Haunted Places in the UK & Ireland

The Swan Theatre, High Wycombe

In 1998, a caretaker reportedly approached a lone figure in the empty auditorium, which vanished. Staff also describe self-opening doors, unexplained lights and a presence following them through the theatre.

West Wycombe Park

A White Lady, traditionally Dashwood’s grandmother, haunts West Wycombe’s music room. Noël Coward reportedly saw a smiling monk watching him play the piano, then vanish when his recital ended.

Wycombe Museum

Ghost stories linked to Wycombe Museum include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.

Bletchley Park

Staff jokingly blamed Bletchley’s ‘coffee poltergeist’ for broken equipment, vanished supplies and a switched-off jug becoming scalding hot. The disturbances were playfully linked to Alan Turing, who chained his cup to a radiator.

Linford Manor

Reports from Linford Manor include apparitions, strange noises and the feeling of an unseen presence moving through its historic rooms.

St Lawrence Church, Broughton

Visitors to St Lawrence Church, Broughton report unexplained footsteps, fleeting figures and an eerie atmosphere, particularly around the older parts of the site.

The Swan Inn, Milton Keynes

Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps, moving objects and fleeting apparitions at The Swan Inn, Milton Keynes, adding to the building's long-standing haunted reputation.

Stowe School

Stowe’s Grey Lady is said to cross its marble halls. Other traditions place phantom servants in unused rooms, Georgian-dressed figures in the gardens and voices reciting prayers in the chapel.

New Lowndes Arms

📍 4 High Street · MK17 0NA

The New Lowndes Arms is a village pub and B&B where investigators have recorded several striking incidents. A former landlady described an ensuite door rattling violently while an inhuman scream sounded from inside, and the word Devil reportedly appeared during a Ouija session that same night. Later investigations produced responsive cat-ball activity, unexplained tapping from the kitchen and a protection necklace breaking unexpectedly. The pub’s ordinary village setting makes the repeated reports especially distinctive rather than relying on a single inherited legend.

The Bell Hotel

📍 Market Square · MK18 3AB

The Bell’s ghost stories include a begging man called Marshall, a wandering little girl and children heard in empty corridors. A housekeeper’s apparition is linked with a legend of a fatal staircase argument.

ADC Theatre

ADC folklore centres on front doors that survived the 1933 fire. Staff traditionally avoided locking them or using their ‘haunted key’, fearing a ghost supposedly trapped inside the burning building.

Cambridge University Library

Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Cambridge University Library, adding to its haunted reputation.

Clare College

📍 Trinity Lane · CB2 1TL

Accounts connected with Clare College describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.

Corpus Christi College

📍 Trumpington Street · CB2 1RH

Corpus Christi’s ghost is traditionally Master Henry Butts, who stayed during Cambridge’s 1630 plague and died in 1632. Reports include bangs, a knee-height apparition and violently shaking washstands.

Peterhouse

Peterhouse pantry staff reportedly saw a person-sized, cigar-shaped figure float towards the Combination Room’s bay window in 1997. Later accounts describe a balding, wide-collared man, unexplained knocking and sudden cold.

Ely Cathedral

📍 The College · CB7 4DL

A cowled monk is said to glide through Ely Cathedral’s aisles, accompanied by an oppressive chill or the rustle of robes. Local tradition leaves the figure unnamed.

Lamb Hotel, Ely

📍 2 Lynn Road · CB7 4EJ

Ely’s Lamb Hotel has three reported figures: a corridor-running girl, a maid tending rooms and a former landlord. Guests also describe empty-staircase footsteps and unseen hands brushing past them.

Old Fire Engine House

📍 25 St Mary's Street · CB7 4ER

Staff and diners describe a male figure, locally believed to be a former owner, watching this 17th-century restaurant. Plates reportedly rattle, voices emerge from empty rooms and chills cross the dining area.

Oliver Cromwell's House

📍 29 St Mary's Street · CB7 4HF

Oliver Cromwell’s former home in Ely openly describes one bedroom as haunted, and visitors are invited to brave the room as part of the house experience.

The Cutter Inn

📍 42 Annesdale · CB7 4BN

A female apparition at the Cutter Inn is traditionally identified as a former landlady. Patrons report an icy brush against their arms and unexplained old-fashioned perfume inside the riverside inn.

Flag Fen

Ghost stories linked to Flag Fen include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.

Longthorpe Tower

Longthorpe Tower is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.

Peterborough Cathedral

📍 Minster Precincts · PE1 1XS

Peterborough traditions place a monk crossing the graveyard into a closed door and phantom singing upstairs. An elderly red-coated grounds apparition is identified as Old Scarlett, the cathedral’s 16th-century sexton.

Peterborough Museum

Sergeant Thomas Hunter, who died here when it was Peterborough Infirmary in 1916, reportedly appears on the main staircase. Other museum accounts describe phantom footsteps and an icy touch.