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.
Bungay Castle
📍 Earsham Street and Castle Orchard · NR35 1DD
Earsham Street and Castle Orchard · NR35 1DD
Bungay Castle’s folklore links Hugh Bigod with a large spectral black dog haunting the ruins and surrounding area. Another tradition describes the Bigod family’s phantom coach on nearby roads. The castle has been closed for repairs; check local visitor information before planning access.
Stokesay Castle
📍 Stokesay Castle · SY7 9AH
SY7 9AH
Stokesay Castle’s reported hauntings include a hooded Grey Lady crossing the great hall and an elderly woman smoking a clay pipe. Neil R. Storey also records stories of stock falling from shop shelves. These are attributed reports associated with different parts of the property.
Moreton Corbet Castle
📍 Moreton Corbet Castle · SY4 4DW
SY4 4DW
Moreton Corbet Castle is linked to the legend of Paul Holmyard, a Puritan said to have cursed the house after being turned away. His ghost supposedly patrols the ruins on moonlit nights. Neil R. Storey recounts the tale as part of the castle’s folklore.
Hopton Castle
📍 Hopton Castle ruins · SY7 0QF
Hopton Castle ruins · SY7 0QF
Hopton Castle’s ghost tradition is linked to the deaths of its Parliamentary garrison during the Civil War. Their spirits are said to return on 14 March. Neil R. Storey records the anniversary legend. The restored ruins are open to visitors through the preservation trust.
Fillingham Castle
📍 Fillingham Castle, Middle Street · DN21 5BX
Fillingham Castle, Middle Street · DN21 5BX
Fillingham Castle’s grounds have stories of a tall rider on a white horse and a woman known as the Green Lady. Neil R. Storey records both traditions. The identities behind the stories are uncertain. The castle is a private residence, with no general public access.
Dudley Castle
📍 Castle Hill · DY1 4QF
Castle Hill · DY1 4QF
Dudley Castle’s reported hauntings include a Grey Lady, a drummer boy and unexplained voices in the chapel undercroft. Neil R. Storey records accounts of unseen touches and shadowy figures on the battlements. The castle stands within Dudley Zoo, where normal admission arrangements apply.
Bolingbroke Castle
📍 Moat Lane · PE23 4HH
Moat Lane · PE23 4HH
Bolingbroke Castle’s unusual ghost tradition concerns a hare said to run between officials’ legs before disappearing into a cellar. Gervase Holles recorded the story in the seventeenth century. Neil R. Storey recounts the tale, which later became associated with local beliefs about witches.
Astley Castle
📍 Astley Castle, Castle Drive · CV10 7QD
Astley Castle, Castle Drive · CV10 7QD
Astley Castle has a tradition of the headless Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, returning to his former home. Neil R. Storey records the legend. The restored building is now a Landmark Trust holiday property; public entry is limited to advertised open days.
Haughton Castle
📍 Haughton Castle · NE46 4AY
NE46 4AY
Haughton Castle’s legend concerns an imprisoned Border Reiver whose cries were said to continue after his death. A nineteenth-century account describes a Bible being kept in the castle to quieten the haunting. Neil R. Storey records the tale. The castle is a private home.
Featherstone Castle
📍 Featherstone Castle, Hall Bank · NE49 0JG
Featherstone Castle, Hall Bank · NE49 0JG
Featherstone Castle’s folklore tells of a murdered wedding party returning on horseback to the hall. Later versions place an annual ghostly procession in nearby Pynkinscleugh. The castle point marks the story’s central building, rather than that woodland route. Visits and events require prior arrangements.
Bellister Castle
📍 Bellister Castle, Bellister Road · NE49 0HZ
Bellister Castle, Bellister Road · NE49 0HZ
Bellister Castle’s Grey Man legend tells of a minstrel killed by the lord’s hounds who returned to haunt the grounds. Neil R. Storey retells a nineteenth-century version of the story. The property is private; the postcode is a nearby reference supplied by its selling agents.
Raby Castle
📍 Raby Castle · DL2 3AH
DL2 3AH
Raby Castle’s ghost traditions include Charles Neville on the stairs and in the Barons’ Hall. Other stories place Christopher Vane in the library and Lady Elizabeth Holles on the battlements. Neil R. Storey records these as separate legends associated with the same castle.
