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To celebrate the Cornish holiday, Cornwall locals can enjoy discounted entry to Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th March. All entry ticket prices will be just £7.50 for this weekend only, to anyone living in Cornwall.* Just show your proof of address to the admissions desk when purchasing your ticket. Visitors … Continued
This half term Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium will be inviting visitors to delve into the world of sharks as part of their ‘Shark Week’ event (February 11th to February 19th). As well as coming face to face with the amazing Black Tip Reef Sharks in the underwater tunnel, there will be a number of different … Continued
Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium is carrying out its annual census throughout January and it is asking visitors to get involved in its own version of a fishy stocktake! Staff at the award-winning Towan Promenade aquarium are inviting visitors to volunteer to help spot and record the number of certain species including cuckoo wrasse, piranhas and … Continued
Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium is really getting in to the ‘Fish-mas’ spirit with a series of festive fun events starting this weekend (Saturday, December 17th). Visitors to the Towan Promenade attraction will be able to take part in a Snowmen Trail where younger visitors have to spot the sub-aquatic snowmen hidden inside a number of … Continued
A colony of bizarre-looking cuttlefish has gone on display at Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium in the run up to Christmas. Eight baby common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, have been donated to the Towan Promenade attraction. Cuttlefish are close relatives of the octopus. Like their eight-tentacled cousins they can change colour and even body shape, and escape … Continued
Visitors to Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium will be able to enjoy close encounters with weird and wonderful crabs and lobsters from around the world as part of their ‘Claws Trail’ which runs until Friday, December 16th. From comical cleaner shrimps and bizarre-looking sponge crabs to giant lobsters and horseshoe crabs this exciting event offers a … Continued
Visitors to Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium had the opportunity to find out all about the conservation work being undertaken by the RSPB in Cornwall. The wildlife charity spent the day at the Towan Promenade aquarium with a stand illustrating the different conservation work and projects they are currently involved with. The visit … Continued
Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium is inviting visitors to enjoy a Deeply Creepy experience during the October Half Term Holidays (Saturday, October 22nd – Sunday, October 30th). Embark on a Halloween-themed voyage of discovery featuring awesome encounters with a cast of fishy fiends including deadly stonefish, moray eels, wolf fish, piranhas and stinging jellyfish. There’s a … Continued
A rarely seen type of crab which spends most of its time hidden in the sand has gone on display at Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium. The mysterious masked crab was hauled up in the pots of a local Newquay fisherman who said he had never seen anything like it in more than 40 years of … Continued
Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium is holding a series of special events and activities to celebrate World Octopus Day on Saturday, October 8th. This year’s event will be the 10th annual international celebration of the amazing octopus as well as other members of the cephalopod family. The aquarium has organised a programme of talks, feeding demonstrations, … Continued