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 Yorkshire and the Humber
North Yorkshire
Harrogate
Cedar Court Hotel, Harrogate
Staff and visitors report wartime servicemen, a solitary figure and a ghostly ballgown gathering reportedly experienced around the hotel.
Crown Hotel, Harrogate
Witnesses describe poltergeist-like activity in suites and an RAF serviceman-like apparition reported around the hotel.
Hales Bar
The site is associated with phantom hoofbeats, unexplained glass movement and a bell sounding without visible cause around the old bar.
Turkish Baths Harrogate
Local accounts describe a presence called Ethel, Victorian bathers, plunge-pool disturbances and a man in blue overalls reportedly seen.
Windsor House, Harrogate
Reports include a woman seen near a lift and barefoot hospital-era men in blue reportedly appearing around the building.
Ripon
Ripon Cathedral
The site is associated with a Grey Lady in the crypt, sudden chills and a strong sense of unease around the ancient cathedral.
Scarborough
Grand Hotel Scarborough
Reported apparitions include Anne Brontë, a red-clad woman and vanished lift passengers, alongside screams, music, moving pictures and missing objects.
York
Archbishop Holgate’s School
Reports include ghostly monks, shadowy chapel figures, underground chanting, falling books and unseen hands brushing past pupils.
South Yorkshire
Hellaby
Hellaby Hall Hotel
The site is associated with a hag-like presence and frightening sensations reported in bedrooms, including claims of pressure around the throat.
Rotherham
Haunted Objects Museum, Rotherham
Reports include child spirits, a white-clad woman, unexplained scratches and activity associated with allegedly haunted objects.
Ulley
Ulley Reservoir
Local accounts describe a wild phantom associated with a drowned asylum escapee said to appear around the reservoir.
Wentworth
Hoober Stand
Witnesses describe unexplained voices, shuffling sounds, a monk-like figure and the sense of an unseen watcher around the monument.
Wentworth Woodhouse
Staff and visitors report the sound of children running, a motionless man, a monk and unexplained doors or bangs around the great house.
West Yorkshire
Ackworth
Ackworth School
Local accounts describe hooded monks, strange cellar bangs, cold spots, whispers and figures reportedly appearing at the ends of beds.
Halifax
Dean Clough Mills
Staff and visitors report Victorian children, unexplained bangs and taps and a floating head-like apparition around the former mills.
Former Liquid Nightclub, Halifax
The site is associated with a man identified as Raymond Farrar reportedly walking through a wall, closing fridges and then disappearing.
Long Can Hall
Local accounts describe unexplained footsteps, a feeling of not being alone and a Grey Lady reportedly disappearing through floorboards.
Ring O’ Bells, Halifax
Witnesses describe a figure called Walter near the fireplace and taps reportedly turning on without visible cause.
Shibden Hall
Reports include footsteps on an upper landing, a large black-cloaked figure and unexplained lavender or pipe-tobacco scents.
Leeds
Temple Newsam
The great house is associated with a Blue Lady and other reported apparitions, unexplained noises and unsettling experiences.
