St Robert's Cave
St Robert's Cave is ruins you can visit in Knaresborough. Our list has 8 more places within 5 km. A short trip away is Knaresborough Castle, 1.5 km off.
Ruins in Knaresborough
Inside Knaresborough
St Robert's Cave is inside Knaresborough’s built-up area, with 8 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.
Warm months and wet ones
The warmest stretch in Knaresborough is June to September, at 18–21°C in the afternoon.
St Robert's Cave
Ruins.
In Knaresborough, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Ruins
- Town
- in Knaresborough
Before you go
St Robert's Cave at a glance
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; St Robert's Cave is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Knaresborough’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Harrogate is the biggest of the 6 bases nearby (75,522 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Knaresborough
Goldsborough
Harrogate
Follifoot
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where St Robert's Cave is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knaresborough | It’s in town | 15,781 | 12 |
| Goldsborough | 1.7 km east of it | 476 | 8 |
| Harrogate | 2.2 km west of it | 75,522 | 14 |
| Follifoot | 3.7 km southwest of it | 645 | 10 |
| Scotton | 4.1 km northwest of it | 696 | 8 |
| Spofforth | 4.5 km south of it | 1,175 | 5 |
Also within reach
3 historic houses, 2 castles and an abbey or priory are among the 22 within 15 km.
CastleKnaresborough Castle1.5 km away2
Abbey or priory · English HeritageFountains Abbey15 km away3
AttractionOld Mother Shipton's Cave Park1.5 km away4
Castle · English HeritageSpofforth Castle5 km away5
Historic houseHarewood House12 km away6
Historic houseRipley Castle9 km away7
Garden · RHSRHS Garden Harlow Carr8.3 km away8
Historic houseGoldsborough Hall2.3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about St Robert's Cave
Where is St Robert's Cave?
St Robert's Cave is in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is St Robert's Cave?
Ruins.
When is the best time to visit St Robert's 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 St Robert's Cave?
Within 15 km: Knaresborough Castle (1.5 km), Fountains Abbey (15 km), Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park (1.5 km) and Spofforth Castle (5 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
- Spofforth Castle: TJBlackwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harewood House: Sirenuk, 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
- Goldsborough Hall: Flamewire, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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