Hauntings Database
Search ghosts and haunted locations across Britain and Ireland. Hotels, pubs, castles and other haunted places all come from the same Master Places database.
Lowewood Museum
📍 High Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire · EN11 8BH
High Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire · EN11 8BH
In April 1986, the Hoddesdon and Broxbourne Mercury reported unexplained incidents at Lowewood Arts Centre, including doors found unlocked, missing objects and an apparition seen by a camera-club member. The Rev. John Springbett subsequently blessed the building.
Laura's Cafe, Cardross
📍 Villafield, Main Road, Cardross, Argyll and Bute · G82 5PX
Villafield, Main Road, Cardross, Argyll and Bute · G82 5PX
In June 2011, Laura McKirdy and her mother Fiona reported unexplained incidents at their café in Cardross. An alleged spirit nicknamed Nanny Goony was blamed for moving sweets and jars, disturbing pictures and leaving crumbs on cleaned tables. The owners reportedly contacted the Scottish Society for Psychical Research.
Denny Tank Museum
📍 Castle Street, Dumbarton · G82 1QS
Castle Street, Dumbarton · G82 1QS
People reported sensing an unexplained presence at Denny Tank Museum in 2009. Peter Denny (1821–1895), the Dumbarton shipbuilder associated with the firm that established the testing tank, was suggested as the identity of the presence; no specific apparition was described.
Dalquharran Castle
📍 Dalquharran Castle, Dailly, South Ayrshire
Dalquharran Castle, Dailly, South Ayrshire
A White Lady is said to haunt Dalquharran Castle. The legend describes a woman who fell from the battlements while holding her child. The story's historical origins have not been established.
Turnberry Hotel
📍 Maidens Road, Turnberry, South Ayrshire · KA26 9LT
Maidens Road, Turnberry, South Ayrshire · KA26 9LT
Turnberry Hotel, which was used as a hospital during the Second World War, is associated with reports of hospital-like sounds and the smell of disinfectant. The accounts are recorded by the Ayrshire Federation of Historical Societies.
White Hart, Grays
📍 Kings Walk, Grays, Essex · RM17 6HR
Kings Walk, Grays, Essex · RM17 6HR
The bar of the White Hart in Grays has a reported haunted reputation, although no detailed witness account or identified spirit has been established. The Grade II-listed pub was rebuilt in 1938 on the site of an earlier White Hart.
Berry Pomeroy Castle
📍 Berry Pomeroy Castle · TQ9 6LJ
TQ9 6LJ
The ruined castle is associated with the White Lady and Blue Lady traditions.
Buckland Abbey
📍 Buckland Abbey · PL19 6EY
PL19 6EY
Traditions link Sir Francis Drake with an apparition, spectral hounds and other unusual sounds at Buckland Abbey.
Farleigh Hungerford Castle
📍 Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Farleigh Hungerford · BA2 7RS
Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Farleigh Hungerford · BA2 7RS
A female apparition traditionally identified as Lady Agnes Hungerford is said to appear near the castle chapel around dusk.
Lydford Castle
📍 Castle Street · EX20 4BH
Castle Street · EX20 4BH
A black pig is traditionally identified with Judge Jeffreys, while Lady Howard is also linked to the vicinity.
Okehampton Castle
📍 Castle Road · EX20 1JA
Castle Road · EX20 1JA
Lady Howard is said to travel from Okehampton in a spectral coach, sometimes accompanied by a black or skeletal hound.
Old Wardour Castle
📍 Old Wardour Castle, near Tisbury · SP3 6RR
Old Wardour Castle, near Tisbury · SP3 6RR
Traditions place Lady Blanche Arundell's apparition in the ruins, with further reports of voices and battle sounds around the castle and woods.
Parsonage Wood
📍 Parsonage Wood, above Castle Combe
Parsonage Wood, above Castle Combe
A local tradition describes disembodied chatter, groans and a scream in Parsonage Wood after dark.
Shute Barton
📍 Shute · EX13 7PT
Shute · EX13 7PT
Traditions describe a Grey Lady who disappears when approached and a cat said to pass through solid walls.
The New Inn, Coleford
📍 The New Inn, Coleford · EX17 5BZ
EX17 5BZ
Reports at the New Inn include a phantom monk called Sebastian and a female apparition accompanied by perfume.
The Trouble House
📍 London Road · GL8 8SG
London Road · GL8 8SG
The inn's traditions include former landlords and a woman described as the Lady in Blue.
New Barn Farm, Gorefield
📍 Gorefield, near Wisbech (village area)
Gorefield, near Wisbech (village area)
At New Barn Farm in 1923, the Scrimshaw family reported falling furniture and smashed crockery. Their accounts drew journalists and psychical researcher Eric Dingwall to Gorefield. No disturbances occurred during Dingwall’s visit. The Society for Psychical Research found no convincing evidence of a supernormal cause, but could not substantiate later allegations of trickery either.
Tick Fen, near Warboys
📍 Tick Fen, near Warboys (fen area)
Tick Fen, near Warboys (fen area)
Reports from Tick Fen in 1897 described repeated knocking at an isolated farm cottage. The Rowthan family and visiting watchers said the sounds continued despite their searches for a cause. An estate bailiff was among those reported to have heard them. A newspaper retrospective the following year said the disturbances gradually stopped, without the mystery being resolved.
Upton, Peterborough
📍 Upton, near Castor, Peterborough (village area)
Upton, near Castor, Peterborough (village area)
In 1920, John Macro’s family reported strange noises after moving into an Upton cottage. Macro and his daughter also described a woman in white, while he reported a dark object moving around a bedroom. The Rev A.A. Liney’s overnight watch produced no unusual sights or sounds. He suggested animals might explain the noises; the family disputed that explanation.
Manor House Street, Peterborough
📍 Manor House Street, Peterborough (street area)
Manor House Street, Peterborough (street area)
A Manor House Street household reported repeated door knocking in November 1906. According to the Dundee Evening Telegraph, nobody was found outside when the occupants investigated. The disturbances reportedly affected both the back door and the front knocker. A lodger left, while the remaining residents complained of lost sleep. The report gave no house number.
Narrow Street, Peterborough
📍 Former Narrow Street, now Bridge Street, Peterborough (street area)
Former Narrow Street, now Bridge Street, Peterborough (street area)
In 1853, the Lincolnshire Chronicle reported repeated knocking at three homes in Narrow Street. The occupants included a brazier, a draper and a watchmaker. Two apprentices were also said to have seen an apparition. The newspaper linked the disturbances to a former owner, but offered no evidence establishing that identity.
Hannath Hall
📍 Hannath Road, Tydd Gote (road area)
Hannath Road, Tydd Gote (road area)
At Hannath Hall, residents reported knocks, footsteps and a jolting bed during the late 1950s. Investigators Alan Gauld and A.D. Cornell also described rappings and a displaced chair. Their initial investigation had acknowledged gaps in its controls. A separate group’s controlled watches in 1967 produced no unexplained events. The competing explanations remained unresolved.
Law Salons
📍 15 King Street · CB10 1EU
15 King Street · CB10 1EU
Reports linked to the former pub and later Law Salons describe footsteps, bedding being pulled, electrical disturbances, displaced objects and an apparent figure seen by a child.
Chicksands Priory
📍 Rosata Lane, Chicksands · SG17 5XF
Rosata Lane, Chicksands · SG17 5XF
Chicksands Priory traditions include a red-haired woman associated with the Rosata legend, along with reported children's voices, footsteps, monks and other unexplained disturbances.
