Haunted Places in East Of England

Local accounts describe ghostly dock workers and drowned sailors, with footsteps, murmurs, fleeting shapes and sudden cold reported along the quay.

Staff and visitors report shadowy figures, footsteps and maritime spirits associated with the churchyard and nearby quay.

Staff at Audley End have reported unexplained sights and sounds after hours, enough for English Heritage to feature the house in a podcast on its hauntings.

Local accounts describe a misty crouching woman in Room 27, a Grey Lady in reception and unexplained cellar lights or taps.

Reports include a laughing ghostly child, falling glasses and the sensation of someone sitting on beds in empty rooms.

The site is associated with the Lavender Lady, a dead builder tying his shoelaces and other eerie experiences around the country hotel.

Witnesses describe the feeling of being watched, an unexplained taste of blood, drifting shapes and doors opening by themselves.

Staff and visitors report slamming doors, swinging keys, unexplained lights and a ghost reportedly tugging at a chef's trousers.

The site is associated with sleeping guests touched, footsteps circling beds, opened cupboards and a Grey Lady passing through locked doors.

Local accounts describe a blue-eyed woman, an elderly man, phantom footsteps and strange reactions from lights and fire equipment.

A “shining boy” was traditionally said to appear at Knebworth House before the death of a member of the Lytton family or one of their guests.

Reports include the troubled Reverend William Alington reportedly seen around the ballroom and landing of the hotel.

Witnesses describe a Cavalier called Henry, unexplained knocking, disembodied conversations, period figures and a monk in the cellar.

Staff and visitors report a shadowy bar figure, scraping chairs, whispered names and an apparition seen in a mirror before disappearing.

Anne Boleyn’s ghost is said to return to Blickling each 19 May, arriving in a spectral coach before wandering the hall until daylight.

Local accounts describe strange lights, mysterious figures and a strong sense of unseen company on the exposed hill around dusk.

English Heritage staff reported seeing a solitary boot apparently move by itself from the bakehouse door and into the fireplace during end-of-day cashing up.