BeardedReality: Inside the abandoned SeaLife Centre

An urban explorer has filmed inside the UK’s first ever SeaLife centre – which has been abandoned for six years.

Daniel Sims, 35, known on YouTube as BeardedReality, travelled to Scotland and heard about Barcaldine SeaLife centre on the shores of Loch Creran in Oban.

The sanctuary was the first SeaLife centre in the country opening its doors in 1979 – but closed in October 2018 after visitor numbers plummeted.

Now, the site lies abandoned – with tanks and enclosures still in place, and cleaning chemicals and animal food left to gather dust.