarium to minimise risk without compromising our unique underwater experience. Our Bay and Laurel … Continued

Tynemouth Aquarium Closes Temporarily in Response to COVID-19

Tynemouth Aquarium Closes Temporarily in Response to COVID-19 As a precautionary measure and in an effort to protect the health and safety of staff and visitors, 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. While there have been … Continued

Coronavirus Statement

Saturday 14th March 2020 Hello Visitor, Tynemouth Aquarium would like to reassure you 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 … Continued

Our new seaview restaurant – Bay and Laurel

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

Tynemouth Aquarium’s Giant Half Term

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. 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 this half term … Continued

Facebook Competition Terms and Conditions

🎁Competition Time🎁   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.   To enter, like our page and tag the person you would bring with you!   Entries close on Tuesday 10th March at 12pm.   We … Continued

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