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.
Bramber Castle
📍 Bramber Castle · BN44 3EW
BN44 3EW
Bramber Castle’s ghost stories include children said to beg for food before vanishing. Another tradition describes cries attributed to Maude of Ditchling among the ruins. These are local legends associated with the castle; the identities and events behind them remain uncertain.
Goodrich Castle
📍 Castle Lane · HR9 6HY
Castle Lane · HR9 6HY
Goodrich Castle’s folklore tells of two lovers who drowned in the River Wye while escaping during the Civil War. Their spirits are said to return during stormy weather, with cries heard from the river. English Heritage recounts the tale as part of the castle’s ghost traditions.
Bolsover Castle
📍 Castle Street · S44 6PR
Castle Street · S44 6PR
English Heritage records reports of moving objects, unexplained lights and ghostly figures at Bolsover Castle. Staff and visitors have also described being touched or pushed. These accounts concern different parts of the castle, whose staff keep a book for visitors to record unusual experiences.
Scarborough Castle
📍 Castle Road · YO11 1HY
Castle Road · YO11 1HY
Scarborough Castle has a tradition of Piers Gaveston’s ghost returning to the fortress. English Heritage also records a staff member’s report of a figure disappearing towards the Sally Port in fog. The connection with Gaveston is an interpretation attached to the sighting.
Dunstanburgh Castle
📍 Craster · NE66 3TW
Craster · NE66 3TW
Dunstanburgh’s ruins are linked to the legend of Sir Guy the Seeker. After failing a supernatural test, the knight is said to have spent his life searching for a sleeping woman. The National Trust retells the story; the castle is reached on foot from Craster.
The Queen's Oak
📍 The Queen's Oak, Church Lane · RG40 4LS
The Queen's Oak, Church Lane · RG40 4LS
The Queen’s Oak is associated with a woman said to sit at the same place beside the bar. In a 2017 newspaper interview, a landlady also described seeing a face behind the bar and hearing unexplained sounds. The Church Lane pub remains open to customers.
Braywick House
📍 Braywick House, 14 Windsor Road · SL6 1DN
Braywick House, 14 Windsor Road · SL6 1DN
Braywick House has a White Lady tradition in which a figure enters the house, climbs the stairs and passes through an upper window. An old tenant’s history also records unexplained footsteps. The historic house is private property and is not a public ghost attraction.
Crowthorne Station
📍 Crowthorne Station, Dukes Ride · RG45 0QW
Crowthorne Station, Dukes Ride · RG45 0QW
Ghostly figures have reportedly appeared on Crowthorne Station’s platform, with mild poltergeist activity nearby. No date is known for these experiences. The location marks the working station on Dukes Ride, rather than a particular platform or stretch of track.
Former St Andrew's Church
📍 Former St Andrew's Church, Church Road · RG7 6BT
Former St Andrew's Church, Church Road · RG7 6BT
A former vicar reportedly saw a ghostly monk inside St Andrew’s Church. The former church now houses Bradfield College’s St Andrew’s Study Centre. Access is restricted; it is no longer a parish church.
Arundel Castle
📍 Arundel Castle · BN18 9AB
BN18 9AB
Arundel Castle’s ghost traditions include a blue-clad cavalier said to appear in the library and a servant boy reportedly seen washing dishes in the kitchens. Other stories concern a young woman at Hiorne’s Tower. Check the castle’s seasonal opening dates before visiting.
Hylton Castle
📍 Craigavon Road, Castletown · SR5 3PA
Craigavon Road, Castletown · SR5 3PA
Hylton Castle is associated with the Cauld Lad, a household spirit said to disturb rooms and move objects overnight. Local tradition identifies him with a servant boy who died at the castle. Visits are by guided tour through Hylton Castle Trust.
6 Arden Street
📍 6 Arden Street · EH9 1BP
EH9 1BP
Former residents of 6 Arden Street reported unexplained footsteps and objects moving, including a towel found wrapped around a light fitting. Their accounts cover the late 1980s to the early 2000s. This is a private home; the location marker is deliberately approximate.
