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.

1,758 haunted places
Pub
Bromley · Greater London

Crown and Pepper

Staff and visitors report limping footsteps, a wounded soldier-like apparition and phantom horses reportedly heard or seen around the pub.

Hotel
Harrogate · North Yorkshire

Crown Hotel, Harrogate

📍 Crown Place · HG1 2RZ

Witnesses describe poltergeist-like activity in suites and an RAF serviceman-like apparition reported around the hotel.

Hotel
Poole · Dorset

Crown Hotel, Poole

📍 BH15 1NB

Crown Hotel folklore places two children beneath the larder, their cries heard inside and apparitions playing in the courtyard. Another report describes a white-nightdress girl leaning over an upstairs banister.

Pub
Belfast · Antrim

Crown Liquor Saloon

📍 46 Great Victoria Street · BT2 7BA

Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps, moving objects and fleeting apparitions at Crown Liquor Saloon, adding to the building's long-standing haunted reputation.

Crowthorne · Berkshire

Crowthorne Station

📍 Crowthorne Station, Dukes Ride · RG45 0QW

A submission to the Paranormal Database describes ghostly figures on Crowthorne Station’s platform and mild poltergeist activity nearby. The report gives no date for these experiences. The location marks the working station on Dukes Ride, rather than a particular platform or stretch of track.

Prison / Gaol
Belfast · Antrim

Crumlin Road Gaol

📍 53-55 Crumlin Road · BT14 6ST

A disappearing man haunts C-Wing, a grey figure appears in the courthouse tunnel, and a ghostly warden patrols B-Wing. Visitors also report cries for help, slamming doors and unexplained touches.

Historic site
Culloden · Highland

Culloden Moor

📍 Culloden Battlefield, Culloden Moor · IV2 5EU

The site is associated with phantom soldiers, clashing swords, war cries and spectral corpses reportedly appearing around the battlefield, especially on 16 April.

Palace
Culross · Fife

Culross Palace

📍 Culross Palace · KY12 8JH

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

Castle
Maybole · South Ayrshire

Culzean Castle

📍 Culzean Castle · KA19 8LE

A phantom piper is said to herald Kennedy family weddings and play on stormy nights. Inside, visitors report a White Lady, while screams and crackling fire echo from the vaults.

Historic house
Claudy · Londonderry

Cumber House

📍 Cumber House · BT47 4JA

A local legend says a troublesome Brown family spirit was banished into a garden tree. Visitors also report running footsteps on the stairs, tugged clothing and the hall piano playing unattended.

Historic house
Portlaw · Waterford

Curraghmore House

📍 Curraghmore · X91 X598

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

Visitor attraction
Greenwich · Greater London

Cutty Sark

Local accounts describe strange figures, unexplained sounds and eerie sensations at Cutty Sark, where ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.

Castle
Merthyr Tydfil

Cyfarthfa Castle

📍 Cyfarthfa Park, Brecon Road · CF47 8RE

The site is associated with William Crawshay's presence, unexplained footsteps, sudden cold and the feeling of being watched reported around the castle.

Street / Road
Dagenham · Greater London

Dagenham Road / Wantz Crossroads

📍 Dagenham Road, Eastbrookend to Wantz Crossroads · RM7 0SS

A broad-shouldered, caped figure was repeatedly reported walking from Eastbrookend towards Wantz Crossroads, traditionally identified with murdered policeman George Clark.

HotelRooms available
Kirknewton · Edinburgh

Dalmahoy Hotel

📍 Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club · EH27 8EB

Lady Mary, the White Lady, is reported at the foot of beds in her former room. Other sightings include phantom servants and a cloaked woman floating above the main staircase.

Bridge
Glasgow

Dalmarnock Road Bridge

📍 Dalmarnock Road Bridge

The site is associated with a figure apparently jumping from the bridge before vanishing, with no body found below.

Pub
Dublin

Darkey Kelly's

📍 19 Fishamble Street · D08 PD8W

Reports include the feeling of being watched, strange sounds and objects reportedly moving by themselves inside the pub.

Theatre
Darlington · County Durham

Darlington Hippodrome

Darlington Hippodrome’s top-hatted man, traditionally founder Rino Pepi, reportedly appears in the Royal Box. Other accounts describe a dog on the circle staircase and a sobbing child in dressing room 12.

Pub
Dublin

Davy Byrne's Pub

📍 21 Duke Street · D02 K380

Witnesses describe James Joyce's shade reportedly appearing in mirrors inside the famous Dublin pub, with the activity reported around the location over many years.

Mill / Industrial site
Halifax · West Yorkshire

Dean Clough Mills

📍 HX3 5AX

Staff and visitors report Victorian children, unexplained bangs and taps and a floating head-like apparition around the former mills.

Street / Road
Soho · Greater London

Dean Street

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

Historic house
Peterborough · Cambridgeshire

Deene Court, Peterborough

📍 Deene Court, Westwood, Peterborough (street area)

A resident of Deene Court described objects moving, china breaking and unexplained knocking in 2002. She told the Peterborough Evening Telegraph that the experiences spanned her 25 years there. She said visits by five priests had not ended the disturbances and requested an exorcism. Her explanation involving a deceased relative was her own interpretation.

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