Haunted Pubs in the UK & Ireland
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Ancient Ram Inn
📍 8 Potters Pond, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 7HF
The Ancient Ram Inn is a former pub now operated as a paranormal and heritage venue, with one of Britain’s most intense supernatural reputations. The Bishop’s Room is associated with a pacing cavalier,…
Coach and Horses, Mayfair
📍 5 Bruton Street, London, Greater London, W1J 6PT
The Coach and Horses in Mayfair is associated with an old story of a phantom coach approaching along Bruton Street. Witnesses were said to realise, as it drew closer, that the driver had…
Cromwell Hotel, Stevenage
📍 High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3AZ
Investigators report disembodied sighs, bells ringing in empty rooms, unexplained touches, children's laughter, cold spots and electrical disturbances.
Drovers Inn
📍 The Drovers Inn, Inverarnan, Inverarnan, Argyll and Bute, G83 7DX
Guests report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and other disturbances at the old inn, which has a long reputation for supernatural activity.
Eclipse Inn
📍 25 The Square, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9EX
The Eclipse Inn’s principal ghost is Lady Alice Lisle, who spent her final night in the building before her execution in Winchester in 1685. Tradition says she appears as a tall woman in…
Feathers Hotel, Ludlow
📍 24–25 Bull Ring, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1AA
Guests have described unexplained disturbances and frightening encounters at the historic Feathers Hotel, one of Ludlow's best-known haunted buildings.
Garrick's Head
📍 7-8 St John's Place, Saw Close, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1ET
The Garrick’s Head and neighbouring Theatre Royal share a set of interwoven ghost stories. A Grey Lady is the best-known human apparition linked with the site, while the theatre has its curious tradition…
Haycock Manor Hotel
📍 London Road, Wansford, Cambridgeshire, PE8 6JA
Shadowy human shapes and other unexplained figures have reportedly been seen around Haycock Manor Hotel and its historic rooms.
Hunters Tryst
📍 97 Oxgangs Road, Edinburgh, EH13 9NG
Hunters Tryst carries one of Edinburgh’s stranger pub legends. A plaque near the entrance claims the inn closed in 1882 after being ‘haunted by Satan’. Former manager Marilyn recalled a 1996 incident in…
King's Head, Aylesbury
📍 King's Head Passage, Market Square, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, 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…
Lion and Swan Hotel
📍 Swan Bank, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 1JR
A ghostly child and a sinister black dog are among the supernatural figures said to haunt this historic Congleton hotel.
Llandoger Trow
📍 3-5 King Street, Bristol, BS1 4ER
Llandoger Trow is associated with a remarkably crowded collection of ghost stories, with tradition claiming as many as 15 spirits. Among the best known is Pierre, a limping boy whose presence is part…
Morpeth Arms
📍 58 Millbank, Westminster, London, Greater London, SW1P 4RW
The Morpeth Arms stands above tunnels associated with the former Millbank Gaol. Its strongest haunting stories concern two prisoners: one said to have hanged himself while awaiting transportation, and another reportedly killed during…
New Lowndes Arms
📍 4 High Street, Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0NA
The New Lowndes Arms is a village pub and B&B where investigators have recorded several striking incidents. A former landlady described an ensuite door rattling violently while an inhuman scream sounded from inside,…
Old Smugglers Inn, Jersey
📍 Le Mont du Ouaisné, St Brelade, JE3 8AW
The Old Smugglers Inn is chiefly associated with one recurring figure rather than a crowd of spirits. Staff and customers have reported a stern Woman in Black moving through the old building before…
Peveril of the Peak
📍 127 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1 5JQ
The Peveril of the Peak is known for playful rather than sinister activity. Staff have described pint glasses apparently lifting from the bar and moving towards the washer, ashtrays clearing themselves and chairs…
Prospect of Whitby
📍 57 Wapping Wall, London, Greater London, E1W 3SH
The Prospect of Whitby’s hauntings draw on Wapping’s violent river history. Staff and customers have reported apparitions associated with executed criminals, while the pub’s long connection with smugglers, sailors and the nearby execution…
Royal Standard of England
📍 Brindle Lane, Forty Green, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1XT
The Royal Standard of England carries ghost stories rooted in its Civil War history. A spectral drummer boy is linked with soldiers executed at the site, and witnesses have reported the sound of…
Rummer Tavern
📍 14 Duke Street, Cardiff, CF10 1AY
The Rummer Tavern’s best-known ghost story concerns a sailor who returned from sea and discovered his wife with another man. Versions differ over whether he died by suicide, grief or violence, but the…
Star Bar, Edinburgh
📍 1 Northumberland Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6LQ
The Star Bar’s supernatural reputation centres on a human skull kept in the cellar. Its origins are unknown, although one tradition links it with an earlier burial ground said to have occupied the…
Station Hotel, Dudley
📍 Castle Hill, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 4RA
Reported spirits include a battered woman, a man called George and children, with further unexplained activity associated with Room 214.
