Explore haunted places across the UK and Ireland, from famous castles and historic houses to pubs, hotels, theatres and little-known local hauntings.
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Haunted places in East Midlands
Derbyshire
Buxton
Buxton Opera House
Local accounts describe a Victorian stagehand, cold draughts, moving shadows and objects behaving strangely backstage.
Devonshire Dome
The site is associated with a young nurse, old-fashioned nursing figures, footsteps and the persistent feeling of being watched.
Old Hall Hotel, Buxton
Reports include an apparition associated with Mary Queen of Scots, unexplained noises and sudden cold in the historic hotel.
Poole’s Cavern
Witnesses describe unexplained lights, shadowy figures and sudden temperature drops reported within the limestone cavern.
The Crescent, Buxton
Staff and visitors report phantom footsteps and voices, moving tools and figures in Georgian dress reported around the restored Crescent.
Leicestershire
Leicester
Belgrave Hall
Reports include a Victorian-looking woman walking through a wall, cold sensations and figures or mist captured on CCTV.
Leicester Cathedral
Local accounts describe apparitions linked to Richard III, unexplained noises and an elderly monk-like figure reportedly moving through the cathedral.
Leicester Guildhall
Staff and visitors report a White Lady, moving furniture, doors unlocking, ghostly animals and apparitions including a policeman or Cavalier.
Towers Hospital, Leicester
Witnesses describe the feeling of being watched, unexplained bangs, misty forms and objects reportedly thrown without visible cause.
Loughborough
Burleigh Hall Grounds
Local accounts describe unexplained chills and the feeling of being watched around wooded parts of the former Burleigh Hall estate.
Old Magistrates’ Court, Loughborough
Witnesses describe a heavy atmosphere, unexplained footsteps, whispered voices and sudden cold around the former courtroom and dock.
School Street Haunting
Staff and visitors report crawling sensations, persistent cold spots and reports of a male presence during a 2013 household haunting.
The Laughing Buddha, Loughborough
The site is associated with unexplained noises, cold breezes and an uneasy presence in upstairs rooms and storage areas.
The Old Rectory, Loughborough
Reports include strange figures and shifting shadows in the windows, together with sudden eerie stillness around the old rectory.
Market Bosworth
Bosworth Hall Hotel
The site is associated with the Grey Lady Ann Dixie, unexplained nocturnal knocking and a long-running bloodstain legend associated with the hall.
Market Harborough
The Three Swans Hotel
A supposedly cursed portrait dominates the hotel's ghost lore, alongside reports of a Victorian woman, moving glasses and sudden cold.
Lincolnshire
Bradley
Bradley Woods
Local accounts describe the Black Lady, a female apparition said to roam the woodland paths.
Grimsby
Former Grimsby Post Office
The site is associated with a ghostly mail carrier reportedly seen moving along the stairs of the former post office building.
Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
Reports include a former skipper called Alf, phantom footsteps, tobacco smells and partial apparitions associated with the Ross Tiger.
Yarborough Hotel
Staff and visitors report a white-shirted man with glasses, ghostly children and unexplained objects or noises around the hotel.
