The Deep

The Deep

It is one of the most spectacular aquariums in the world, is located in Hull, East Yorkshire and is home to magnificent sharks, turtles, penguins and the UK's only Green sawfish. The dramatic building, which overlooks the Humber estuary, was designed by world class architects, Sir Terry Farrell and Partners in, what was then, one of the most deprived and unfashionable cities in England. The Deep is now the most commercially successful Millennium Project.

In its first year The Deep welcomed over 850,000 visitors, making Hull’s new aquarium busier than London Zoo. This early success financed a £5 million extension in 2005, which included additional exhibition space, retail, catering and education areas.

As part of the regeneration of Hull The Deep has become an internationally recognised landmark and has even featured on a Royal Mail stamp! The building exploits the landscape on which it is built and was inspired by natural geological land formations. Gleaming glass and aluminium thrust into the dramatic landscape on the confluence of the Humber estuary and the River Hull marking the historic entry to Kingston upon Hull with a brand new future.

It has won many accolades including:

• Gold Award for Accessible and Inclusive Tourism category 2019 (White Rose Awards)

• Finalist in the Visit England Awards for Excellence, Inclusive Tourism category 2017

• Winner of Large Visitor Attraction of the Year 2014 (White Rose Awards)

• Trip Advisor Travellers' Choice Awards in 2014 and 2015

• Finalist in the Hull Daily Mail Business Awards 2016 for the Customer Focus Awards (Business Centre)

• Gold award for the Enjoy England Access for All Tourism Award 2011 

• Mumsnet

    voted us number one UK aquarium in their Best Awards 2011

• Silver award for Large Visitor Attraction of the Year 2009 (White Rose Awards)

• Gold award for Green Tourism Business Scheme 2008

• Gold award in Sustainable Tourism in Yorkshire 2008 (White Rose Awards)