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.
Lamb & Lion Inn
📍 2–4 High Petergate · YO1 7EH
The haunting
Reported activity includes a child crying upstairs when no child was present and doors closing unaided.
Light Horseman
📍 124 Fulford Road · YO10 4BE
The haunting
A York ghost-walk operator lists the Light Horseman among haunted properties open to the public, with a male stairway apparition tradition.
Lion and Swan Hotel
📍 Swan Bank · CW12 1JR
The haunting
Lion and Swan staff describe a crying child in the cellar and a clog-wearing woman by the fireplace. Room 20 is associated with scratching, banging and a growling black hound.
Llandoger Trow
📍 3-5 King Street · BS1 4ER
The haunting
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.
London Apprentice
📍 62 Church Street · TW7 6BG
The haunting
Accounts connected with London Apprentice describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Lord Eldon
📍 27 Tatton Street
The haunting
Annie Sarah Pollitt, Knutsford’s first May Queen and former landlady, reportedly appears in the Lord Eldon’s lower rooms. One landlady described her crossing the bar into the tap room.
Lower Bell
📍 ME20 7EF
The haunting
Accounts connected with Lower Bell describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Lower Buck Inn
📍 Edisford Road · BB7 3HU
The haunting
Staff and visitors report the presence of former landlord William Southworth, unexplained scratching and bangs and ghostly figures in photographs.
Marlborough Head
The haunting
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Marlborough Head, adding to its haunted reputation.
McCarthy's Pub
📍 Main Street
The haunting
Visitors to McCarthy's Pub Fethard have described strange noises, sudden cold spots and ghostly figures, with unexplained activity often reported after closing time.
Molesworth Arms
📍 38 Molesworth Street · PL27 7DP
The haunting
At midnight on New Year’s Eve, a phantom coach is said to enter the inn’s courtyard. Four spectral horses draw it, with a headless coachman driving before the apparition disappears.
Morpeth Arms
📍 58 Millbank, Westminster · SW1P 4RW
The haunting
Beneath the Morpeth Arms, tunnels associated with Millbank Gaol carry stories of two prisoners who died. Visitors to the basement report sudden panic, a sense of being pushed or crowded, and an unexplained hostile presence.
Nag's Head
📍 SY1 1XB
The haunting
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Nag's Head, Shrewsbury, adding to its haunted reputation.
New Inn
📍 GL1 1SF
The haunting
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with New Inn, Gloucester, adding to its haunted reputation.
New Lowndes Arms
📍 4 High Street · MK17 0NA
The haunting
At the New Lowndes Arms, a former landlady reported a violently rattling ensuite door and an unexplained scream. Investigators also describe tapping, responsive cat-ball activity and a protection necklace breaking during investigations at the village pub and B&B.
O'Neill's
📍 27-29 East Street · BR1 1QE
The haunting
Reports include a spectral soldier-like figure reportedly seen inside the pub, with the activity reported around the location over many years.
Old Black Lion
The haunting
Old Black Lion, Northampton is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Old Bull and Bush
📍 North End Way · NW3 7HE
The haunting
Accounts connected with Old Bull and Bush describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Old Church House Inn
📍 Torbryan · TQ12 5UR
The haunting
A hooded monk reportedly haunts the bar, while bedroom accounts describe a floating arm and a man leaning over a sleeping child. Other stories concern faces appearing in the old wooden panelling.
Old Hall Hotel, Sandbach
📍 High Street · CW11 1AL
The haunting
Sir John Radclyffe reportedly appears in Sandbach Old Hall’s downstairs restaurant. Room 11 has accounts of bathers pushed underwater and guests waking around 3am convinced their bed or room is burning.
Old Punch Bowl
📍 101 High Street · RH10 1DD
The haunting
Witnesses describe a disembodied male voice reportedly calling to staff inside the historic building, with the activity reported around the location over many years.
Old Queen's Head
📍 44 Essex Road · N1 8LN
The haunting
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Old Queen's Head, Islington, adding to its haunted reputation.
Old Silent Inn
📍 Hob Lane · BD22 0HW
The haunting
Ghostly figures, unexplained sounds and other strange incidents are reported at the isolated inn on the moors near Haworth.
Old Smugglers Inn
📍 Le Mont du Ouaisné · JE3 8AW
The haunting
Jersey’s Old Smugglers Inn is associated with a stern Woman in Black, reportedly seen moving through the building before vanishing. Staff and customers also describe hard-soled footsteps on the staircase when nobody is visible.
