Blackpool Sea life Centre

The first blackpool sea life centre opened its doors on the banks of picturesque Loch Creran in Scotland in 1979. Back then, most dealt exclusively with tropical fish, invariably housed in small oblong tanks either side of gloomy, oblong rooms, like a tropical fish shop.

As the SEA LIFE network spread its tentacles across Europe the company behind the enterprise concentrated initially on opening a window to our native seas, providing a dramatic glimpse of a watery world which exceeded the wildest imaginings of most visitors.

Blackpool Sea Life senior marine biologist Rob Hicks explained that the Sea Life centre’s provide views on a world hitherto seen only by experianced scuba divers.

Even fishermen who are aware of the huge range of creatures could only guess at what the habitat really looks like. BlackpoolSea life displays aim to reproduce these natural surroundings as faithfully as possible.

The environments range from the tidal rock pools, beds of eel grass, dark rocky caves, the icy deep to the sandy shallows.