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.
Burgate
Accounts connected with Burgate, Canterbury describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Burgess Park - Former Surrey Canal
📍 150 Albany Road · SE5 0RJ
On the former Surrey Canal route, people have reported unseen children playing, splashing water and the thud of boots jumping between imaginary barges.
Burgh Castle Roman Fort
📍 Burgh Castle Roman Fort, near Butt Lane · NR31 9QB
Burgh Castle’s Roman ruins have stories of indistinct figures, unexplained voices and a spectral dog called Old Scarfe. Neil R. Storey also records accounts of battle sounds heard by campers. The reports concern the fort and its surroundings; the figures’ identities are uncertain.
Burleigh Hall Grounds
Local accounts describe unexplained chills and the feeling of being watched around wooded parts of the former Burleigh Hall estate.
Buxton Opera House
📍 Water Street · SK17 6XN
Buxton Opera House reports include a shadowy stagehand in the wings, disturbed backstage objects and cold draughts. Unexplained cigar smoke is repeatedly reported outside a box in Matcham’s 1903 theatre.
Byron Hill Road
📍 Byron Hill Road · HA2 0JD
A house on Byron Hill Road is locally said to be haunted by a kindly nurse who had been given the property by a grateful patient.
Cabra Castle
📍 Carrickmacross Road, Cormey · A82 EC64
A phantom horse and carriage reportedly vanishes on the drive, leaving a baby’s cries. The castle’s haunting traditions also include a murdered servant girl, a disappearing soldier and doors moving in courtyard rooms.
Cadbury Castle
📍 Cadbury Castle hillfort · BA22 7HA
Cadbury Castle’s folklore describes King Arthur and his knights sleeping beneath the hillfort and riding out on certain nights. Neil R. Storey records variants involving ghostly horsemen and hounds. The map marks the earthwork as a whole; the legendary routes extend into the surrounding countryside.
Caernarfon Castle
📍 Castle Ditch · LL55 2AY
Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Caernarfon Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.
Caerphilly Castle
📍 Castle Street · CF83 1JD
Caerphilly’s Green Lady is linked with the tragic legend of Alice de la March and her lost lover. Another tradition places the winged death-omen Gwrach y Rhibyn around the castle.
Cahir Castle
📍 Castle Street · E21 P652
Ghostly figures, strange sounds and unexplained sensations have been reported at Cahir Castle, adding to the site's long supernatural reputation.
Caister Castle
📍 Caister Castle, Castle Lane · NR30 5SN
Caister Castle has a tradition of a dark coach drawn by headless horses entering its courtyard at midnight. Neil R. Storey cites an account published in 1861. The tale belongs to the medieval castle, which opens seasonally, and should not be confused with Caister Roman Fort.
Callendar House
📍 Callendar Park · FK1 1YR
Visitors report unexplained footsteps, shadowy figures and sudden cold spots inside Callendar House, where ghost stories remain tied to the property's history.
Calton Hill
📍 Calton Hill · EH7 5AA
Local accounts link Calton Hill with apparitions, mysterious sounds and unsettling encounters that have become part of the area's supernatural folklore.
Cambridge University Library
📍 West Road · CB3 9DR
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Cambridge University Library, adding to its haunted reputation.
Cambuskenneth Abbey
📍 Cambuskenneth Abbey
Visitors to Cambuskenneth Abbey report unexplained footsteps, fleeting figures and an eerie atmosphere, particularly around the older parts of the site.
Camden Market Stables
📍 Chalk Farm Road · NW1 8AH
Market traders have reported phantom hoofbeats on the old cobbles and, occasionally, distant cries for help, echoing the Stables' history as a horse hospital and transport complex.
Camera Obscura and World of Illusions
📍 549 Castlehill, Royal Mile · EH1 2ND
Local accounts describe unexplained childlike sounds, sudden illness and an uneasy atmosphere reported around lower rooms and basement areas.
Camerons Brewery
📍 TS24 7QS
Camerons’ Lion Brewery attributes moving objects to a worker supposedly frozen in a refrigerated room. Other accounts describe women’s footsteps and unseen dray horses kicking visitors in the old stable block.
Cannock Chase
📍 Cannock Chase · WS12
Local accounts describe black-eyed children, sobbing, misty soldier-like figures and other strange apparitions reported in the woodland.
Canongate Kirkyard
📍 Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate · EH8 8BN
Witnesses have described shadowy figures, strange sounds and sudden chills around Canongate Kirkyard, where local ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.
Canons Park Spinney Gate
📍 Marsh Lane · HA7 4TH
Near the spinney gate off Marsh Lane, witnesses have reported a cowled, dark-robed figure; similar sightings have also been associated with nearby Du Cros Drive.
Canterbury Cathedral
📍 The Precincts · CT1 2EH
The site is associated with the condemned servant Nell Cook reportedly haunting the Dark Entry, where seeing her is traditionally considered a death omen.
Capel Als
📍 Marble Hall Road / Wern Road
Local accounts describe strange figures, unexplained sounds and eerie sensations at Capel Als, where ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.
