Kelly Tarlton’s Sea Life Aquarium

The whole route is indoors, so rain does not change the plan. A cafe with seating sits on the way round, accessible toilets are at the entrance, at the exit and beside the cafe, and bench seating turns up at intervals — without backs or armrests, which matters if someone in the group needs proper support. The trade-off is the atmosphere: lighting and music shift level from gallery to gallery, and weekends and school holiday peaks can mean a queue at the door, so a midweek afternoon outside the holidays is the calmer choice with young children.