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A44 Ghostly Bomber

Pumlumon, Ceredigion, Wales

The site is associated with a silent Second World War bomber flying dangerously low over the road before disappearing without crashing.

A75 Ghost Road

A75, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Local accounts describe vanishing people, animals and a phantom furniture van reported by motorists along the notoriously strange road.

A87 Ghost Car, Isle of Skye

Sligachan, Highland, Scotland

Witnesses describe a phantom car or truck racing along the road between Sligachan and Portree before mysteriously disappearing.

Aberystwyth Mermaid

Llanychaiarn, Ceredigion, Wales

Witnesses describe a pale woman reportedly rising from the sea and revealing a large dark fishtail before disappearing.

Abingdon School

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England

The site is associated with doors opening at night, unexplained breathing, ghostly masters and gown-clad figures moving through old corridors.

Ackergill Tower

Wick, Highland, Scotland

Reports include a Green Lady walking silently through corridors, unexplained footsteps, cold spots and a pervasive feeling of sadness.

Ackworth School

Ackworth, West Yorkshire, England

Local accounts describe hooded monks, strange cellar bangs, cold spots, whispers and figures reportedly appearing at the ends of beds.

Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Reports include backstage whispers, jangling keys, a manager-like figure and a grey-clad lady reportedly moving through the auditorium.

All Saints Church, Waltham

High Street, Waltham, Lincolnshire, England

Witnesses describe a phantom priest reportedly seen reading before suddenly disappearing inside the church, with the activity reported around the location over many years.

All Saints’ Church, Maldon

High Street, Maldon, Essex, England

Witnesses describe a Grey Lady linked to the bell tower and unexplained organ music heard when the church is locked.

Allington Castle

Allington, Maidstone, Kent, England

Witnesses describe a servant girl-like apparition and unexplained footsteps reported around the castle, with the activity reported around the location over many years.

Angel Hotel, Guildford

91 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, England

Witnesses describe a foreign-uniformed soldier and a glowing nun-like apparition reportedly seen around the hotel and cellars.

Annagh Castle

Lough Derg, Tipperary, Ireland

The site is associated with murdered Edmund Roe O'Kennedy reportedly wandering the ruins with a grotesquely wounded throat.

Anne of Cleves House

52 Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England

Reports include footsteps, shifting shadows, a feeling of being watched and a horseman-like figure glimpsed near a window.

Antrim Castle Gardens

Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland

Staff and visitors report a phantom coach and four horses reportedly repeating their fatal plunge into the pond each 31 May.

Archbishop Holgate’s School

York, North Yorkshire, England

Reports include ghostly monks, shadowy chapel figures, underground chanting, falling books and unseen hands brushing past pupils.