Haunted Places in the UK & Ireland
Explore haunted hotels, pubs, castles and other places across Britain and Ireland. Search by name, location or reported activity, and find places within a chosen distance.
Houghton House
📍 MK45 2EZ
A woman’s apparition is said to stand beside a window in Houghton House’s ruined 17th-century shell. English Heritage records a local resident visiting every Friday lunchtime to look for her.
Flitwick Manor Hotel
📍 Church Road · MK45 1AE
An elderly housekeeper’s apparition is linked with the discovery of a hidden room. Other accounts describe a woman sitting at the foot of a bed and footsteps following guests along corridors.
Wrest Park
📍 Wrest Park, Silsoe · MK45 4HR
Staff locking up Wrest Park have reported soldier-like figures vanishing near the pavilion, while a ball has been heard bouncing in the mansion after visitors leave.
Bradfield College
📍 Bradfield · RG7 6AU
The site is associated with cold blasts and whispers in the theatre, shadowy cloister figures and books falling unaided in the library.
Caversham Park
📍 Caversham Park Road · RG4 6AH
The site is associated with a woman in white said to appear around the historic estate and grounds.
Eton College
📍 Eton College, Windsor · SL4 6DW
An Eton security guard reportedly heard loud footsteps and smelt cigar smoke, yet found nobody on CCTV. His daughter, paranormal investigator Elisha Krystal Goldsmith, later recounted the encounter.
Littlecote House Hotel
📍 Littlecote · RG17 0SU
Littlecote’s ghost stories centre on the Darrell family’s grim infant-murder legend. Apparitions include a midwife rocking a baby and a black dog that reportedly vanishes on the Jerusalem staircase.
The George Hotel Pangbourne
📍 The Square · RG8 7AJ
The ghost legend centres on Betty Price, a woman accused of witchcraft and said to have cursed the inn. Accounts describe a bedraggled apparition, mournful crying and knocking outside empty corridors.
Greyfriars Church, Reading
📍 Friar Street · RG1 1EH
Local accounts describe a monk-like apparition, unexplained sounds and objects moving without visible cause within the church.
Reading Gaol
📍 Forbury Road · RG1 3HY
Witnesses describe phantom inmates, moans and footsteps reported around the former prison's cells and corridors.
The Hexagon
📍 Queens Walk · RG1 7QF
Reports include a balcony shadow, backstage footsteps, an actor-like apparition and unexplained interference with theatre equipment.
The Oracle Shopping Centre
📍 Bridge Street · RG1 2AG
Staff and visitors report unexplained voices and sudden cold spots reported around parts of the modern shopping centre.
Arnos Manor Hotel
📍 470 Bath Road · BS4 3HQ
A weeping nun is said to haunt Room 160, while a man in tweed appears in the lounge. Guests and staff also report footsteps, moving objects and disturbed bedding.
Arnos Vale Cemetery
📍 Bath Road · BS4 3EW
Arnos Vale’s ghost stories describe grieving women among the graves, including a widow mourning her husband. Other visitors report sudden cold spots and fleeting figures glimpsed at the edge of their vision.
Blaise Castle
📍 Henbury Road · BS10 7QS
Accounts connected with Blaise Castle describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Bristol Old Vic
📍 King Street · BS1 4ED
Former theatre manager Sarah Macready is said to haunt backstage passages, appearing in a long dress. Staff and performers describe sudden cold air, a scent of lavender and a woman who vanishes.
Llandoger Trow
📍 3-5 King Street · BS1 4ER
A limping ghost boy known as Pierre is the best-known figure in the pub’s crowded haunting tradition. Staff and visitors also describe unexplained footsteps and apparitions inside the old King Street building.
Red Lodge Museum
📍 Park Row · BS1 5LJ
Red Lodge Museum is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
SS Great Britain
📍 Great Western Dockyard, Gas Ferry Road · BS1 6TY
Captain John Gray’s boots are reportedly heard scraping SS Great Britain’s deck. Other accounts describe a woman vanishing on the Promenade Deck and children’s voices carrying through Brunel’s restored ship.
The Hatchet Inn
📍 27 Frogmore Street · BS1 5NA
The Hatchet’s sinister folklore includes a door said to conceal human skin beneath its surface. Ghost stories surround this old drinking house, whose traditions also recall sailors, smugglers and bare-knuckle fighting.
King's Head, Aylesbury
📍 King's Head Passage, Market Square · HP20 2RW
The King’s Head in Aylesbury has accumulated a wide range of reported phenomena, from phantom nuns and a Grey Lady to objects moving and unseen hands disturbing people in bed. Staff were said to have become unsettled enough for the Ghost Club to investigate the building. The medieval coaching inn also carries stories of secret passages and royal visitors, but the strongest paranormal case comes from repeated staff and customer reports inside the historic rooms rather than famous-name folklore alone.
Royal Standard of England
📍 Brindle Lane · HP9 1XT
A spectral drummer boy, a Civil War Cavalier and Auntie Peggy are among the ghosts reported at the Royal Standard of England, one of Britain’s oldest pubs.
Hellfire Caves
Sukie, a barmaid allegedly killed after a cruel trick, is linked with screams in the Banqueting Hall. Paul Whitehead’s ghost reportedly searches the tunnels for his stolen heart.
Hughenden Manor
Benjamin Disraeli is said to appear on Hughenden’s stairs and upper floors. A visitor’s overwhelming grief beside the drawing-room fireplace was also interpreted as the former prime minister’s presence.
