Roadside oddity
Mother Shipton's Cave and the Petrifying Well
Knaresborough, Yorkshire
England's oldest tourist attraction, a dripping rock where objects turn to stone.
- Price
- Admission charged
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Mother Shipton's Cave is a riverside park and cave in Knaresborough, associated with a 16th-century prophetess. The nearby Petrifying Well coats objects in minerals so they appear to turn to stone. The walk beneath the viaduct is lovely.
Good to know
- Walk the woodland trail
- Look back at the viaduct view
- Combine with the town castle
- Best time
- Mid-morning
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Signed from Knaresborough; car park
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Toilets
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