Get a feel of yester-year with a guided tour of the medieval castle including the eerie dungeon and underground sallyport. Check out what everyday life was like in medieval times and find out more about Knaresborough through the ages. Visit Old Mother Shipton’s Cave & Petrifying Well. This is the birthplace of the 15th century prophetess Mother Shipton who is one of Knaresborough’s most famous individuals. Make a wish in the wishing well and see the everyday objects that over time have been turned to stone in the petrifying well.

Knaresborough is an historic market town and spa town in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located four miles east of Harrogate town.