Welcome to England’s oldest visitor attraction!

Over the last 380 years, millions of visitors from all over the world have been mesmerised by the park’s petrifying well and enthralled by Mother Shipton’s mystical birthplace and story.

Mother Shipton’s cave offers schools the chance to experience the geological phenomenon of the Petrifying Well which turns objects to stone, as well as to learn about Mother Shipton; England’s most famous prophetess. Mother Shipton’s cave has a great deal of scope with regards to the subjects contained in the National Curriculum. We now offer a comprehensive range of actives that link to all subjects and to specific objectives of the Curriculum.