Mother Shipton’s Cave
Mother Shipton's Cave is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near the River Nidd. Nearby is a petrifying well, also known as a dropping well. The latter is the oldest tourist attraction to charge a fee in England, and has been operated since 1630.
- Forest
- …is also known as “Old Mother Shipton’s Cave Park”
- Description: cave in United Kingdom
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knaresborough Castle and Starbeck railway station.
Starbeck railway station
Starbeck is a railway station on the Harrogate Line…
Knaresborough railway station
Knaresborough railway station is a Grade II listed…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harrogate and Bilton.
Farnham
Farnham is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.
Mother Shipton’s Cave
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Latitude
54.0059° or 54° 0′ 21″ north
Longitude
-1.4713° or 1° 28′ 17″ west
Open location code
9C6W2G4H+9F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Mother Shipton’s Cave” goes by many names.
Grot van Mother ShiptonDutch
كهف الام شيبتونEgyptian Arabic
Kogon mahaifiyar ShiptonHausa
मधर शिप्तोन गुफाHindi
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