"won the Visit Chester and Cheshire Awards 2010 category for Best Tourism Experience of the Year. Blue Planet Aquarium The Blue Planet Aquarium is a marine and freshwater aquarium located by the Cheshire Oaks retail and leisure complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. When opened by the Queen in July 1998, it was the largest aquarium in the UK, and is still the largest in North West England. The £12 million building was designed by Manchester-based Buttress Fuller Alsop architects to resemble the shape of a crashing wave. It was built by Cheshire-based developer Deep Sea Leisure (now owned by"
"Ellesmere Port Dock Ellesmere Port Dock is a dock in Britain, situated on the Manchester Ship Canal, in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Canal is the name of the area were the canal joins the river Mersey; by the mid-1790s it was known as Ellesmere Port. Docks and warehouses were built to facilitate this. Between 1830 and the 1840s facilities were improved by the engineer Thomas Telford and others. In 1846 the Ellesmere Canal was amalgamated with the Shropshire Union Canal. In 1892 a new wharf was built to handle traffic on the Manchester Ship Canal. In 1921 the docks"
"Arena and leisure facilities were improved at Ellesmere Port's EPIC leisure centre. The outdoor swimming pool was finally closed, in a bad state of repair, in the early 1980s. The location of the outdoor swimming pool is now part of a nature reserve. The park is situated in a valley and is now an established wildlife habitat. Rivacre Rivacre is an area of Ellesmere Port in the North West of England. The Rivacre is so named because of the Rivacre brook which runs through the area and it is known locally as ""Rivacre Valley"" because of the beautiful valley through"
"and M&S. The following people are natives of Ellesmere Port, or have lived there for a period of time. Adam Phillips (born 1989) is an award winning broadcast journalist who rose to fame when he won ""Interview of the Year"" category at the 2017 IRN Awards. Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port () is a town and port in Cheshire, England, part of the Cheshire West and Chester local authority. The town had a population of 55,715 in 2011. The town was originally established on the River Mersey at the entrance to the Ellesmere Canal. As well as a service sector economy,"
"may have been proposed that the docks be relocated closer to Eastham on the Cheshire West and Chester/Wirral boundary, and the area be redeveloped into a predominantly residential area consisting of up to 8,000 new homes. Plans for such development were expected to be submitted to the Local Authority during early 2009. Ellesmere Port Dock Ellesmere Port Dock is a dock in Britain, situated on the Manchester Ship Canal, in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Canal is the name of the area were the canal joins the river Mersey; by the mid-1790s it was known as Ellesmere Port. Docks and"
"in operation until it was finally closed in the 1950s. A museum, which was called the North West Museum of Inland Navigation, was founded at the disused port in the 1970s. It was later renamed The Boat Museum and then, until 2012, the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port. In the 1990s The Waterways Trust took on the management of the National Waterways Museum. Funding from Heritage Lottery Fund helped create new displays and improve visitor facilities. In 2012, the Waterways Trust was incorporated to the Canal & River Trust. The name National Waterways Museum was formerly used to include"
"Blue Reef Aquarium Blue Reef is a national chain of public aquariums in England. Blue Reef Aquarium Portsmouth is an aquarium situated on Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth, England. Over 40 living displays are home to various species from tropical sharks and lobsters or seahorses and tropical fish. At the Aquarium’s heart is a large ocean tank where an underwater walkthrough tunnel offers close encounters with reef fish. In 2007 the aquarium opened the Blue Reef Beach Club. The Blue Reef Beach Club is a new outdoor activity area incorporating a wet play zone for children complete with fountains and giant"
"Port area for the first time. At the national level, Ellesmere Port is part of the Ellesmere Port and Neston parliament constituency. The current MP is Justin Madders (Labour). The following are the most recent mayors of Ellesmere Port: The 2011 UK census listed the ethnicity of the town as follows; The main religion of Ellesmere Port is Christianity with 70% of the population. 10.2% have no religion. 6.9% are unspecified. 0.8% are Muslim and 0.1% are Buddhist. Ellesmere Port is located in the county of Cheshire. Its suburbs include Overpool (north west of the town centre) and Rossmore (north"
"Westminster, Ellesmere Port Westminster, Ellesmere Port is a suburb of the town of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. It is located to the north of the town centre and it is the location of the M53 motorway. Westminster is famous for its terraced houses and the Joseph Groome Towers, three thirteen-storey tower blocks built as public housing . It is also known as the wezzy. To the north of the suburb is the Canal Village which is the location of the National Waterways Museum. The area has just one school, Westminster Community Primary. Ellesmere Port train station is located in Westminster"
