Spooky Pubs
Browse haunted pubs, inns, taverns and bars across Britain and Ireland, search by place or postcode, and read the ghost stories behind them.
Frenchman's Cove
📍 FY1 4LS
The haunting
Visitors have reported apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Frenchman's Cove, Blackpool, contributing to its long-standing local haunted reputation.
Garrick's Head
📍 7-8 St John's Place, Saw Close · BA1 1ET
The haunting
Bath’s Garrick’s Head shares ghost traditions with the neighbouring Theatre Royal, including a Grey Lady. The theatre also has a Christmas butterfly tradition; accounts move between the connected buildings, with many locating activity in the pub.
Garrick Inn
📍 25 High Street · CV37 6AU
The haunting
Ghost stories linked to Garrick Inn include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
George Inn, Norton St Philip
📍 BA2 7LH
The haunting
Accounts connected with George Inn, Norton St Philip describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Giffard Arms
The haunting
Ghost stories linked to Giffard Arms include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Golden Ball Inn
📍 Lancaster Road · LA3 3ER
The haunting
Local accounts describe ghostly sailors, unseen hands tugging clothes, after-hours voices and cold draughts around the old riverside inn.
Golden Ball Snatchems Inn
📍 LA3 3ER
The haunting
Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps, moving objects and fleeting apparitions at Golden Ball Snatchems Inn, adding to the building's long-standing haunted reputation.
Golden Fleece, York
📍 YO1 9UP
The haunting
Visitors have reported apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Golden Fleece, York, contributing to its long-standing local haunted reputation.
Grosvenor Arms
📍 High Street · SP7 8JA
The haunting
The Grosvenor reportedly has a cellar monk and a corridor Grey Lady, traditionally a nun fleeing the Dissolution. Guests attribute bedclothes pulled away overnight to a mischievous little girl.
Guy Fawkes Inn
📍 25 High Petergate · YO1 7HP
The haunting
Tradition links reported activity at the inn to Guy Fawkes and to two children said to have died of cholera.
Hare and Hounds
📍 Downend Road · PO30 2NU
The haunting
Reports include an axe-wielding ghost identified in local tradition as Michael Morey reportedly associated with the old pub.
Haycock Manor Hotel
📍 London Road · PE8 6JA
The haunting
Haycock guests report sobbing and pleas for mercy from a room traditionally associated with Mary, Queen of Scots. Other accounts describe a regal apparition, shadows and bedclothes pulled away.
Hole in the Wall, York
📍 10 High Petergate · YO1 7EH
The haunting
The High Petergate pub has long-running phantom-footstep folklore connected with underground spaces near Bootham Bar.
Hoop and Toy
📍 34 Thurloe Place · SW7 2HQ
The haunting
Ghost stories linked to Hoop and Toy include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Hunters Tryst
📍 97 Oxgangs Road · EH13 9NG
The haunting
A plaque at Edinburgh’s Hunters Tryst claims the inn closed in 1882 after being “haunted by Satan”. Former manager Marilyn reported lights switching on and off in the locked, empty pub in 1996; later staff describe further incidents.
Jamaica Inn
📍 Bolventor · PL15 7TS
The haunting
Local accounts describe phantom footsteps, whispering voices and a mysterious woman in white around the famous Bodmin Moor inn.
John Kavanagh's Gravediggers Pub
📍 1 Prospect Square, Glasnevin · D09 CF72
The haunting
Reports include an old man in a tweed suit reportedly sitting at the bar drinking before fading from view.
John Snow Pub
The haunting
John Snow Pub is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Jolly Sailor Inn
📍 Princes Square · PL13 2EP
The haunting
Local accounts describe an unseen elderly cough, a bedside woman, self-running taps, moving objects and a playful child-like spirit.
King's Head, Aylesbury
📍 King's Head Passage, Market Square · HP20 2RW
The haunting
Aylesbury’s King’s Head has reports of phantom nuns, a Grey Lady, moving objects and unseen hands disturbing sleepers. Staff concerns reportedly prompted a Ghost Club investigation, adding to the medieval coaching inn’s longstanding ghost traditions.
King's Head, Guildford
📍 27 King's Road · GU1 4JW
The haunting
Reports include an old woman, a Victorian skipping girl, voices calling names and unexplained electrical activity around the pub.
King William IV
📍 77 Hampstead High Street · NW3 1RE
The haunting
The pub is said to have two apparitions: a young girl seen staring through the windows from outside, and the ghost of a doctor's murdered wife inside.
Kirkstone Pass Inn
📍 Kirkstone Pass · LA22 9LQ
The haunting
Ruth Ray’s ghost is said to search for her child after dying in a snowstorm. Other inn stories describe a phantom boy, a screaming Grey Lady and glasses pushed from tables.
Kyteler's Inn
📍 St Kieran's Street · R95 RP40
The haunting
Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps, moving objects and fleeting apparitions at Kyteler's Inn, adding to the building's long-standing haunted reputation.
