Attraction · Knaresborough · North Yorkshire

Mother Shiptons Cave

This is Mother Shiptons Cave, an attraction in Knaresborough. Nearby, 9 more places to visit are within 5 km. The first to add nearby is Knaresborough Castle, at 400 m.

Where

In Knaresborough

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Attraction in Knaresborough

Inside Knaresborough

Mother Shiptons Cave is inside Knaresborough’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

The warmest afternoons in Knaresborough run June to September, at 18–21°C.

Jan7° / 1°63 mm

Feb8° / 1°65 mm

Mar10° / 2°56 mm

Apr13° / 4°50 mm

May16° / 6°55 mm

Jun19° / 9°68 mm

Jul21° / 11°60 mm

Aug20° / 11°79 mm

Sep18° / 9°67 mm

Oct14° / 6°75 mm

Nov10° / 4°80 mm

Dec7° / 1°69 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Knaresborough, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Knaresborough. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Knaresborough’s full climate →

About

Mother Shiptons Cave

Attraction.

In Knaresborough, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Attraction
Town: in Knaresborough
Official site: mothershipton.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where to find Mother Shiptons Cave

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Mother Shiptons Cave is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns that count Mother Shiptons Cave

Largest of the 5 is Harrogate, home to 75,522. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Knaresborough

15,781 people · 12 places to visit

2 · 900 m southwest of it

Harrogate

75,522 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km northwest of it

Scotton

696 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km east of it

Goldsborough

476 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Mother Shiptons Cave is	People	Places to visit
Knaresborough	It’s in town	15,781	12
Harrogate	900 m southwest of it	75,522	14
Scotton	2.2 km northwest of it	696	8
Goldsborough	3.4 km east of it	476	8
Follifoot	4.3 km south of it	645	10

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Also close at hand are 2 castles, 2 historic houses and an abbey or priory, among 32 within 15 km.

CastleKnaresborough Castle400 m away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageFountains Abbey13 km away 3

AttractionOld Mother Shipton's Cave Park400 m away 4

Garden · National TrustStudley Royal Park14 km away 5

Historic houseHarewood House13 km away 6

Castle · English HeritageSpofforth Castle6.2 km away 7

CathedralRipon Cathedral14 km away 8

Historic houseRipley Castle7.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Mother Shiptons Cave: common questions

Where is Mother Shiptons Cave?

Mother Shiptons Cave is in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Mother Shiptons Cave?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit Mother Shiptons Cave?

June to September are the warmest months in Knaresborough, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Mother Shiptons Cave?

Within 15 km: Knaresborough Castle (400 m), Fountains Abbey (13 km), Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park (400 m) and Studley Royal Park (14 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Knaresborough Castle: Redvers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fountains Abbey: User:Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Studley Royal Park: silver_doctor. Iain Gilmour - www.silverexpressions.co.uk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Spofforth Castle: TJBlackwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ripon Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ripley Castle: Dposte46, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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