Did you hear that Harrogate was named happiest place in Britain again? Well just down the road from Harrogate you will find is a beautiful medieval town called Knaresborough.Mother Shipton's Cave is one of Yorkshire's top family attractions and is located in Knaresborough. For those of you that don't know Mother Shipton's story... she is England's most famous prophetess. She foretold the fates of several rulers within and just after her lifetime, as well as the invention of iron ships, the Great Fire of London in 1666, the defeat of the Spanish Armada... and even the end of the world.
In terms of an attraction it has the UK's only Petrifying Well, a unique geological phenomenon that turns everyday items into stone.
The Cave and Well lie at the heart of the Mother Shipton Estate, a mile long remanant of the Ancient Forest of Knaresborough. Riverside walks with spectacular views of old Knaresborough, scenic picnic areas, two adventure play areas for the children, museum, tea rooms, gift areas and children's trail quiz with chocolate prize.
You can read all about the attraction on their website: mothershipton.co.uk or watch Warwick Davis visit the attraction on Weekend Escapes...
Should the cave sound like something you would be interested in visiting this year why not enter the following competition to be in with a chance on winning a free family-pass and free parking!
To enter, simply follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter below for a variety of ways to enter....
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Terms & Conditions
- The winner will be selected at random through Rafflecopter and contact within five working days of the closing date
- UK entrants only
- The prize-giver is "Mother Shipton's Cave"
- There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.
- Route to entry for the competition and details of how to enter are available through Rafflecopter Closing date for entry will be 14/08/2017 at 12:00am. After this date the no further entries to the competition will be permitted.
- No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason. The promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control.
- Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter.
To keep update with the Mother Shopton why not follow her on Twitter:
Who's spotted our newest addition to the well? Pride of place is our @YorkshireTea teapot in honour of #YorkshireDay pic.twitter.com/kXrUQbB9eS
— Mothershipton (@Mothershiptons) August 4, 2015
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28 comments:
I've been to Mother Shipton's cave last year and I wished for a home even though it was quite hard to buy one considering our circumstances at that time (been in UK for less than 3 years at that time). After a few months our credit was approved and we bought our home. I'm not superstitious, but it's a lovely story :)
Knaresborough is a lovely town, I've been to the bed race a few months ago and I loved it. I was able to visit the castle too. There are a lot of wonderful places in Yorkshire.
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My granddaughter who is only 3 was fascinated by Mother Shipton when we went and we would love to go again
Harrogate is a lovely town
I love Ribblehead viaduct and the nearby waterfalls walk.
Sheep day in Skipton is good.
I love York Minster
Bronte Parsonage Museum,Haworth
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
We love Eureka! | The National Children's Museum
I love Lightwater valley
Love Jorvick Viking Centre, as went there on a school trip.
I love Haworth and anything Bronte related. Also adore the Yorkshire Dales, such a beautiful part of the country
It was opened in 1630
york maze
We love the Royal Armouries for a free day out :)
I love Flamingoland.
York dungeons and the castle.
The deep is fabulous as are all of Hull's museums and galleries.
The North York moors
A great place to visit went when I was a child, visited with my children and now with grandchildren. We Knaresborough after Mother shipton cave a walk around the lovely town.
We love going to Flamingo Land
Mother Shipton's Cave was was opened in 1630. Haven't been since I was a child. Would love to take my son.
Our family love Stockeld Park and Eureka.
1630
The historic walls of York!
Eureka! :) x
Harewood house is one of many
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