Scarborough SEA LIFE

We found it very difficult to get around Sea Life Scarborough with our son. He is in a pushchair style wheelchair and he seemed to be too wide for many of the spaces. It says on the website that they recommend not bringing pushchairs for young children however there were loads of people with pushchairs , some had their babies in carriers so were pushing empty buggies. It made it harder for us to navigate round. The tunnel was a real low point as you went through and then had to turn round and go back if your were in a chair. It took us 3 attempts to try and get through as we kept meeting buggies and the tunnel was too narrow to get past them. Sea Life Blackpool had a buggy park and encouraged people not to take them in. Perhaps this would be a good addition.

I'm an adult in a large powered wheelchair. The centre is wheelchair accessible but not especially easily so. Lots of double doors that aren't electric so must be pushed and held open. Many routes you must go back through to get the wheeled route, but they're not well signposted and sometimes have "do not enter" or "fire exit" on them but are definitely the wheelchair route. The shark tunnel is honestly not worth the stress as it's narrow and you have to turn round and go back to get out. You can see the same fish from the dome by the rock pool bit. The lift to the top is a press and hold type and small so be patient. The loo downstairs has a big table for changing but no changing spaces stuff

Staff at Scarborough SeaLife were friendly and very co-operative considering it was a very busy day. There are a lot of creatures to see and lots of other events, talks and activities going on round the sanctuary.