National Facilities

The largest centralised marine scientific equipment pool in Europe with a diverse range of instruments for sampling from sea surface to deep ocean.

The ability to explore remote and challenging areas at sea is becoming increasingly important for us to understand the complex nature of our oceans in order to predict future change.

Our science produces data. Our facilities store these data and make them available to the marine science community.

A national resource for the UK marine and earth science community.

Is the only collection consisting solely of deep-sea and open ocean invertebrates in the UK and provides vital insight into the species that live at extreme ocean depths.

Project lifecycle services from engineering design, deployment and recovery, through to data management and analysis support.

A range of laboratories, workshops and testing facilities available to the marine science community and external organisations.

We offer bespoke, tailor-made packages to cater to the requirements of your event at our unique waterside building.