The Deep

Suitable for 6 months and above


Open today from 1000 until 1800

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The Deep is home to spectacular animals including sharks, stingrays, hundreds of tropical reef fish, Loggerhead sea turtles and a colony of Gentoo penguins, along with many exciting and changing events throughout the year to keep all ages entertained.

Journey through the story of the world’s oceans travelling through a unique blend of spectacular marine life from warm tropical waters to the cold Antarctic seas. Immerse yourself in the amazing glass tunnel and take in the stunning marine life swimming all around you, before taking a ride in the glass lift through the 10m Endless Oceans exhibit.

The Deep is fully accessible and offers a wide range of access aids to assist visitors with additional needs.

Things For Babies, Toddlers and Children at The Deep

·         Little nippers can enjoy the interactive magic floor, fossil brushing station and designing their own sea creature at Digi:Sea.

·         Fully Wheel chair/pram friendly

·         Quiet off peak times so little ones can explore and enjoy the sensory, views, lights and music are term time weekdays from 2.30pm – close.

·         Baby change facilities available throughout

·         The main café has a bottle warming station, highchairs and offers both hot and cold children’s menu.

·         Free return visits for 12 months

·         Under 3’s are FREE

Join us this February half-term (11th – 19th) for a ‘Shellebration’ on all things turtle!

Did you know, sea turtles have been around way before us, since 100 million years ago? Join us this February half-term (11th – 19th) for a ‘Shellebration’ on all things turtle!

Visitors will be able to help our turtle nurses at our “Shiny Shell Turtle Hospital” and learn how to diagnose and treat our poorly turtles. There will be four turtles in need of your help; Titan, Tizzy, Tony, and Tina!

'Bob' down to our interactive workstations, fill out our checklist, and learn all about the turtles at The Deep.

Immerse yourself into the role of a mother turtle and lay your own eggs in our sand buckets, exploring how different temperatures affect the gender.

Discover how baby sea turtles navigate towards the ocean and the difficulties distinguishing between streetlights and moonlight, learning how the baby turtles overcome this.

Engage with our interactive presentations from our guiding team and discover turtle-y amazing facts about our rescue and rehabilitation work.

The Turtle Hospital event is included in standard ticket entry, no additional booking is required. Prebooking is essential for all visits.

Have a turtle-y awesome time!

The Deep is not like any other aquarium, it is on another scale! It is one of our favourite places to visit with the children, especially on a rainy day. If you buy tickets you can then come back free for the next twelve months-absolute bargain! Even though we are regular visitors there is always something different to see, whether it be penguin eggs in their nest, a save the turtle activity or a new exhibit even. When the children were younger they loved just looking at the fish and penguins and other animals, but as they are getting older we keep picking up more and more from the displays so you can really appreciate the Deep at all ages. The Deep is on various levels that wind around the large central Endless Ocean tank which you can view at various points on your way round. There is also the large and colourful Lagoon of Light, you can get right up to the windows into these tanks and enjoy just watching the fish close up. Other areas include the Cool Seas with the beautiful jellyfish, the bugs, the ice walls and of course the penguins. The penguins are great fun and they are so fast jumping in and out the water and swimming it is hard to keep up! There are regular feeding sessions and talks which are great to watch and rockpooling sessions too. The Deep Crew are incredibly knowledgeable, full of fascinating facts and helpful, they will happily answer any questions you have about the fish and animals! At the end of the walk round there is a lift that takes you up alongside the Main tank or you can take the stairs, our preferred route where you can get so close to the main tank. We all have favourites, my daughter the sawfish, my son the sharks and mine are the turtles. There is a cafe at the end that sells hot and cold food and their new home cooked scones are amazing! There is also a picnic area/cafe beside the Cold Sea exhibit. It can get busy on poor weather days due to it being inside, either be early or late to avoid the queues to get in. They have a Tranquil Tuesday which we have visited during when it is not quite so dark and there is less music and noise. We always know we are going to have a great day out when we visit The Deep!

Recommended by Emma with children ages 2 and 4 - Mon Nov 18 2019

Activity Type

  • Museums and cultural activities
  • Indoor activities
  • Suitable for Additional Needs

Directions

Address: Tower Street, Hull, Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom, HU1 4DP

Get in touch

Telephone: 01482 381000

Website: https://www.thedeep.co.uk/

Opening Hours

  • Monday 1000 - 1800
  • Tuesday 1000 - 1800
  • Wednesday 1000 - 1800
  • Thursday 1000 - 1800
  • Friday 1000 - 1800
  • Saturday 0900 - 1800
  • Sunday 0900 - 1800

Price

  • Adult £19.75
  • Child £15.50
  • Senior £18.75

Infants and Carers are Free of Charge.

All tickets include FREE return visits for 12 months.

 

Facilities

  • Good food for parents
  • Double pram friendly
  • Suitable for twins/multiples
  • Pram/Wheelchair accessible
  • Has a childrens menu
  • Baby changing available

Reviews

There are 7 reviews for "The Deep"