The Britons Protection
📍 50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1 5LE
The Britons Protection has stood on Great Bridgewater Street since the early 19th century and is closely linked in local memory with the 1819 Peterloo Massacre nearby. Its ghost lore includes reports of…
The Brocket Arms
📍 Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 9BT
Anyone staying at the Brocket Arms in Welwyn, Hertfordshire should be prepared for a paranormal experience, says RICK HALE
The Bull Hotel, Long Melford
📍 Hall Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9JG
The hotel has reports of poltergeist activity, unexplained noises and ghostly presences that have attracted paranormal investigators.
The Cardinal's Hat
📍 31 Friar Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 2NA
The Cardinal’s Hat is associated with a young girl usually called Emily, who has reportedly been seen on the upper floors of the old Worcester inn. Staff have also described unexplained noises, objects…
The Crown at Wells
📍 Market Place, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2RP
The Crown at Wells is a centuries-old inn facing the Market Place and the site associated with the Bloody Assizes. Its supernatural reputation includes apparitions and unexplained disturbances reported by guests and staff…
The Hatchet Inn
📍 27 Frogmore Street, Bristol, BS1 5NA
The Hatchet Inn’s ghost lore grows out of more than four centuries of Bristol history. The pub is linked in tradition with sailors, smugglers, bare-knuckle fighting and Blackbeard, while its heavy studded door…
The Mallard
📍 507 London Road, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 9BQ
The Mallard has produced unusually detailed reports during repeated Ghostly Gatherings investigations. One team member’s hair was seen lifting into the air, while two young guests later showed fresh scratches as a Ouija…
The Old Crown, Digbeth
📍 188 High Street, Deritend, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 0LD
The Old Crown is Birmingham’s famous timber-framed survivor, and its hauntings are closely tied to the building itself. One story tells of a woman searching for a child said to have fallen into…
The Old Linacre
📍 46 Linacre Lane, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 5AL
The Old Linacre is a former Bootle pub now operating as the Linacre Bridge Community Hub. Reports from the building include footsteps in empty rooms, glasses apparently shifting without anyone touching them and…
The Olde Boars Head
📍 111 Long Street, Middleton, Greater Manchester, M24 6UE
The Olde Boars Head has traded in Middleton since the early 17th century and its ghost stories are tied to specific people and parts of the building. A child who died in a…
The Pied Bull
📍 53-57 Northgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 2HQ
Staff and guests report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and other ghostly disturbances throughout one of Chester's oldest surviving pubs.
The Spaniards Inn
📍 Spaniards Road, Hampstead, Greater London, NW3 7JJ
The Spaniards Inn mixes literary history with several long-running ghost stories. Dick Turpin is among the figures traditionally connected with the pub, and phantom horses, unexplained footsteps and apparitions have all been reported…
The Star Inn, Godalming
📍 17 Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1EL
The Star Inn has several distinct presences rather than one catch-all ghost story. An elderly male figure has reportedly appeared near the front-door bench, while a spectral customer has been seen seated beneath…
The Sun Hotel, Hitchin
📍 Sun Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1AF
Reports include a laughing woman in a green corset, unexplained scratches, sudden touches and other disturbances experienced by investigators.
The Three Swans Hotel
📍 21 High Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7NJ
A supposedly cursed portrait dominates the hotel's ghost lore, alongside reports of a Victorian woman, moving glasses and sudden cold.
Whistlebinkies
📍 4-6 South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1LL
Whistlebinkies occupies rooms connected with Edinburgh’s South Bridge vaults, and its ghost stories are tied directly to those underground spaces. Three spirits are especially associated with the venue: Mr Boots, The Watcher and…
