Attraction · near Knaresborough · North Yorkshire

Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park

You reach Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park, an attraction, by heading 100 m southwest of Knaresborough. Our list has 31 more places within 15 km; first among them is Knaresborough Castle, at 200 m. Articles on it exist in 7 languages.

Photo: Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park, Simon Cobb (CC0)

Where

100 m

southwest of Knaresborough

How well known

Top 13%

#1,081 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Attraction near Knaresborough

Just outside Knaresborough

Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park is 100 m southwest of Knaresborough. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Seasons in Knaresborough

The warmest stretch in Knaresborough is June to September, at 18–21°C in the afternoon.

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

Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park

Cave in United Kingdom.

Type: Attraction
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: 100 m southwest of Knaresborough
Official site: mothershipton.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where it sits

Find Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park

In size, Harrogate comes first of the 8, with 75,522 people. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · 100 m northeast of it

Knaresborough

15,781 people · 12 places to visit

2 · 1 km west of it

Harrogate

75,522 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km northwest of it

Scotton

696 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 3.2 km east of it

Goldsborough

476 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park is	People	Places to visit
Knaresborough	100 m northeast of it	15,781	12
Harrogate	1 km west of it	75,522	14
Scotton	2.6 km northwest of it	696	8
Goldsborough	3.2 km east of it	476	8
Follifoot	4 km south of it	645	10
Spofforth	6 km south of it	1,175	5
Killinghall	6.3 km west of it	1,476	4
Burton Leonard	7.3 km north of it	694	3

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Within 15 km are 31 places, among them 2 castles, 2 gardens and 2 historic houses.

CastleKnaresborough Castle200 m away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageFountains Abbey14 km away 3

Garden · National TrustStudley Royal Park14 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageSpofforth Castle5.8 km away 5

Historic houseHarewood House13 km away 6

CathedralRipon Cathedral15 km away 7

Historic houseRipley Castle7.5 km away 8

Garden · RHSRHS Garden Harlow Carr7.2 km away

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

Questions people have about Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park

Where is Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park?

Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park is 100 m southwest of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.

What is Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park?

Cave in United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park?

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 Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park?

Within 15 km: Knaresborough Castle (200 m), Fountains Abbey (14 km), Studley Royal Park (14 km) and Spofforth Castle (5.8 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 (9)

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

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