Hauntings Database

Dylan Thomas Centre

📍 Somerset Place · SA1 1RR

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

Dysert O'Dea Castle

📍 Dysert O'Dea Castle

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

Eagle and Child Inn

📍 PR25 3AA

Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps, moving objects and fleeting apparitions at Eagle and Child Inn, Leyland, adding to the building's long-standing haunted reputation.

Eastbourne Pier

Eastbourne Pier’s former theatre and nightclub reportedly has a frightening black phantom. A smoking army officer has also been seen leaving the railings and passing through the nightclub wall.

Eastbury Manor House

📍 Eastbury Square · IG11 9SN

A young girl is said to haunt the Elizabethan manor, with sightings traditionally linked to the turret stairs and reported particularly by female visitors.

East Heath Road

📍 East Heath Road · NW3 1AH

Witnesses have described a smiling elderly man in a brown coat following them along East Heath Road, only to fade away when they turn to confront him.

East Lynn

📍 Kiln Road, Emmer Green (street area)

Leonard and Frances Withers reported breaking bulbs, flying bottles and shattered glass at East Lynn on Good Friday 1969. Spiritualists visited their Kiln Road bungalow and prayed; the family said the disturbances then subsided. Their son had also been present during earlier incidents at relatives' home in Greys Road, Henley.

Eastwell Manor

📍 Eastwell Park, Boughton Lees · TN25 4HR

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

Eclipse Inn

📍 25 The Square · SO23 9EX

Lady Alice Lisle reportedly appears in a grey dress after spending her final night here before execution. Hammering and sawing are said to echo the building of her scaffold.

Edgehill Battlefield

📍 Edgehill battlefield, near Kineton and Radway

Edgehill has a tradition of ghostly soldiers, drums and gunfire after the battle of 1642. A pamphlet published in 1643 described the phantom fighting. The marker represents the wider battlefield, which includes private land; it is not a visitor entrance.

Edinburgh Castle

📍 Castlehill / The Esplanade · EH1 2NG

A phantom piper is said to play beneath the Royal Mile, while a ghostly drummer warns of danger. The castle’s dungeons also have prisoner apparitions, including one accompanied by a foul smell.

Edinburgh Playhouse

📍 18-22 Greenside Place · EH1 3AA

Staff and visitors at Edinburgh Playhouse report phantom footsteps, unexplained voices and fleeting figures around backstage areas, corridors and the auditorium.

Edinburgh Vaults

Beneath South Bridge, visitors report Mr Boots’s heavy footfalls and a child called Jack tugging clothing. Other encounters include shadowy figures, disembodied voices and unexplained scratches or touches.

Edzell Castle

📍 Edzell · DD9 7UE

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

Eilean Bàn

📍 Eilean Bàn

Staff and visitors report muttering voices, poltergeist activity, disembodied footsteps and doors opening and closing without visible cause.

Eilean Donan Castle

📍 Eilean Donan Castle · IV40 8DX

A headless Spanish soldier, nicknamed Carlos, is said to carry his head through the gift shop. Evening footsteps are attributed to him, while Lady Mary reportedly haunts a bedroom.

Elephant and Castle Station

📍 London Road · SE1 6LW

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

Elizabeth Castle

📍 Elizabeth Castle, Esplanade · JE2 3NU

A phantom garrison reportedly marches into the grounds before fading away. The castle’s other stories include a white figure in the corridors and a baby crying where none is found.

Elizabeth College

📍 The Grange · GY1 2PY

Staff and students report a German soldier walking the corridors. Another school legend concerns Wilson, a mischievous boy whose ghost is said to run through the halls near Wilson’s corridor.

Elizabeth Fort

📍 Barrack Street, The Lough · T12 C8A0

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

Elm Hill

People passing Elm Hill, Norwich have reported strange figures, unexplained sounds and other eerie encounters, particularly after dark or in poor weather.

Elmwood Community Centre

Elmwood witnesses describe a uniformed maid at windows, rear toilets and the side entrance. Tradition links her to a servant’s upstairs death, although archive research found no record of it.

Eltham Palace

📍 Court Yard · SE9 5NP

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

Elvet Bridge

📍 Elvet Bridge · DH1 3AG

Jimmy Allen’s pipes are reportedly heard beneath Elvet Bridge at midnight. The Northumbrian musician died in its House of Correction in 1810, four days before his royal pardon arrived.