Hauntings Database

Former Camberwell Palace Theatre Site

📍 Orpheus Street at Denmark Hill · SE5

A lion tamer was said to have died during an act in 1902, after which a bloody, bandaged apparition reportedly haunted the theatre until closure.

Former Clegg & Holden printing works

📍 90 Old Bedford Road · LU2 7PD

Employees at Clegg & Holden's Luton printing works reported footsteps, moving equipment and a figure nicknamed Old Cleggie. Newspaper accounts from 1958 and 1975 identify the premises at 90 Old Bedford Road.

Former Crown pub, Dillington

📍 Dillington, Great Staughton (former pub; area marker)

In January 1971, Tom and Hazel Green described disturbances at the Crown pub, which they had recently taken over. Hazel said a wall clock shot from its fixing while customers discussed ghosts. The family also reported bottles rattling in the empty bar and clothing disappearing before returning. Their experiences appeared in the Cambridge Daily News; a village walking guide identifies the former pub at Dillington.

Former Golders Lodge Site

📍 Golders Gardens / Golders Green Road · NW11 9BP

Local legend says a tenant exploited a lease requiring an owner to remain 'above ground' by keeping the dead man's body in the loft; his ghost was later linked to the grounds.

Former Grange House site

📍 Former Grange House site, Grange Loan / Grange Crescent · EH9 2EF

Grange House was associated with the unexplained sound of a barrel rolling through the building. The Paranormal Database records that no barrel was found. The house was demolished in 1936; its site is now occupied by private homes.

Former Grimsby Post Office

📍 64 Victoria Street South · DN31 1BL

The site is associated with a ghostly mail carrier reportedly seen moving along the stairs of the former post office building.

Former Leighton House

📍 103 Alexandra Road · NW4 2RX

At the former Leighton House, demolished long ago, disembodied voices heard during the 1960s were attributed locally to the ghost of actress and socialite Lillie Langtry.

Former Liquid Nightclub

📍 Fountain Street

The site is associated with a man identified as Raymond Farrar reportedly walking through a wall, closing fridges and then disappearing.

Former No.17 Bistro

📍 17 Cockton Hill Road · DL14 6EN

At the former No.17 Bistro, owners reportedly saw a man sitting among customers at the back of the premises and described a child spirit. Investigator Elaine Kelly recounts their experiences in Spooky Isles. These historical reports concern the Cockton Hill Road building; current access is unconfirmed.

Former Police and Fire Station

📍 18–20 Orkney Street, Govan

The site is associated with a ghostly firefighter and eerie unexplained activity reported around former cells and station rooms.

Former Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children Site

📍 Hackney Road · E2 8PS

When the former children's hospital stood derelict, witnesses reportedly heard the cries of children echoing through its empty corridors and wards.

Former Queen Pub Site

📍 81 Neate Street, now Burgess Park · SE5

Before demolition, the empty Queen pub was reportedly heard full of voices and music; witnesses approaching found the abandoned building dark and silent.

Former Royal Circus Hotel

📍 Former Royal Circus Hotel, 16–20 Royal Circus · EH3 6SS

In October 1973, three Royal Circus Hotel night porters reported a tall woman in white with long dark hair. Their union sought paired shifts and outside help; the former hotel at 16–20 Royal Circus is now residential.

Former St Andrew's Church

📍 Former St Andrew's Church, Church Road · RG7 6BT

A former vicar reportedly saw a ghostly monk inside St Andrew’s Church, according to a submission to the Paranormal Database. The former church now houses Bradfield College’s St Andrew’s Study Centre. Access to the building is restricted; it is no longer a parish church.

Former Telamite premises

📍 Great Knollys Street, Reading (street area)

In January 1968, reports of disturbances brought the Rev Brian Brindley to Telamite's Great Knollys Street premises. The Reading firm occupied a former corn store. Components were reportedly moving, although its spokesman withheld details. Brindley said prayers under the Bishop of Oxford's direction and stressed that he had not performed an exorcism.

Former Tenterden Hall Site

📍 Former Tenterden Hall site · NW4

Before Tenterden Hall was demolished in the 1930s, a dark monk-like figure was reportedly seen on the staircase of the former school.

Former Theatre Royal, Edinburgh

📍 Former Theatre Royal, Shakespeare Square; site beneath Waverleygate, 2–4 Waterloo Place · EH1 3EG

James Grant recorded unexplained noises at Edinburgh’s former Theatre Royal, as though performances continued after closing. The theatre was demolished in 1859. This tradition belongs to the vanished Shakespeare Square building, not the offices now occupying its site.

Former University of Wales College

📍 Lodge Road · NP18 3QT

Reports include a former matron, Roman centurion and unexplained lift activity reported around the old college buildings.

Former Victoria Road Prison Site

📍 Former prison site, Victoria Road / Victoria Avenue · IM2 4RD

Victoria Road Prison had reports of knocking and moaning in Cell 4 and a dark figure in Cell 13, recounted by Rick Hale in Spooky Isles. The prison closed in 2008 and was demolished by 2013. The map marks its former site, not surviving cells.

Former Whitecroft Hospital

People around the former hospital report shadowy doctors and nurses, alongside the persistent sensation of being watched by an unseen presence.

Former Worthing Aquarena site

📍 Bayside, 62 Brighton Road · BN11 2FJ

A 1970 Worthing Gazette report described a watched presence and moving objects at the former Aquarena, linking them with an earlier young-girl ghost tradition. The swimming-pool building has since been demolished and the site redeveloped as Bayside.

Former York Arms

📍 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.

Fortune Theatre

📍 Russell Street · WC2B 5HH

A Lady in Grey has reportedly appeared in a lower box, while shadowy figures have also been seen at the side of the stage.

Forty Hall

📍 Forty Hill · EN2 9HA

Forty Hall has a longstanding reputation for activity on its first-floor landing, with local accounts describing unexplained footsteps, figures and other disturbances.