Oceanarium
Oceanarium is an aquarium in Bournemouth. Add any of 9 more places within 5 km to a visit. Top of the list nearby is Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, 500 m away.
Aquarium in Bournemouth
Inside Bournemouth
Oceanarium is inside Bournemouth’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The year in Bournemouth
In Bournemouth the warm season is May to September, with highs of 17–22°C.
Oceanarium
Aquarium.
In Bournemouth, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Aquarium
- Town
- in Bournemouth
- Official site
- oceanarium.co.uk
The area around Oceanarium
Orange: Oceanarium.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Bournemouth’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around Oceanarium
Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Bournemouth
Poole
Compare the 2 towns
| Town | Where Oceanarium is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | It’s in town | 196,453 | 25 |
| Poole | 1.8 km west of it | 141,009 | 28 |
While you are near Oceanarium
The 49 places within 15 km include 3 castles, 2 museums and 2 gardens.
MuseumRussell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum500 m away2
CastleBrownsea Castle6.5 km away3
Castle · English HeritageChristchurch Castle7.4 km away4
GardenCompton Acres3.6 km away5GardenGardenBournemouth Gardens1.7 km away6
MuseumBournemouth Aviation Museum7.1 km away7
Heritage railwaySwanage Railway14 km away8
CastleHighcliffe Castle12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Oceanarium
Where is Oceanarium?
Oceanarium is in Bournemouth, Dorset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Oceanarium?
Aquarium.
When is the best time to visit Oceanarium?
May to September are the warmest months in Bournemouth, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Oceanarium?
Within 15 km: Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum (500 m), Brownsea Castle (6.5 km), Christchurch Castle (7.4 km) and Compton Acres (3.6 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Oceanarium: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum: User:LordHarris, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Brownsea Castle: Iain A. Wanless, https://www.flickr.com/photos/reemul/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christchurch Castle: Ulli1105, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Compton Acres: Derbrauni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bournemouth Aviation Museum: Nimbus227, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Swanage Railway: LordHarris at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Highcliffe Castle: Dave Pape, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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