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.

1,748 haunted places
Historic house
Enfield · Greater London

Capel Manor Gardens

📍 Bullsmoor Lane · EN1 4RQ

Capel Manor is included among Enfield's historic houses said to have its own ghostly resident, forming part of the borough's wider haunting tradition.

Hall
Siddington · Cheshire

Capesthorne Hall

📍 Congleton Road · SK11 9JY

Capesthorne’s Grey Lady reportedly appears in the west wing, with shadows descending towards the chapel. A young Bromley family member described a disembodied arm trying to open his bedroom window.

Street / Road
St John's Wood · Greater London

Capland Street

📍 Capland Street · NW8 8LL

A grim local story says the cries of three children can be heard on Capland Street, linked to a father who killed his children and then himself.

Castle
Cardiff

Cardiff Castle

📍 Castle Street · CF10 3RB

A phantom coach reportedly passes through the castle gates, while the second Marquess of Bute is said to appear near the library. Other accounts describe ghostly footsteps and grey figures dissolving.

Hospital
Cardiff

Cardiff Royal Infirmary

📍 Glossop Road · CF24 0SZ

A grey-clad matron reportedly appears in the corridors, sometimes touching staff on the shoulder. Security accounts describe unexplained physical encounters and a woman visible on CCTV who never passed the duty desk.

Castle
Cardigan · Ceredigion

Cardigan Castle

📍 Green Street · SA43 1JA

Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Cardigan Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.

Historic house
Luton · Bedfordshire

Cardigan Street

📍 Cardigan Street area, Luton

The Herts Advertiser reported repeated night-time knocking at a house near Cardigan Street in February 1893. Frightened residents asked friends to stay overnight. One account described five men hearing loud raps after three in the morning, but finding nobody when a bedroom door was opened. The newspaper offered no explanation.

Castle
Carew · Pembrokeshire

Carew Castle

📍 Carew Castle · SA70 8SL

A White Lady, traditionally identified as Princess Nest, is said to drift through the castle. Its stranger legend concerns a ghostly ape seen climbing towards the battlements and heard roaring.

Castle
Newport · Isle of Wight

Carisbrooke Castle

Elizabeth Ruffin’s face is reportedly seen in the well where she drowned. Other castle stories describe a Grey Lady accompanied by ghostly hounds and a cloaked figure carrying a scythe.

Cemetery / Graveyard
Blackpool · Lancashire

Carleton Cemetery and Crematorium

📍 Stocks Road · FY6 7QS

Witnesses have described shadowy figures, strange sounds and sudden chills around Carleton Cemetery and Crematorium, where local ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.

Castle
Carlingford · Louth

Carlingford Castle

📍 Carlingford Castle

Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Carlingford Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.

Castle
Carlisle · Cumbria

Carlisle Castle

📍 Castle Way · CA3 8UR

Carlisle Castle’s Scottish Lady reportedly appears near the Captain’s Tower. Tradition links her to a woman’s skeleton and tartan found during 19th-century works; footsteps, voices and self-opening doors surround the keep.

Church / Cathedral
Carlisle · Cumbria

Carlisle Cathedral

📍 7 Abbey Street · CA3 8TZ

Carlisle Cathedral legend tells of a moved prelate’s effigy rising nightly until restored to its original position. Another tradition describes monks fleeing an unnamed terror through a lost passage beneath the cathedral.

Station
Carlisle · Cumbria

Carlisle Railway Station

📍 Court Square · CA1 1QZ

A headless man reportedly walks Carlisle Station’s Platform 8. Other accounts describe a veiled Victorian woman and crying boy around the platforms and buildings, without firmly linking them to particular accidents.

Castle
Carlow

Carlow Castle

📍 7 Castle Hill · R93 FT97

Ghostly figures, strange sounds and unexplained sensations have been reported at Carlow Castle, adding to the site's long supernatural reputation.

Castle
Kilmartin · Argyll and Bute

Carnasserie Castle

📍 Carnasserie Castle · PA31 8RQ

Ghostly figures, strange sounds and unexplained sensations have been reported at Carnasserie Castle, adding to the site's long supernatural reputation.

Historic house
Edinburgh

Caroline Park House

📍 5 Caroline Park, Caroline Park House · EH5 1QJ

Caroline Park House has a Green Lady tradition. Former resident Sharon Wood described a light in an empty wing, violent sounds from a locked office, roof footsteps and a moving service lift. The house is private.

Castle
Carrickfergus · Antrim

Carrickfergus Castle

📍 Marine Highway · BT38 7BG

Witnesses describe the soldier Buttoncap walking corridors and towers after being executed for a murder he did not commit.

Cemetery / Graveyard
Sligo

Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery

📍 Carrowmore · F91 E638

Witnesses have described shadowy figures, strange sounds and sudden chills around Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, where local ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.

Natural site
Dalby

Cashen's Gap

📍 Doarlish Cashen (historic farm site), hills above Glen Maye

The Irving family reported a voice inside their farmhouse walls that identified itself as Gef, a talking mongoose. Scratching, growling, conversations and thrown objects made this a celebrated 1930s paranormal case.

Park / Woodland
Watford · Hertfordshire

Cassiobury Park

Accounts connected with Cassiobury Park describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.

Castle
Tongwynlais · Cardiff

Castell Coch

📍 Castell Coch · CF15 7JS

A grieving White Lady is said to roam the castle and grounds, searching for her drowned son. Accounts describe her sobbing apparition and a woman’s voice calling out on still nights.

Castle
Castle Acre · Norfolk

Castle Acre Castle

📍 Castle Acre Castle · PE32 2XB

Castle Acre Castle has an old account of three clergymen attempting to lay a ghost by reading scripture in turn. The Reverend James Harvey Bloom later recorded the story from an elderly informant. The spirit’s identity was not established; this tradition concerns the castle, not the nearby priory.

Castle
Irvinestown · Fermanagh

Castle Archdale

📍 Castle Archdale, Lisnarick · BT94 1PP

Local accounts describe a nurse's apparition and the screams of children associated with the castle's destruction by fire.

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