What is recorded here
Beech Avenue, Mother Shipton's Cave, Knaresborough is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Beech Avenue, Mother Shipton's Cave, Knaresborough is a limestone cave formed through natural dissolution processes typical of the Carboniferous Limestone in the Yorkshire Dales region. The cave is associated with local folklore surrounding Mother Shipton, a 16th-century figure known for her prophecies, and has been a site of public interest and historical storytelling.
The picture record does not grant public access. Use signed public paths and do not enter private land without permission.
Places near here
Petrifying Well SpringSpring · 108 yd
Overhanging cliff on the bank of the Nidd near Mother Shipton's CaveCave or cavern · 109 yd
Knaresborough, Mother Shipton Trail: Effigy of Mother Shipton in the cave where she was born in 1488Cave or cavern · 128 yd
Knaresborough, Mother Shipton Trail: The Wishing WellOld or holy well · 128 yd
Petrifying wellWaterfall · 145 yd
Mother Shipton InnListed building · 201 yd
Low Bridge Over River NiddListed building · 229 yd
Knaresborough War MemorialMemorial · 520 yd
Tudor Courthouse MuseumMuseum · 525 yd
Knaresborough CastleScheduled monument · 543 yd
Old Flax Mill plaqueMemorial · 615 yd
Statue of John Metcalf, Market Place, KnaresboroughMonument or public art · 695 ydOther information
Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0