No where does a rainy day quite like Yorkshire! On one such day we decided to visit The Deep in Hull (www.thedeep.co.uk), "the world's only submarium". It costs £9.50 per adult on the door, but offers are available if you buy tickets on line. The car park is a pay and display, but some of the ticket is redeemable in the gift shop. When we got there we were told that our ticket enabled us to visit again for free over the course of the next year. I wasn't entirely sure if this was just once or as many times as we liked.
It might seem churlish to describe how fish are kept, but they appear clean and the aquariums are well stocked with a great variety of fish. The stingray are amazing, as are the eels that hide in the rocks - watch out for the huge green one in the big aquarium! The bubble lift at the end is amazing too.
The Deep is completely child friendly and accessible by pushchairs and wheelchairs. There is lots to see and despite our little one's young age, he was captivated by the fish and entertained the whole way round. Best of all was just as we needed a sit down and some lunch we came across a picnic area, complete with highchairs. I think with older children The Deep would be even better as there is so much to discover and look at. We look forward to taking our little one again when he is older.
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