"showers. Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth is an aquarium located in Tynemouth, England. It is home to over 40 living displays, from tropical sharks and lobsters to seahorses and tropical fish. At the Aquarium’s heart is a large ocean tank where an underwater walkthrough tunnel offers close encounters with the tropical coral reef fish. Other displays are home to poison dart frogs, nautilus, toxic toads, turtles, terrapins, and otters. In Easter 2007 the aquarium opened ""Seal Cove"". The naturally-themed 500,000-litre pool includes rocky haul out areas and underwater caves along with other environmental enrichment features to ensure the seals are"
"by common bent, sheep's sorrel and bird's-foot trefoil. The reserve supports at least 397 species, including butterflies, moths, bees and spiders. Twenty-six species of butterfly have been recorded, with 16 species breeding at the reserve. In recent years, the reserve has hosted an open-air sculpture trail. The Cheshire Wildlife Trust (CWT) was granted tenancy over the land in 1993 by the site’s owner at the time, the British Railways Board. In 1997, Frithmere Ltd. (a subsidiary of Brock PLC of Ellesmere Port) bought the land in an open auction; and New Ferry Butterfly Park has been under threat of closure"
"Rivacre Rivacre is an area of Ellesmere Port in the North West of England. The Rivacre is so named because of the Rivacre brook which runs through the area and it is known locally as ""Rivacre Valley"" because of the beautiful valley through which the stream runs. Rivacre was most well known for having an outdoor swimming pool until the 1980s, with large ornamental gardens, cafe, children's playground and fountains, situated along the Rivacre brook itself. This was used between the 1950s and 1970s, but declined by the 1980s as heated indoor swimming pools were built in nearby Chester's Northgate"
"Lakes Aquarium The Lakes Aquarium is an aquarium in the village of Lakeside on the southern shore of Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is one of the docking points of Windermere Lake Cruises and also at one end of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. It is the third most visited paying tourist attraction in Cumbria It opened in 1997 as ""The Aquarium of the Lakes"" when the displays followed the theme of a Lake District stream, flowing down into the lake and then on to Morecambe Bay. During 2008 it was re-branded as the ""Lakes Aquarium"", with a theme of the"
"Ellesmere Port & Neston F.C. and Colwyn Bay F.C.. The stadium closed in the spring of 2014 and in 2016 plans were passed to build 141 homes on the site. Ellesmere Port Stadium Ellesmere Port Stadium was a greyhound racing, football and speedway stadium on Thornton Road, Ellesmere Port, in the Wirral, Cheshire, England. The track was constructed in the late 1960s, west of the Shropshire Union Canal and east of Cow Worth Grange and Thornton Road. Greyhound racing started on 29 February 1988 and the first race was won by Go Ben Go. The greyhound racing was independent (not"
"and Ellesmere Port - which were subjected to property theft and racially aggravated disorder respectively in 2014. Cheshire West and Chester Council maintains six Local Nature Reserves: Burton Mill Wood (Ellesmere Port), Helsby Quarry (Vale Royal), Marshall's Arm (Vale Royal), Rivacre Valley (Ellesmere Port), Stanney Wood (Ellesmere Port) and Whitby Park (Ellesmere Port). There are no passenger airports in the borough (a grass airfield exists in Little Budworth), with the nearest being Liverpool and Manchester which licensed vehicles provide transport to. Airbus' fleet of A300-600ST Beluga transporter aircraft are based at Hawarden Airport in neighbouring Flintshire, adjacent to their wing"
"Aquarium for five years. He was housed in Alligator Alley at the aquarium. He is an ambassador for his species and helps to promote conservation of wetland ecosystems. Gallery Newport Aquarium The Newport Aquarium is an aquarium located in Newport, Kentucky, United States at Newport on the Levee. The aquarium has 70 exhibits and 14 galleries, including five seamless acrylic tunnels totaling over in length. The aquarium showcases thousands of animals from around the world in of water, including the ""Scooter"" and ""Sweet Pea,"" two of the few shark rays in captivity. They are the first aquarium to have success"
"were leased to the Manchester Ship Canal, and this led to the decline of Ellesmere Port. The site is now the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port (formerly known as the Boat Museum). In 2007, as part of a revival of some industries, ports and shipbuilding in Britain, Ellesmere Port docks were re-opened. In 2008 the site of Ellesmere Port's operational dock - including over of the waterfront area (immediately to the north-west of Ellesmere Port Historic Dock and Conservation Area and to the south-east of the Bridgewater Paper Works) - was the subject of a planning consultation, in which it"
