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The Tower Restaurant and the Grotto Castle Aquazoo

Photograph of the Tower nearing completion

By John Layton

The Tower was originally designed as a viewing platform so that people could get good views of the seafront, and also had a restaurant at its top, offering dining with a spectacular view.

It still stands as a landmark on the seafront, and the building beneath it is now the Atlantis Complex.

The buiding in front of the Tower was originally Great Yarmouth lifeboat station until 1919. It was used for lots of different things until becoming the Grotto Castle Aquazoo, which held many tanks of exotic fish, which were much deeper than appeared from the walkway, and the fish appeared misshapen because of the optical illusion.

The Grotto Castle has now given way to the 'Mission' bar.

Photograph of the Tower nearing completion

This page was added by John Layton on 05/03/2007.

Comments about this page

I went up the tower when it opened. It had fine views of the Marina and the open air swimming pool. I remember the Aquazoo and then when it became the horror waxworks. It had a moving walkway which could be viewed from the street and as girls walked over it, air blew upwards, blowing their skirts in the air!!!!!!! Later it became the ghostbuster building, still with the walkway but minus the air!!

By Nigel Hubbard
On 30/09/2008

Does anyone know off or have photos of the ghostbusters building when it was there? I remember going in there ages ago but wondered if anyone can send me photos of the building as the ghostbusters building.. cheers..

By tony
On 28/07/2010