Mother Shipton's Cave
History
St Robert’s Cave: The Knaresborough Murder That Waited 13 Years
A shoemaker vanished from Knaresborough in 1745. Nobody found him for thirteen years, and when they finally did, he was in a hermit's cave.
St Robert's Cave sits cut into the limestone cliffs above the...
History
Mother Shipton’s Cave, Knaresborough: England’s Oldest Tourist Attraction
A well beside the River Nidd has been turning ordinary objects to stone since long before photography existed to prove it. Mother Shipton's Cave and its Petrifying Well have been charging visitors an entry...
Travel
Secret Yorkshire Caves and Underground Wonders
Seven places to go beneath the surface, from Britain's largest cavern to a cave that has been turning objects to stone since 1630
Yorkshire dazzles above ground with iconic landscapes: the Three Peaks, the Dales,...
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