VISIT US – St Andrews Aquarium

START YOUR ANIMAL ADVENTURES HERE... PENGUINS & PIRHANAS SHARKS & SEALS MISCHIEVOUS MEERKATS PLUS LOTS & LOTS OF FISH ...STEP IN TO DISCOVER MORE

Opening Times

St Andrews Aquarium is open 7 Days per week: 10am- 5pm (Last admission 4pm)

Our Cafe & Coffee Shop is currently closed as we make improvements

Closed: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day

Closed: New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

Please note: Last entry into St Andrews Aquarium is ONE hour before closing time.

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WHEELCHAIR ACCESS: As a Victorian building on the cliff edge our building is not accessible to all, please contact our reception team to discuss your requirements – for more information see Accessibility Information below.

Animal Talks & Feeding Times

Talks are delivered daily by Aquarium team members and include:

11.20am: Reptile Handling

12.00pm: Seal Feeding & Poolside Talk

12.20pm: Meerkat Talk

2.00pm Penguin Feeding and Talk

2.20pm: Reptile Handling

3.00pm Seal Feeding & Poolside Talk

3.20pm: Meerkat Talk

Parking

The nearest car park is located 100 yards away from our front door. Bruce Embankment car park is operated by Fife Council, has over 150 spaces available with seasonal charges between 1st April and 30th September. If using Sat Nav to locate the car park please enter KY16 9AB.

Other car parks are available slightly further away and during peak season, these can be busy.

Accessibility Information

Currently there is no wheelchair access available due to ongoing construction work on the building which is temporarily blocking the wheelchair ramp access to the building.

We apologise for this inconvenience and will update this page as soon as wheelchair access is safely restored.

Assistance Dogs

Unfortunately, in the interests of animal welfare, we are unable to allow assistance dogs near the animal displays in the Aquarium. The layouts of our enclosures are such that the animals are in places very close to public areas. This means that assistance dogs, even though very well behaved, can cause considerable stress to our animals.

Registered assistance dogs are very welcome in our public reception, Café and gift shop areas as well as the public toilets (please be aware that the café, gift shop and toilets are all accessed by stairs).

Please be aware that this is not a decision that has been taken lightly, but it is something that we are duty bound to enforce. Unfortunately, we don’t have a kennel facility on site at the moment.

Steprock Cafe

Our cafe is currently closed whilst we make some improvements

With some of the best views in St Andrews overlooking the West Sands and Steprock Beach, its easy to see why our light and airy cafe is the perfect place to relax.

Steprock Cafe is available for private hire & birthday parties.

Steprock Events at St. Andrews Aquarium offers a completely unique venue that will create a lasting effect with your guests. We have hosted many different types of events over the years including business mixers, corporate hospitality and student parties so why not get in touch to see what we can offer.

Gift Shop

Situated next to the main entrance, our marine themed gift shop is the perfect place to start and end your day at the Aquarium.

There’s an exciting range of educational products and gifts on sale to remember your visit by.

So whether it’s a cuddly meerkats, perfect penguins or fabulous fish you’re looking for, we’ve got it covered.

School Trips

St Andrews Aquarium offers a unique and exciting learning opportunity for students of all ages and abilities while integrating conservation into the national curriculum in a fun and engaging manner.

Coming face to face with some of the most beautiful, fascinating and dangerous creatures from the watery Worlds, students will be transported into a World of adventure. From native sharks to seahorses, lobsters to lionfish, poison dart frogs to piranhas…… and not to forget our loveable seals and family of meerkats. We guarantee you a day not to forget.

Please get in touch to discuss prices, packages and options for your trip.