"Great Aquarium Saint-Malo The Great Aquarium – Saint-Malo is an aquarium in Saint-Malo, France. It opened in 1996 and now belongs to the group Compagnie des Alpes, which also owns many other parks in France and Europe. The aquarium houses 11,000 marine animals representing 600 species. It covers and holds of water (The largest aquarium, Nautibus attraction excluded, contains ). 360,000 people visit this site each year making it the second most visited tourist site in Brittany. During the visit, you can discover the underwater world in different rooms: Three attractions complete the visit: The association was created in 2003"
"Nausicaä Centre National de la Mer Nausicaā Centre National de la Mer () is a public aquarium located in Boulogne-sur-Mer in France. It is the largest public aquarium of Europe. Nausicaa is described as a center of scientific and technical discovery of the marine environment, focusing primarily on the relationship between man and the sea. The idea for the aquarium started when Guy Lengagne, then mayor of Boulogne-sur-Mer, wanted to repurpose an old casino. In 1982, oceanographers Philippe Vallette, Stéphane Henard, and Christophe Liacopoulos were tasked with a preliminary study, and eventually with implementing the project. In 1984 a non-profit"
"Vauxhall Ellesmere Port Vauxhall Ellesmere Port is a motor vehicle assembly plant, located in the town of Ellesmere Port, south of the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire, England. It has always built small/medium Vauxhall/Opel vehicles, beginning with the Vauxhall Viva, and is now one of two plants in Europe building the Opel Astra. In 1070, William the Conqueror granted the lands of Hooton adjoining the River Mersey to Adam de Aldithly. Eventually they passed to the Stanley family through a series of marriages. After the Battle of Bosworth, Hooton had a new hall and the first Lord Derby in Lancashire. A"
"All the terrapins in the aquarium were rehomed from members of the public. Bream, Perch, Golden orfe, Koi carp, White clawed crayfish, Eurasian harvest mouse, Common toad, Red-eared terrapins. Oriental small-clawed otter, Eurasian otter. African lungfish, African rainbow crab, Atlantic mudskipper, freshwater butterflyfish, knifefish, Lake Malawi cichlids, leopard tortoise, rainbow krib, killifish, elephantnose, tilapia, upside-down catfish, reedfish, tortoise. Angelfish, black widow tetra, bleeding heart tetra, blind cave fish, bristlenose catfish, channel catfish, common plec, convict cichlids, cory catfish, gar, jaguar cichlid, ocellate river stingray, piranha, red-bellied pacu, red-bellied piranha, redtail catfish, silver dollar, South American lungfish. Arctic char, ballan wrasse,"
"Newport Aquarium The Newport Aquarium is an aquarium located in Newport, Kentucky, United States at Newport on the Levee. The aquarium has 70 exhibits and 14 galleries, including five seamless acrylic tunnels totaling over in length. The aquarium showcases thousands of animals from around the world in of water, including the ""Scooter"" and ""Sweet Pea,"" two of the few shark rays in captivity. They are the first aquarium to have success in breeding shark rays. They also have a unique collection of alligators, including albino alligators and Mighty Mike (left in 2018). Newport Aquarium is an accredited member of the"
"The Deep (aquarium) The Deep is a public aquarium situated at Sammy's Point, at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary in Hull, England. It opened in March 2002. Billed as ""the world's only submarium"", the tanks contain thousands of sea creatures (including seven species of shark), of water and of salt housed in a building designed by Sir Terry Farrell and built as part of the UK National Lottery's Millennium Commission project. The Deep is also a landmark centre for marine research. Staff marine biologists look after the animals in The Deep's collection as well as"
"in the saltwater aquarium. The South American dome is and is home to species such as South American tapir, West Indian manatee, callitrichid monkeys and macaws, the African dome is and is home to species such as lemurs, and the Asian dome is and is home of species such as pileated gibbon and Komodo dragon. In 2015, an exhibit for jaguars opened, which is the first located outside the domes. Adjacent to the domes is Danmarksparken (""Denmark Park"") with farm animals and playgrounds. The climate inside the domes is controlled by computers because the length of daylight hours varies much"
"corals, and many reef fish, such as clownfish. Eight aquariums ranging in capacity from 6,000 litres to 75,000 litres. These aquariums house argusfish, barbs, perch, scorpion fish, electric eels, pike, giant gourami, carp, labyrintiods, malawi cichlids, mbuna, mouthbreeders, moonfish, piranhas, giant botia, stingrays, South American cichlids, tanganyika cichlids, tiger barbs and neon tetras. Modernisation began in 2002 through to 2013, all terrariums were replaced by biotope terrariums. Biotope terrariums are replicas of the primary animals' natural habitat, including plants, fish and animals. Tropicarium Kolmarden now has over 20 biotope terrariums containing a large variety of reptiles, amphibians and mammals. There"
