Mother Shiptons Cave & Petrifying Well

Many moons ago I worked at Mother Shiptons Cave as a summer job, doing everything from giving guided tours, to cleaning the loos! In this review, I will tell you about the park, some of the history, and my opinion of it! The Park --------- In ther park there are several attractions. First (and most obviously!) is Mother Shiptons cave. This is not a deep cave, more an opening in the rock. Its not somewhere you need a lamp to see into! This is supposedly the place where mother shipton was born, and lived. Next to the cave is the wishing well. This is a natural spring, with a pool sunk into the rock. People put in their hand (and ...  Read the complete review

Mother Shiptons Cave and Petrifying Well is situated in a beautiful wooded park at Knaresborough in North Yorkshire. There is a play area for children, plenty of easy parking, cafe, gift shop and museum of Knaresborough life. The Cave and Well are about a half mile walk through the woods. (These woods are over 230 years old). Mother Shipton was born in 1488 in this cave, according to legend. She is credited with predicting the Great Fire of London, horseless carriages, and perhaps the internet (thoughts that go round the earth in the twinkling of an eye). There are lots more predictions too which are made in verse and available in a booklet ...  Read the complete review