CLACTON PIER DOLPHINARIUM: 1971 - 1985
The pool complex on Clacton Pier was a former outdoor swimming pool. The main residents were the bottlenose dolphins, Bubbles and Squeak, and later young killer whales. When the dolphins and whales left the pier their continued to be displays with sea lions and fur seals and also a marine aquarium. Their continues to be a marine aquarium on the pier The SeAquarium.
The pool area is currently under redevelopment.
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The
above web site link is a very comprehensive
record with many photos of the dolphinarium that existed on the pier |
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News
coverage of the move of "Nemo" the killer whale from Clacton
Pier to Windsor Safari
Park in 1984.
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The remains of the pool complex taken in September 2010 and a view of the pool from the seafront.
The SeAquarium front entrance and main sea tank