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.
Sun Inn, Chipping
📍 PR3 2GD
The haunting
Visitors to Sun Inn, Chipping have described strange noises, sudden cold spots and ghostly figures, with unexplained activity often reported after closing time.
Talbot Inn, Leicester
The haunting
Talbot Inn, Leicester is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Tandle Hill Tavern
The haunting
Former landlady Jane Tetlow is said to watch over the tavern, where visitors also report misty figures and feeling observed.
Ten Bells
📍 84 Commercial Street · E1 6LY
The haunting
Ghost stories linked to Ten Bells include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
The Adam and Eve
📍 Bishopgate · NR3 1RZ
The haunting
Visitors have reported apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around The Adam and Eve, Norwich, contributing to its long-standing local haunted reputation.
The Ancient Unicorn
📍 DL12 9HL
The haunting
The inn's haunting is tied to a tragic story, with a restless apparition and unexplained incidents reported around the old building.
The Bell Inn, Nottingham
📍 18 Angel Row · NG1 6HL
The haunting
Accounts connected with The Bell Inn, Nottingham describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
The Black Bull Inn, Sedbergh
📍 44 Main Street · LA10 5BL
The haunting
Richard Moody describes a two-night investigation at the Bull Hotel in Sedbergh, formerly the Black Bull Inn. His account includes a menu apparently lifting and turning, alongside staff reports of unexplained activity.
The Black Cap
📍 NW1 7JY
The haunting
Ghost stories linked to The Black Cap include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
The Blue Boar Inn, Frome
📍 Market Place · BA11 1AN
The haunting
Local accounts describe heavy atmospheres, strange shadows and the feeling of being watched, with folklore linking the inn to a restless spirit.
The Boot Inn
📍 High West Street · DT4 8JH
The haunting
Weymouth’s Boot Inn reportedly has a Victorian sailor in heavy boots and a pinstriped 1930s man. Other accounts describe overnight furniture movements and a phantom choir singing sea shanties around dawn.
The Britons Protection
📍 50 Great Bridgewater Street · M1 5LE
The haunting
Manchester’s Britons Protection is associated with spectral soldiers, unexplained footsteps and other disturbances. Local memory links the early 19th-century pub with the nearby Peterloo Massacre of 1819, although that history does not establish the ghosts’ identities.
The Brocket Arms
📍 Ayot St Lawrence · AL6 9BT
The haunting
A small, hooded monk is said to appear in the bar and bedrooms before vanishing. Guests also report heavy bangs and the sound of bare feet running along the upstairs corridor.
The Bulkeley Arms
📍 Castle Street
The haunting
Reports include period figures, unexplained doors and a recurring grey-clad woman reported in upper rooms and corridors.
The Bull Hotel, Long Melford
📍 Hall Street · CO10 9JG
The haunting
The hotel has reports of poltergeist activity, unexplained noises and ghostly presences that have attracted paranormal investigators.
The Butt Inn
📍 The Butt Inn, Station Road · RG7 4LA
The haunting
The Butt Inn has a poltergeist tradition involving beer taps turning on and doors slamming without explanation. Both the Paranormal Database and Berkshire History record the story. The pub is on Station Road in Aldermaston.
The Cardinal's Hat
📍 31 Friar Street · WR1 2NA
The haunting
Staff at Worcester’s Cardinal’s Hat report a young girl called Emily on the upper floors. Other experiences include unexplained noises, moving objects, sudden cold and the feeling of another person nearby in the historic inn.
The Coachmakers Arms
📍 9 St Stephens Road · NR1 3SP
The haunting
A highwayman-like figure and a woman in black are linked with the Coachmakers Arms in Norwich, where bottles and glasses are also said to fall from shelves or tables.
The Cricketers
📍 BN1 1ND
The haunting
A Cricketers manager reportedly saw a pale, black-cloaked man repeatedly in the 1990s. Other accounts describe falling bottles, slamming doors and stairway footsteps; Brighton’s Grey Nun has been reported outside.
The Crown at Wells
📍 Market Place · BA5 2RP
The haunting
Facing Wells Market Place, the Crown is a historic inn with rooms associated with the Bloody Assizes. Guests and staff report apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with accounts spanning its old rooms rather than identifying one named ghost.
The Cutter Inn
📍 42 Annesdale · CB7 4BN
The haunting
A female apparition at the Cutter Inn is traditionally identified as a former landlady. Patrons report an icy brush against their arms and unexplained old-fashioned perfume inside the riverside inn.
The Dun Cow Inn
The haunting
Mary Ann Cotton’s ghost reportedly haunts Durham’s Dun Cow. Tradition links the pub with execution-day gatherings and the hangman drinking there after Cotton’s 1873 execution, without identifying a particular haunted room.
The Flask, Hampstead
📍 14 Flask Walk · NW3 1HE
The haunting
The Flask, Hampstead is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
The Flask, Highgate
📍 N6 6BU
The haunting
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with The Flask, Highgate, adding to its haunted reputation.