Recommended by Emma with children ages 2 and 4 on Mon Nov 18 2019

The Deep is not like any other aquarium, it is on another scale! It is one of our favourite places to visit with the children, especially on a rainy day. If you buy tickets you can then come back free for the next twelve months-absolute bargain! Even though we are regular visitors there is always something different to see, whether it be penguin eggs in their nest, a save the turtle activity or a new exhibit even. When the children were younger they loved just looking at the fish and penguins and other animals, but as they are getting older we keep picking up more and more from the displays so you can really appreciate the Deep at all ages. The Deep is on various levels that wind around the large central Endless Ocean tank which you can view at various points on your way round. There is also the large and colourful Lagoon of Light, you can get right up to the windows into these tanks and enjoy just watching the fish close up. Other areas include the Cool Seas with the beautiful jellyfish, the bugs, the ice walls and of course the penguins. The penguins are great fun and they are so fast jumping in and out the water and swimming it is hard to keep up! There are regular feeding sessions and talks which are great to watch and rockpooling sessions too. The Deep Crew are incredibly knowledgeable, full of fascinating facts and helpful, they will happily answer any questions you have about the fish and animals! At the end of the walk round there is a lift that takes you up alongside the Main tank or you can take the stairs, our preferred route where you can get so close to the main tank. We all have favourites, my daughter the sawfish, my son the sharks and mine are the turtles. There is a cafe at the end that sells hot and cold food and their new home cooked scones are amazing! There is also a picnic area/cafe beside the Cold Sea exhibit. It can get busy on poor weather days due to it being inside, either be early or late to avoid the queues to get in. They have a Tranquil Tuesday which we have visited during when it is not quite so dark and there is less music and noise. We always know we are going to have a great day out when we visit The Deep!

Recommended by Emma with children ages 2 and 4 on Mon Nov 18 2019

The Deep is not like any other aquarium, it is on another scale! It is one of our favourite places to visit with the children, especially on a rainy day. If you buy tickets you can then come back free for the next twelve months-absolute bargain! Even though we are regular visitors there is always something different to see, whether it be penguin eggs in their nest, a save the turtle activity or a new exhibit even. When the children were younger they loved just looking at the fish and penguins and other animals, but as they are getting older we keep picking up more and more from the displays so you can really appreciate the Deep at all ages. The Deep is on various levels that wind around the large central Endless Ocean tank which you can view at various points on your way round. There is also the large and colourful Lagoon of Light, you can get right up to the windows into these tanks and enjoy just watching the fish close up. Other areas include the Cool Seas with the beautiful jellyfish, the bugs, the ice walls and of course the penguins. The penguins are great fun and they are so fast jumping in and out the water and swimming it is hard to keep up! There are regular feeding sessions and talks which are great to watch and rockpooling sessions too. The Deep Crew are incredibly knowledgeable, full of fascinating facts and helpful, they will happily answer any questions you have about the fish and animals! At the end of the visit there is a lift that takes you up alongside the Main tank or you can take the stairs, our preferred route where you can get so close to the main tank. We all have favourites, my daughter the sawfish, my son the sharks and mine are the turtles. Tou can go round as many times as you like during your visit too! There is a cafe at the end that sells hot and cold food and their new home cooked scones are amazing! There is also a picnic area/cafe beside the Cold Sea exhibit. It can get busy on poor weather days due to it being inside, either be early or late to avoid the queues to get in. They have a Tranquil Tuesday which we have visited during when it is not quite so dark and there is less music and noise. We always know we are going to have a great day out when we visit The Deep!

Recommended by Amy James with children age 2 on Sun Oct 27 2019

We visited the deep for my daughters second birthday this week. She loved it and it was so nice to take her again now she’s a bit older. She was saying hello to all the fish and saying nemo and dory. It’s perfect for all different ages as there are lots of interactive bits to do and was even a place you could do crafts for a small charge. There’s a big cafe which wasn’t expensive either or a place where you can take your own picnic. The staff were all very friendly and made a fuss of my daughter with it being her birthday. The exhibits are great and it’s amazing to see all the animals. The penguins are fab! The only thing I was say needs a bit of a re look at is you have to queue outside and it was raining which isn’t great when you’ve got little ones! It was a really good day and you get a ticket to re visit all year which I think is great value for money! Also if you book online before you go it’s cheaper.

Recommended by Becs Coles with children ages 12 and 10 on Thu Oct 17 2019

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Recommended by Hannah Quayle on Wed Jul 24 2019

Absolutely one of our favourite days out! We visited last Sunday, which was one of the first Turtle-Y awesome days as part of their summer event. We learnt so much about the turtles from the turtle hospital talk, about how the turtles are becoming endangered due to human behaviour and global warming. We learnt that we can help turtles through reducing plastic waste, less washing (yay mums) and less journeys in the car. The lady and gent running the presentation tried to get all the kids involved, getting them up and all were having a blast. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it! I was however a little disappointed to not see many turtles at The Deep. We just saw one turtle in the lift back to the entrance. It was also very busy, which is to be expectd. It was a great day, educational and such a fun day out. Seeing the baby penguin was a highlight of the day. My 13 month old son was amazed by all the underwater friends.

The cafe was affordable and very nice portion sizes (I would have liked to see more options inside the cafe, for vegetarians, vegans and allergies). Baby changing was fab and in both male and female toilets which is a bonus for dads visiting alone with the kids! Pram & wheelchair friendly! They have an amazing quiet room suitable to change older children or the disabled and have even won an award for it!

We would definitely recommend  The Deep to anyone! Go and enjoy a Turtle-Y awesome summer! Thank you the deep ~ the Quayle family 🐧🦑🦀

Recommended by Sarah with children ages 6 and 2 on Wed Jul 17 2019

Thoroughly enjoyable day out. We find days out tricky as we have sensory challenges and food allergies to deal with but everything was thoughtfully taken care of. The receptionist picked up on our extra requirements and was very knowledgeable about how to help us. Also the cafe is set out with the allergy info on all menus so it is easy to work out what is suitable or not.

Recommended by Chloé Angel on Fri May 10 2019

Great day out! Fun for all the family. Lots of fish to see and close up encounters. I would say if you are going with a younger child to take a pushchair as it is dark throughout. Lovely little cafe at the top that overlooks hull, nice food reasonable prices.

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