Chipchase Castle
📍 Chipchase Castle · NE48 3NT
NE48 3NT
Chipchase Castle’s old tower is associated with reports of groaning and clanking armour. A newspaper account from 1937 connects these sounds with a prisoner called Sir Reginald Fitz-Urse in local tradition. Another story concerns a figure in a wall chamber. Public access is seasonal.
Chillingham Castle
📍 Chillingham Castle · NE66 5NJ
NE66 5NJ
Chillingham Castle’s recorded traditions include a luminous boy in the Pink Room and Lady Mary Berkeley wandering the corridors. Leonora, Countess of Tankerville, described these stories in 1926. The castle offers booked ghost tours; the accounts remain reports and folklore rather than verified supernatural events.
Bolton Castle
📍 Bolton Castle · DL8 4ET
DL8 4ET
Bolton Castle has a tradition of Mary, Queen of Scots appearing in its courtyard. An account from 1878 describes a woman in black velvet vanishing through a doorway towards a stair turret. Her identification as Mary belongs to the ghost story, rather than established fact.
Bamburgh Castle
📍 Bamburgh Castle · NE69 7DF
NE69 7DF
Bamburgh Castle has reports of an armoured figure and an apparition identified as Dr John Sharp. In an account recorded in 1936, a chauffeur reportedly recognised the person he had seen from Sharp’s portrait. Neil R. Storey recounts this among the castle’s ghost traditions.
Sizergh Castle
📍 Sizergh Castle · LA8 8DZ
LA8 8DZ
Sizergh Castle has old stories of a young woman appearing in an upper room and unexplained crying. Neil R. Storey also records Lord Strickland’s view that noises came from timbers, pipes and animals. The differing accounts form part of the house’s recorded haunting tradition.
Naworth Castle
📍 Naworth Castle · CA8 2HF
CA8 2HF
Naworth Castle’s folklore includes a woman in white said to wander its corridors. Other stories describe executed Border Reivers appearing in the grounds. Neil R. Storey records both traditions. The castle remains a private family home, with access limited to arranged occasions.
Lowther Castle
📍 Lowther Castle · CA10 2HH
CA10 2HH
Lowther’s ghost traditions concern Sir James Lowther, known as Wicked Jimmy, and disturbances at the earlier Lowther Hall. Stories also place his phantom carriage on roads through nearby villages. The present castle ruins occupy the historic hall site; the carriage legend covers a wider area.
Leasowe Castle
📍 Leasowe Road · CH46 3RF
Leasowe Road · CH46 3RF
Leasowe Castle has a tradition of a father and son appearing beside guests’ beds. Neil R. Storey records the tale among the castle’s ghost stories. The building later operated as a hotel, which closed in February 2025; it should not be treated as an open visitor venue.
Greystoke Castle
📍 Greystoke Castle · CA11 0TG
CA11 0TG
A historical account describes a guest hearing a carriage arrive outside Greystoke Castle during the night, although no visitor was expected. His hostess reportedly called it the castle’s ghostly carriage. The castle now offers tours and events; check current arrangements before visiting.
Corby Castle
📍 Corby Castle, Great Corby · CA4 8LR
Corby Castle, Great Corby · CA4 8LR
A historical account attributes a bedside apparition at Corby Castle to the Reverend Henry Askew. He described a brightly lit boy in white who vanished beside the chimney. Neil R. Storey reproduces the account from Catherine Crowe. The castle is a private residence.
Askerton Castle and nearby roads
📍 Askerton Castle · CA8 2BD
Askerton Castle · CA8 2BD
Around Askerton Castle, folklore tells of May Marye jumping onto passing horses and frightening their riders. Neil R. Storey records the story as a legend of the nearby roads. The point marks the castle as a landmark; the castle itself is private.
Pevensey Castle
📍 Castle Road · BN24 5LE
Castle Road · BN24 5LE
Pevensey Castle has a tradition of a pale woman appearing along its ruined walls. Some accounts identify her as Lady Joan Pelham, although that identity is uncertain. Other reports describe soldiers near the gateway. The location marks the castle, rather than an individual sighting spot.
