Blue Planet Aquarium
Sharks over a moving walkway tunnel, all under cover. A dependable answer to a washout forecast that still feels like a proper day out.
Blue Planet Aquarium annual pass
Indoors, which is the whole argument for it. Worth it only if you are genuinely local to Ellesmere Port and will go several times, because a single site at £281 for a family of four needs a lot of visits.
1 place on kidzdaysacross 1 countyprices checked 2 August 2026
What it costs
| Option | A year | A month |
|---|---|---|
| Family of 4 | £281.40 | — |
| Family of 3 | £210.30 | — |
| Adult | £86.10 | — |
| Junior | £62.10 | — |
Two adults and two children: £281.40 a year. Family of 4 annual pass.
Checked 2 August 2026. Nearly all of these go up in the spring, so if you are reading this much later, treat the figures as the shape of the thing rather than the price.
What it gets you into up here
One place on kidzdays, and this is it.
Also covers: Nothing else.
The catch
Compare honestly against Chester Zoo, which is twenty minutes away and covers a much longer day.
Would it actually pay for itself?
We are not going to pretend to know. It turns entirely on how often you would really go, and the honest answer for most families is fewer times than they imagine in the shop. Count the trips you genuinely made last year, not the ones you meant to.
Worth saying plainly: more than half the days out on this site cost nothing at all, and no annual pass beats free. Have a look at those first.