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.
Lamb & Lion Inn
📍 2–4 High Petergate · YO1 7EH
2–4 High Petergate · YO1 7EH
Reported activity includes a child crying upstairs when no child was present and doors closing unaided.
Former York Arms
📍 26 High Petergate · YO1 7EH
26 High Petergate · YO1 7EH
A nun-like apparition is said to be linked to an earlier building on the site and may overlap with Theatre Royal folklore.
Micklegate Bar
📍 Micklegate · YO1 6JU
Micklegate · YO1 6JU
Local folklore tells of a woman named Sarah reportedly wandering Micklegate Bar and rattling keys.
Castlegate House
📍 26 Castlegate · YO1 9RP
26 Castlegate · YO1 9RP
A shadowy female figure is said to have been seen on the staircase.
Black Swan Inn, York
📍 Peasholme Green · YO1 7PR
Peasholme Green · YO1 7PR
Reported phenomena include the lower half of a man on the stairs, a Victorian workman and a woman in white.
All Saints Church, York
📍 Pavement · YO1 8RX
Pavement · YO1 8RX
A pale or dark-clad young girl is said to appear at the church doorway during funerals.
41 Stonegate
📍 41 Stonegate · YO1 8AW
YO1 8AW
A young Victorian girl is said to haunt 41 Stonegate after reportedly falling to her death on the staircase. Later accounts describe footsteps on the stairs and sightings of a child inside the building.
5 College Street
📍 5 College Street · YO1 7JF
YO1 7JF
A plague-era legend tells of a child trapped in the house; later traditions report crying and a girl at the window.
Royal Oak, York
📍 18 Goodramgate · YO1 7LG
18 Goodramgate · YO1 7LG
Reports include a tall gaunt man, an older woman in the front bar, phantom children, a girl and two female spirits named Alice and Mary.
18–20 Stonegate
📍 18–20 Stonegate · YO1 8AS
YO1 8AS
A young girl was reportedly seen in a changing-room mirror before appearing to pass through a wall.
Mercat Cross
📍 Mercat Cross, High Street · EH1 1RF
Mercat Cross, High Street · EH1 1RF
Pitscottie’s chronicle records a supernatural voice at Edinburgh’s Mercat Cross naming men who would die at Flodden in 1513. Later associated with Plotcock, the tradition names a protesting Richard Lawson whose historical identity remains uncertain.
Chessel’s Court
📍 Chessel’s Court, 240 Canongate · EH8 8AD
Chessel’s Court, 240 Canongate · EH8 8AD
James Bone’s 1911 account of Chessel’s Court records heavy breathing and a tall, black-clad veiled woman beside a bed. John Childs later described something crossing his bed in the 1980s; the separate fiery Canongate legend concerns another location.
Bruntsfield House
📍 Bruntsfield House, James Gillespie’s School grounds · EH9 1DD
Bruntsfield House, James Gillespie’s School grounds · EH9 1DD
Margaret Warrender’s 1890 account describes Bruntsfield House’s concealed Ghost Room, with ashes and stains, and a skeleton reportedly found below its windows. She did not identify the event behind it; the murdered Green Lady belongs to later retellings.
5 Hazeldean Terrace
📍 5 Hazeldean Terrace · EH16 5RU
EH16 5RU
In the late 1950s, the Currie family at Hazeldean Terrace reported destructive disturbances later described as poltergeist activity. Accounts mention moving or damaged objects; a later identification with a soldier connected to Prestonpans remains untraced.
Festival Theatre
📍 Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street · EH8 9FT
Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street · EH8 9FT
A Festival Theatre employee known as Mark reportedly saw a wooden-legged man and figures around the lighting rig from the 1990s onwards. Later links with the Great Lafayette and the fatal 1911 fire remain interpretations of these accounts.
The Sheep Heid Inn
📍 The Sheep Heid Inn, 43–47 The Causeway, Duddingston · EH15 3QA
The Sheep Heid Inn, 43–47 The Causeway, Duddingston · EH15 3QA
Edinburgh’s Sheep Heid Inn has traditions of a male figure called the Major and a young girl near the bowling alley. A separate investigation reportedly filmed lights responding to questions; the footage and the Major’s identity remain unverified.
White Hart Inn, Edinburgh
📍 White Hart Inn, Grassmarket · EH1 2JU
White Hart Inn, Grassmarket · EH1 2JU
John Tantalon reports that Georgia, a former employee at Edinburgh’s White Hart Inn, knew of unexplained movement and noises after closing. It remains unclear which incidents she witnessed herself and which were reported by colleagues.
26 Rutland Street
📍 26 Rutland Street · EH1 2AN
EH1 2AN
On Christmas Eve 1887, Dr William Allan Jamieson reported a woman’s apparition at 26 Rutland Street, Edinburgh. He later associated her with a patient who died around that time; his account entered Society for Psychical Research records.
Craigmillar Castle
📍 Craigmillar Castle · EH16 4SY
EH16 4SY
In May 1935, the Sunday Post reported a dark, hooded figure at Craigmillar Castle with tangled hair and spurred riding boots. The account prompted ghost-hunting visits and remains a distinct episode in the castle’s folklore.
George Heriot’s School
📍 George Heriot’s School, Lauriston Place · EH3 9EQ
George Heriot’s School, Lauriston Place · EH3 9EQ
A former George Heriot’s School employee identified as Beverly recalled cold spots and moving objects during the 1980s, including a vase apparently lifting before smashing. Colleagues also reported a dark figure in the school.
Ghillie Dhu
📍 Ghillie Dhu, Rutland Place · EH1 2AD
Ghillie Dhu, Rutland Place · EH1 2AD
During the 2010 conversion of Edinburgh’s former St Thomas’ Church into Ghillie Dhu, workmen reported footsteps on empty upper floors, moving shadows and displaced tools. A contemporary report named foreman Ross McMillan and described workers’ reluctance to stay alone.
Museum of Childhood
📍 Museum of Childhood, 42 High Street · EH1 1TG
Museum of Childhood, 42 High Street · EH1 1TG
Edinburgh’s Museum of Childhood has reports of crying, laughter, whispers and footsteps after hours. Ghost Club material records childlike crying; claims attributing experiences directly to founder Patrick Murray have not been traced to an original account.
Museum of Edinburgh
📍 Museum of Edinburgh, 142–146 Canongate · EH8 8DD
Museum of Edinburgh, 142–146 Canongate · EH8 8DD
A Museum of Edinburgh staff member identified as Linzi has described unusual experiences within the historic Canongate buildings. The available account preserves her workplace testimony, while the precise rooms and independent corroboration remain to be established.
Brookhurst
📍 Former Leamington Golf Club site, Leamington Spa · CV32 6PB
Former Leamington Golf Club site, Leamington Spa · CV32 6PB
Brookhurst, the former Leamington Golf Club clubhouse, had a ghost known as George. Reports included footsteps, opening doors, lights and a ringing doorbell; during demolition, workers described thrown objects and an unseen presence.
