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.
13 Lower Bridge Street
📍 13 Lower Bridge Street · CH1 1RS
CH1 1RS
At La Belle Femme in Chester, proprietor Audrey Heywood Haynes reported ornaments flying from a dresser and a kettle lid moving. Her account appeared in 1983, before the premises became a hair salon.
Wilford Ambulance Station
📍 Clifton Lane · NG11 7ES
Clifton Lane · NG11 7ES
Staff at Wilford Ambulance Station reported a clock falling, weights moving and snooker balls scattered in 1990. Ambulancemen Richard Cox and Malcolm Clifford described their concerns to a local newspaper.
Fox and Hounds
📍 3 Chapel Street · CB9 7DQ
3 Chapel Street · CB9 7DQ
Publicans at the Fox and Hounds in Steeple Bumpstead described moving objects, footsteps and doors opening in a 1973 newspaper report. Earlier occupants had nicknamed the supposed presence Cedric.
Upnor Castle
📍 Upnor Road, Upper Upnor · ME2 4XG
Upnor Road, Upper Upnor · ME2 4XG
Security staff at Upnor Castle reported repeated alarms and locked doors found open in 1996. A local councillor discussed the incidents, which a newspaper presented as a possible haunting.
Longleat House
📍 Longleat House · BA12 7JS
BA12 7JS
A 1946 newspaper retold two Longleat traditions: a monk said to throw stones during rebuilding, and a Marquess of Bath whose ghost was supposedly laid by clergy. These are separate legends linked to different periods.
Epworth Old Rectory
📍 1 Rectory Street · DN9 1HX
1 Rectory Street · DN9 1HX
The Wesley family reported repeated knocks and other disturbances at Epworth Old Rectory in 1716–17. They called the unseen presence Old Jeffrey. The house is now a museum about the family.
Coupland Castle
📍 Coupland Castle · NE71 6TQ
NE71 6TQ
Reports from Coupland Castle in 1926 described loud rumbling, knocks and sounds in the corridors. The owner also recalled his son's account of a luminous vapour near a room known as the haunted chamber.
Barlinnie Prison
📍 81 Lee Avenue, Riddrie · G33 2QX
81 Lee Avenue, Riddrie · G33 2QX
A 1969 newspaper report described a mirror and mugs falling in a cell in Barlinnie Prison's A Hall. A recently released prisoner said the three occupants believed a ghost was responsible.
Amington Hall
📍 Ashby Road · B79 0BX
Ashby Road · B79 0BX
Amington Hall is associated with a ghostly drummer said to warn of deaths in the Burdett family. Newspaper accounts describe a later occupant hearing the drum without knowing the tradition.
Theatre Royal, Margate
📍 Addington Street · CT9 1PW
Addington Street · CT9 1PW
A painter working overnight at Margate's Theatre Royal reported footsteps, bangs and a face-like apparition in 1966, when the building was a bingo hall. The figure was associated with former manager Sarah Thorne.
Airlie Castle
📍 Airlie Castle · DD8 5NG
DD8 5NG
Airlie Castle has a tradition of unseen drumming and music interpreted as a warning of a death in the family. An 1881 newspaper letter recalled a visitor hearing music there in 1845.
Coventry Cathedral ruins
📍 1 Hill Top, Coventry, CV1 5AB · CV1 5AB
1 Hill Top, Coventry, CV1 5AB · CV1 5AB
The sound of piston-engined bombers has reportedly been heard above the ruins of Coventry Cathedral. The medieval cathedral was destroyed during the Coventry Blitz in November 1940.
Croft Castle
📍 Croft Park, Yarpole, Leominster, HR6 9PW · HR6 9PW
Croft Park, Yarpole, Leominster, HR6 9PW · HR6 9PW
Croft Castle is said to be haunted by a giant figure dressed in leather, sometimes identified as Owain Glyndŵr, and a man in Elizabethan clothing associated with Sir James Croft. Stories of a tall knight and unexplained cries also feature in the castle's ghost tours.
Coughton Court
📍 Coughton, Alcester, B49 5JA · B49 5JA
Coughton, Alcester, B49 5JA · B49 5JA
A Pink Lady is said to haunt Coughton Court, walking from the Tapestry Bedroom through the dining room and down the main stairs. Tradition suggests she may have been a daughter of the Throckmorton family connected by marriage to one of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators.
The Ostrich Inn
📍 42 High Street, Colnbrook, Slough, SL3 0JZ · SL3 0JZ
42 High Street, Colnbrook, Slough, SL3 0JZ · SL3 0JZ
The Ostrich Inn is associated with the story of Jarman, an innkeeper said to have murdered guests using a hinged bed that tipped them into boiling water. Ghostly activity has been reported at the inn, although the identity of the apparition is uncertain.
Old Bank Hotel
📍 92–94 High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ · OX1 4BJ
92–94 High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ · OX1 4BJ
The Old Bank Hotel occupies historic buildings on Oxford's High Street. Local ghost stories associate the older Magpie Lane building with Prudence Burcote.
Former Worthing Aquarena site
📍 Bayside, 62 Brighton Road · BN11 2FJ
Bayside, 62 Brighton Road · BN11 2FJ
A 1970 Worthing Gazette report described a watched presence and moving objects at the former Aquarena, linking them with an earlier young-girl ghost tradition. The swimming-pool building has since been demolished and the site redeveloped as Bayside.
Staunton Harold Hall and estate
📍 Staunton Harold Hall and estate, Staunton Harold · LE65 1RT
Staunton Harold Hall and estate, Staunton Harold · LE65 1RT
Staunton Harold Hall and its estate are linked by a 1929 Leicester Chronicle account to the ghost of steward John Johnson, who was shot by Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, in 1760 and was said to continue his duties around the estate.
Stretton Baskerville deserted village
📍 Stretton Baskerville scheduled monument · LE10
Stretton Baskerville scheduled monument · LE10
The deserted medieval village of Stretton Baskerville carries a 1931 newspaper tradition of a vanishing tricorne-wearing figure later associated locally with Dick Turpin, alongside stories of ruined buildings and buried treasure. Historic England independently confirms the deserted village as a scheduled monument in Warwickshire.
Caroline Park House
📍 5 Caroline Park, Caroline Park House · EH5 1QJ
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.
Former Royal Circus Hotel
📍 Former Royal Circus Hotel, 16–20 Royal Circus · EH3 6SS
Former Royal Circus Hotel, 16–20 Royal Circus · EH3 6SS
In October 1973, three Royal Circus Hotel night porters reported a tall woman in white with long dark hair. Their union sought paired shifts and outside help; the former hotel at 16–20 Royal Circus is now residential.
Manor Farmhouse
📍 Manor Farmhouse, Main Street · LE7 9LF
Manor Farmhouse, Main Street · LE7 9LF
Newspaper accounts from 1884 and 1930 describe lights, footsteps, raps, lifted latches, disturbed crockery and fires at Tilton-on-the-Hill’s manor house. Historic England identifies the surviving Manor Farmhouse on Main Street as the building previously listed as Manor House.
Banshee Labyrinth
📍 29–35 Niddry Street · EH1 1LG
29–35 Niddry Street · EH1 1LG
Edinburgh’s Banshee Labyrinth occupies part of the underground vault network. Published accounts describe the Watcher and a Grey Lady, while staff and investigators report unexplained bangs, moving or rattling objects and unusual audio.
Holy Trinity Church, York
📍 70 Goodramgate · YO1 7LF
70 Goodramgate · YO1 7LF
Holy Trinity Goodramgate is linked in York folklore with a headless Thomas Percy searching the churchyard and a separate long-gowned apparition.
