Haunted Places in South West England

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Haunted places in South West England

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Cornwall

Bodmin

Bodmin Jail Hotel
Scarlett's Well Road, Bodmin, Cornwall, England

The site is associated with ghostly children and eerie unexplained noises reported in corridors of the converted former prison.

Bolventor

Jamaica Inn
Bolventor, Bolventor, Cornwall, England

Local accounts describe phantom footsteps, whispering voices and a mysterious woman in white around the famous Bodmin Moor inn.

Boscastle

The Wellington Hotel, Boscastle
The Harbour, Boscastle, Cornwall, England

Reports include an old coachman, a little girl and an elderly woman reportedly appearing around the hotel, especially near Room 9.

Falmouth

The Falmouth Hotel
Castle Beach, Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Witnesses describe heavy footsteps and a shadowy worker-like figure associated with the hotel's former cellar brewery.

Hayle

White Hart Hotel, Hayle
10 Foundry Square, Hayle, Cornwall, England

Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps pacing upstairs corridors and stopping near a room once associated with mortuary supplies.

Newquay

The Headland Hotel
Headland Road, Newquay, Cornwall, England

Reports include ghostly servicemen, vintage nurses and a Grey Lady reportedly walking through a wall where a doorway once stood.

Penzance

Dolphin Tavern, Penzance
Quay Street, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Witnesses describe a tricorne-hatted sea captain, an old-fashioned woman and disembodied voices reported around the harbour inn.

Union Hotel, Penzance
1 Chapel Street, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Staff and visitors report a Grey Lady, playful child spirits, unexplained noises and fleeting shadows reported around the historic hotel.

The Lizard

Housel Bay Hotel
Housel Bay Road, The Lizard, Cornwall, England

The site is associated with a young woman in Second World War WAAF uniform reportedly seen walking silently through the clifftop gardens.

West Looe

Jolly Sailor Inn, Looe
Princes Square, West Looe, Cornwall, England

Local accounts describe an unseen elderly cough, a bedside woman, self-running taps, moving objects and a playful child-like spirit.

Devon

Exeter

Exeter Cathedral
Exeter, Devon, England

Local accounts describe the spirits of forbidden lovers John and Martha reportedly wandering the cathedral while searching for one another.

Dorset

Bournemouth

Osmington Mills

Smugglers Inn, Osmington Mills
Osmington Mills, Osmington Mills, Dorset, England

Witnesses describe apparitions associated with smugglers and revenue officers reportedly seen around the old inn.

Puddletown

Swanage

Weymouth

Nothe Fort
Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset, England

Reports include a whistling gunner and a white figure reportedly seen around the parapets of the coastal fort.

The Boot Inn, Weymouth
High West Street, Weymouth, Dorset, England

Local accounts describe cold areas, moved furniture, sailor-like figures, a pinstriped man and unexplained sea shanties heard around the pub.

The Spice Ship
240 Preston Road, Weymouth, Dorset, England

Staff and visitors report unexplained sounds, beer taps moving, a Portuguese sailor-like apparition and reports of unseen pulling sensations.