"of the tower's major attractions. The aquarium was modelled on the limestone caverns in Derbyshire. It housed 57 different species of fresh water and salt water fish and the largest tank held of salt water. The menagerie and aviary were regarded as one of the finest collections in the country and included lions, tigers, and polar bears. The menagerie continued until 1973, when it was closed following the opening of Blackpool Zoo near Stanley Park. Due to the tower being run By Merlin Entertainments who also run the nearby Sea Life Centre, The aquarium closed in 2010 and was remodelled"
"National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth The National Marine Aquarium is a marine aquarium built on reclaimed land in the city of Plymouth, England, in Sutton Harbour, next to the Barbican and fishmarket. It was opened in May 1998, with charitable aims of research, education and conservation. It is the largest aquarium in the United Kingdom. It is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA). ""The Aquarium is divided into four main zones: Plymouth Sound, British Coasts, Atlantic Ocean and Blue Planet. A visit to the aquarium goes from the local waters of Plymouth to the"
"Aquarium du Grand Lyon The Aquarium du Grand Lyon or Aquarium de Lyon is a public aquarium located in the La Mulatière district of the city of Lyon, France, near the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers in the Rhône department. Like the Aqualand parks elsewhere in Europe, it belongs to the Spanish group Aspro-Ocio. Created by Maurice Chichportiche and opened in October 2002, the aquarium has 47 tanks with a total of more than of water, showing visitors 5,000 fish and other aquatic animals representing 300 species. The largest aquarium is called ""Fosse Aux Requins"" which houses sharks"
"Blue Reef brand, but still being operated by Aspro UK. The aquarium is home to over 40 living displays from tropical sharks and lobsters to seahorses and tropical fish. At the Aquarium’s heart is a large ocean tank where an underwater walkthrough tunnel offers close encounters with the tropical coral reef fish. Other displays are home to octopus, puffer fish, electric eel, tropical sharks, terrapins and giant Amazon river fish. It is the only aquarium in the UK to feature a giant botanical house home to hundreds of species of plants and flowers from around the world. Blue Reef Aquarium"
"yachts; today Sutton Harbour has more than 450. The Marina is managed by Sutton Harbour Holdings PLC. The National Marine Aquarium is the largest marine aquarium in the United Kingdom, with around 400 marine species, including a deep tank holding 2.5 million litres (550,000 Imperial gallons) of water. The aquarium opened in 1998. Sutton Harbour Sutton Harbour, formerly known as Sutton Pool, is the original port of the City of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is still a busy fishing port and marina and is bounded on one side by the historic Barbican district. It is famous as the last"
"the centre of the city during the 1980s. La Rochelle also maintains strong links with the sea by harbouring the largest marina for pleasure boats in Europe at Les Minimes, and a rather rich boat-building industry which includes Amel Yachts. La Rochelle has a very big aquarium, and a small botanical garden (the ""Jardin des plantes de La Rochelle""). The ""Calypso"", the ship used by Jacques-Yves Cousteau as a mobile laboratory for oceanography, and which was sunk after a collision in the port of Singapore (1996) is now on display (sadly rotting) at the Maritime Museum of La Rochelle. One"
"National Waterways Museum The National Waterways Museum (NWM) is in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, at the northern end of the Shropshire Union Canal where it meets the Manchester Ship Canal (). The museum's collections and archives focus on the Britain's navigable inland waterways, including its rivers and canals, and include canal boats, traditional clothing, painted canal decorative ware and tools. It is one of several museums and attractions operated by the Canal & River Trust, the successor to The Waterways Trust. The museum site occupies the former Netherpool port that was designed by Thomas Telford, under the direction of William"
"Lisbon Oceanarium The Lisbon Oceanarium (, ) is an oceanarium in Lisbon, Portugal. It is located in the ""Parque das Nações"", which was the exhibition grounds for the Expo '98. It is the largest indoor aquarium in Europe. The Lisbon Oceanarium’s conceptual design, architecture, and exhibit design was led by Peter Chermayeff of Peter Chermayeff LLC while at Cambridge Seven Associates. It is said to resemble an aircraft carrier, and is built on a pier in an artificial lagoon. Chermayeff is also the designer of the Osaka Oceanarium, one of the world's largest aquariums, and many other aquariums around the"