Bell’s Wynd
📍 Bell’s Wynd, 146 High Street · EH1 1QS
Bell’s Wynd, 146 High Street · EH1 1QS
Bell’s Wynd has a ghost story about a locksmith entering a long-locked home and encountering an apparition beside a bed. Published retellings associate it with George Gourlay. This is local folklore; the marker identifies the close, not a verified haunted flat.
Bisham Abbey
📍 Bisham Abbey, Marlow Road · SL7 1RR
Bisham Abbey, Marlow Road · SL7 1RR
Bisham Abbey has a tradition of Lady Hoby’s ghost wandering and washing her hands in a spectral basin. Jerome K. Jerome mentioned the story in Three Men in a Boat. The associated tale of a murdered child is folklore, not established family history.
Comiston House
📍 Comiston House, 62–68 Camus Avenue · EH10 6QX
Comiston House, 62–68 Camus Avenue · EH10 6QX
Robert Louis Stevenson recorded a tradition of a carter encountering a woman in white near Comiston’s back gate. She looked at him and vanished. Comiston House is now private residential property; the marker is approximate and does not identify the old gate.
Edgehill Battlefield
📍 Edgehill battlefield, near Kineton and Radway
Edgehill battlefield, near Kineton and Radway
Edgehill has a tradition of ghostly soldiers, drums and gunfire after the battle of 1642. A pamphlet published in 1643 described the phantom fighting. The marker represents the wider battlefield, which includes private land; it is not a visitor entrance.
Former Grange House site
📍 Former Grange House site, Grange Loan / Grange Crescent · EH9 2EF
Former Grange House site, Grange Loan / Grange Crescent · EH9 2EF
Grange House was associated with the unexplained sound of a barrel rolling through the building, although no barrel was found. The house was demolished in 1936; its site is now occupied by private homes.
Former Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
📍 Former Theatre Royal, Shakespeare Square; site beneath Waverleygate, 2–4 Waterloo Place · EH1 3EG
Former Theatre Royal, Shakespeare Square; site beneath Waverleygate, 2–4 Waterloo Place · EH1 3EG
James Grant recorded unexplained noises at Edinburgh’s former Theatre Royal, as though performances continued after closing. The theatre was demolished in 1859. This tradition belongs to the vanished Shakespeare Square building, not the offices now occupying its site.
Grim’s Dyke Hotel
📍 Old Redding · HA3 6SH
Old Redding · HA3 6SH
Grim’s Dyke is associated with the ghost of former owner W.S. Gilbert. Guests and staff have reported unexplained presences in the house, while a moustached figure in Victorian clothing is said to appear near the former lake. The marker represents the estate.
Middlethorpe Hall
📍 Bishopthorpe Road · YO23 2GB
Bishopthorpe Road · YO23 2GB
Middlethorpe Hall is associated with a female apparition called Lady Mary, alongside reports of unease in parts of the house. The building now operates as a hotel; visits and access should be arranged with the venue.
The Butt Inn
📍 The Butt Inn, Station Road · RG7 4LA
The Butt Inn, Station Road · RG7 4LA
The Butt Inn has a poltergeist tradition involving beer taps turning on and doors slamming without explanation. The pub stands on Station Road in Aldermaston.
20 Bute Street
📍 20 Bute Street · SW7 3EX
SW7 3EX
Books and stationery reportedly flew from shelves at Arthur H. George's South Kensington shop in 1907. George sought explanations for the disturbances at 20 Bute Street, where a beauty salon now operates.
Former Clegg & Holden printing works
📍 90 Old Bedford Road · LU2 7PD
90 Old Bedford Road · LU2 7PD
Employees at Clegg & Holden's Luton printing works reported footsteps, moving equipment and a figure nicknamed Old Cleggie. Newspaper accounts from 1958 and 1975 identify the premises at 90 Old Bedford Road.
39a West Street
📍 39a West Street · PE8 4EJ
PE8 4EJ
A grocery manager at 39a West Street, Oundle, reported a crash resembling falling biscuit tins, although nothing had fallen. His account appeared in 1956 alongside neighbours' reports of unexplained sounds.
