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
Abbey / Monastery
Northampton · Northamptonshire

Delapré Abbey

📍 London Road · NN4 8AW

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

Castle
Denbigh · Denbighshire

Denbigh Castle

📍 Castle Hill · LL16 3NB

Ghostly figures, strange sounds and unexplained sensations have been reported at Denbigh Castle, adding to the site's long supernatural reputation.

Street / Road
Soho · Greater London

Denman Street

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

Church / Cathedral
Derby · Derbyshire

Derby Cathedral

📍 18–19 Iron Gate · DE1 3GP

Derby Cathedral’s outdoor traditions include former hangman John Crossland in the grounds, a White Lady on the rear steps and a tearful woman carrying a child, offering several distinct reported apparitions.

Prison / Gaol
Derby · Derbyshire

Derby Gaol

📍 50–51 Friar Gate · DE1 1DF

Derby Gaol’s condemned cell has reports of suffocation and visions of hanging men. Women describe cold, rough hands attributed to ‘George’ in the debtors’ cell; cell doors reportedly shut unaided.

Mill / Industrial site
Derby · Derbyshire

Derby Silk Mill

📍 Silk Mill Lane · DE1 3AF

Derby Silk Mill’s bell tower reportedly echoes with cries of a child supposedly kicked downstairs by an overseer. The child-labour legend belongs to the historic mill, now the Museum of Making.

Theatre
Derby · Derbyshire

Derby Theatre

📍 DE1 2NF

Reports from Derby Theatre include strange sounds, shadowy figures and unexplained activity continuing after audiences and staff have left.

Historic site
Derry · Londonderry

Derry City Walls

📍 1-3 Waterloo Place · BT48 6BT

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

Historic site
Buxton · Derbyshire

Devonshire Dome

📍 Devonshire Road · SK17 6RY

A Devonshire Dome night worker reported children laughing behind locked doors and footsteps reproducing sounds of removed flooring upstairs. Local tradition also places old-fashioned nurses inside the former hospital.

Cemetery / Graveyard
York · North Yorkshire

Dick Turpin's Grave

📍 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.

Castle
Dirleton · East Lothian

Dirleton Castle

📍 Dirleton Castle · EH39 5ER

Ghostly figures, strange sounds and unexplained sensations have been reported at Dirleton Castle, adding to the site's long supernatural reputation.

Hall
Lincoln · Lincolnshire

Doddington Hall

📍 Main Street, Doddington · LN6 4RU

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

Historic house
Dodington · Gloucestershire

Dodington House

📍 Dodington House · BS37 6SL

Reports from Dodington House describe unexplained piano music and later disturbances involving doors, lights and taps. Members of the Codrington family associated the music with Lady Georgiana Codrington.

Castle
Creeslough · Donegal

Doe Castle

📍 Doe Castle, Castledoe · F92 Y9D2

Ghostly figures, strange sounds and unexplained sensations have been reported at Doe Castle, adding to the site's long supernatural reputation.

PubRooms available
Hertford · Hertfordshire

Dog and Whistle

📍 112 Fore Street · SG14 1AB

Witnesses describe the feeling of being watched, an unexplained taste of blood, drifting shapes and doors opening by themselves.

Castle
Llanberis · Gwynedd

Dolbadarn Castle

📍 Castell Dolbadarn · LL55 4UB

Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Dolbadarn Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.

Castle
Abermule · Powys

Dolforwyn Castle

📍 Castell Dolforwyn, 1 mile west of Abermule

Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Dolforwyn Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.

Pub
Chichester · West Sussex

Dolphin and Anchor

📍 West Street · PO19 1QD

Witnesses describe a young girl, a former landlord and unexplained movement of glasses or furniture around the historic inn.

PubRooms available
Penzance · Cornwall

Dolphin Tavern

📍 Quay Street · TR18 4BD

Witnesses describe a tricorne-hatted sea captain, an old-fashioned woman and disembodied voices reported around the harbour inn.

Castle
Donadea · Kildare

Donadea Castle

📍 Donadea Demesne

Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Donadea Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.

Park / Woodland
Donadea · Kildare

Donadea Forest

📍 Donadea Forest Park · W91 VK59

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

Hall
Donaghadee · Down

Donaghadee Town Hall

📍 Former Town Hall, 24 High Street · BT21 0AQ

Investigators reported a child’s voice giving the name Matthew and another identifying himself as the Key Keeper. In the cellar, team members witnessed stones being thrown and wood moving.

Castle
Donegal

Donegal Castle

📍 Castle Street · F94 P996

Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Donegal Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.

Castle
Doune · Stirling

Doune Castle

📍 Castle Hill · FK16 6EA

Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Doune Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.

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