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.
The Queen's Oak
📍 The Queen's Oak, Church Lane · RG40 4LS
The haunting
The Queen’s Oak is associated with a woman said to sit at the same place beside the bar. In a 2017 newspaper interview, a landlady also described seeing a face behind the bar and hearing unexplained sounds. The Church Lane pub remains open to customers.
The Ragged Cot
📍 Cirencester Road · GL6 8PE
The haunting
The inn’s haunting is linked with the legend of landlord Bill Clavers and his family’s fatal fall downstairs. Accounts describe apparitions in the corridors and sounds of a struggle near the staircase.
The Railway Tavern
The haunting
The Railway Tavern, Chelmsford is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
The Red Lion, Southampton
📍 SO14 2NS
The haunting
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with The Red Lion, Southampton, adding to its haunted reputation.
The Royal Oak, Swanage
The haunting
Royal Oak accounts describe footsteps above the empty bar, unseen touches and hay-like smells recalling former stables. Net curtains reportedly lift unaided, while a seated woman vanishes when noticed.
The Salutation Inn
📍 77A Maid Marian Way, Houndsgate · NG1 7AA
The haunting
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with The Salutation Inn, adding to its haunted reputation.
The Saracen Head
📍 209 Gallowgate · G1 5DX
The haunting
Visitors to The Saracen Head Glasgow have described strange noises, sudden cold spots and ghostly figures, with unexplained activity often reported after closing time.
The Sheep Heid Inn
📍 The Sheep Heid Inn, 43–47 The Causeway, Duddingston · EH15 3QA
The haunting
Edinburgh’s Sheep Heid Inn has traditions of a male figure called the Major and a young girl near the bowling alley. A separate investigation reportedly filmed lights responding to questions; the footage and the Major’s identity remain unverified.
The Spaniards Inn
📍 Spaniards Road · NW3 7JJ
The haunting
Hampstead’s Spaniards Inn has traditions involving Dick Turpin, phantom horses and two Spanish brothers whose jealousy supposedly ended violently. Visitors report footsteps and apparitions around the pub, alongside its separate literary associations with Dickens, Keats and Dracula.
The Spice Ship
📍 240 Preston Road · DT3 6BJ
The haunting
The Spice Ship blames a Portuguese sailor for midnight noises, activating beer taps and pulling a landlord from bed. Folklore says his body was brought here for an inquest.
The Star Inn, Godalming
📍 17 Church Street · GU7 1EL
The haunting
At Godalming’s Star Inn, witnesses describe an elderly man by the front-door bench and a spectral customer beneath the snug mirror. Staff also report a female presence in the toilets and children running through former upstairs accommodation.
The Star Inn, Wroxall
The haunting
Local accounts describe a glass reportedly knocked or toppled by an unseen presence inside the village inn.
The Sun Hotel, Hitchin
📍 Sun Street · SG5 1AF
The haunting
Reports include a laughing woman in a green corset, unexplained scratches, sudden touches and other disturbances experienced by investigators.
The Swan Inn
📍 Broughton Road, Milton Keynes Village · MK10 9AH
The haunting
Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps, moving objects and fleeting apparitions at The Swan Inn, Milton Keynes, adding to the building's long-standing haunted reputation.
The Thomas Wolsey
📍 9-13 St Peter's Street · IP1 1XF
The haunting
Staff and patrons at the Thomas Wolsey in Ipswich have reported an unseen touch, a bar fitting rolling down the stairs, a young boy in the courtyard and a seated man in an upstairs room.
The Three Swans Hotel
📍 21 High Street · LE16 7NJ
The haunting
A supposedly cursed portrait dominates the hotel's ghost lore, alongside reports of a Victorian woman, moving glasses and sudden cold.
The Volunteer
📍 245-247 Baker Street · NW1 6XE
The haunting
Accounts connected with The Volunteer, Baker Street describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
The World's End
📍 174 Camden High Street · NW1 0NE
The haunting
Accounts connected with The World's End, Camden describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Thomas A Becket
📍 Old Kent Road
The haunting
Accounts connected with Thomas A Becket, Old Kent Road describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Three Tuns
📍 12 Coppergate · YO1 9NR
The haunting
The Three Tuns has a reported resident elderly male apparition and additional poltergeist-style stories.
Tickled Trout
The haunting
Accounts connected with Tickled Trout, West Farleigh describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Trevor Arms
📍 1 Marford Hill · LL12 8TA
The haunting
Reports include a Cavalier, a young girl, a fireside woman and a hostile Victorian farrier reported around the old inn.
Viaduct Tavern
📍 126 Newgate Street · EC1A 7AA
The haunting
Accounts connected with Viaduct Tavern describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Watergate Inn
📍 24 Walmgate · YO1 9TJ
The haunting
The pub's folklore includes an apparition known as Green Jenny.
