London Aquarium - Facts and Figures

Situated in County Hall on the south bank of the Thames is the London Aquarium - one of Europe's largest and most spectacular displays of aquatic life. The London Aquarium aims to promote knowledge of the world's aquatic environments through a series of displays based on the oceans of the world - the huge Pacific Ocean exhibit contains a collection of sharks and stingrays in over one million litres of water.

• has been opened on March, 31st 1997
• receives about 1 million visitors a year.
• holds 2.5 million litres
• approximately 50 different displays
• approximately 300 different varieties of fish
• approximately 3000 different forms of marine life
• 30 full time employees
• 10 Part time workers
• a team of Volunteers