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.
Wheathill Farmhouse and Little Wheathill
📍 Wheathill Farmhouse and Little Wheathill, Church Lane · LE17 6PG
Wheathill Farmhouse and Little Wheathill, Church Lane · LE17 6PG
Wheathill Farmhouse and Little Wheathill in Church Lane, Shearsby, is a Grade II-listed early-19th-century farmhouse and cottage pair. A 1992 Leicester Daily Mercury feature reported a white-haired female apparition and other unexplained happenings when the property was operating as accommodation.
King’s Manor
📍 Exhibition Square · YO1 7EP
Exhibition Square · YO1 7EP
King’s Manor is associated with reports of a monk-like apparition and unexplained sounds interpreted in local tradition as echoes of wounded men treated there during the Civil War.
Holy Trinity Church, York
📍 Micklegate · YO1 6LE
Micklegate · YO1 6LE
Holy Trinity Micklegate is associated with traditions of two women and a child appearing at or around morning service, with differing accounts of their identities.
Dick Turpin's Grave
📍 6 Lead Mill Lane · YO1 9AB
6 Lead Mill Lane · YO1 9AB
The traditional Dick Turpin grave is both a documented burial-ground landmark and a modern paranormal-investigation location, though the exact grave identification is disputed.
Millthorpe School
📍 Nunthorpe Avenue · YO23 1WF
Nunthorpe Avenue · YO23 1WF
Reports associated with Millthorpe School include a pupil's account of whispers and a shadowy young figure. These are reported experiences, not established facts. This is a working school, not a public ghost-tour venue.
National Railway Museum
📍 Leeman Road · YO26 4XJ
Leeman Road · YO26 4XJ
Reports associated with National Railway Museum include A sleeping car and a darkroom were both described as having unexplained presences.
The Shambles
📍 The Shambles · YO1
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The Shambles itself is a contemporary paranormal-investigation location distinct from individual properties and the Margaret Clitherow shrine.
Yorkshire Air Museum
📍 Halifax Way, Elvington · YO41 4AU
Halifax Way, Elvington · YO41 4AU
The former RAF Elvington site has a modern paranormal reputation centred on a pilot apparition and unexplained voices and footsteps.
Yorkshire Museum Library
📍 Museum Gardens · YO1 7FR
Museum Gardens · YO1 7FR
Reports associated with Yorkshire Museum Library include A caretaker reportedly saw an elderly man searching shelves after a particular book repeatedly appeared on the floor.
Guy Fawkes Inn
📍 25 High Petergate · YO1 7HP
25 High Petergate · YO1 7HP
Tradition links reported activity at the inn to Guy Fawkes and to two children said to have died of cholera.
Ship Inn, Acaster Malbis
📍 Hauling Lane, Acaster Malbis · YO23 2UH
Hauling Lane, Acaster Malbis · YO23 2UH
The Ship Inn has a well-developed local haunting tradition centred on a former regular and poltergeist-like disturbances.
JORVIK Viking Centre
📍 19 Coppergate Walk · YO1 9WT
19 Coppergate Walk · YO1 9WT
JORVIK has been used as a contemporary paranormal-investigation location, although the source does not establish a specific historical ghost.
Heslington Hall
📍 University of York, Heslington · YO10 5DD
University of York, Heslington · YO10 5DD
Heslington Hall has multiple reported anomalous experiences from staff and a former wartime occupant, making it a strong campus haunting lead.
Radisson Hotel York
📍 North Street · YO1 6JF
North Street · YO1 6JF
A York hotel haunting tradition associates a roaming apparition with an earlier property said to have stood on the site.
Light Horseman
📍 124 Fulford Road · YO10 4BE
124 Fulford Road · YO10 4BE
A York ghost-walk operator lists the Light Horseman among haunted properties open to the public, with a male stairway apparition tradition.
Hole in the Wall, York
📍 10 High Petergate · YO1 7EH
10 High Petergate · YO1 7EH
The High Petergate pub has long-running phantom-footstep folklore connected with underground spaces near Bootham Bar.
Three Tuns
📍 12 Coppergate · YO1 9NR
12 Coppergate · YO1 9NR
The Three Tuns has a reported resident elderly male apparition and additional poltergeist-style stories.
Red Lion, York
📍 2 Merchantgate · YO1 9TU
2 Merchantgate · YO1 9TU
This historic Merchantgate pub carries Dick Turpin folklore and a separate report of a male ghost associated with the closed pub interior.
York Theatre Royal
📍 St Leonard's Place · YO1 7HD
St Leonard's Place · YO1 7HD
Reported activity includes unexplained music, a grey nun-like figure and an actor apparition linked to a duel.
St George's Roman Catholic Church
📍 Peel Street · YO1 9PZ
Peel Street · YO1 9PZ
A phantom rabbit has been reported in the church and was sometimes associated in folklore with Dick Turpin.
Snickleway Inn
📍 47 Goodramgate · YO1 7LS
47 Goodramgate · YO1 7LS
Reported tradition: The pub's stories include a little girl on the stairs, a more sinister basement presence and a phantom cat.
Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow
📍 35 The Shambles · YO1 7LX
35 The Shambles · YO1 7LX
Visitors have described an unusually strong sense of peace despite the busy street outside.
Roman Bath public house
📍 9 St Sampsons Square · YO1 8RN
9 St Sampsons Square · YO1 8RN
Phantom splashing has been reported from the Roman baths below the pub.
Old White Swan Inn
📍 80 Goodramgate · YO1 7LF
80 Goodramgate · YO1 7LF
Stories centre on a fireplace where shadowy laughing figures or a presence have been reported.
