Haunted Places in the UK & Ireland
Explore haunted hotels, pubs, castles and other places across Britain and Ireland. Search by name, location or reported activity, and find places within a chosen distance.
Royal Hotel, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Accounts connected with Royal Hotel, Ashby-de-la-Zouch describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Kirby Muxloe Castle
📍 Off Oakcroft Avenue · LE9 2DH
Kirby Muxloe Castle is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Abbey Pumping Station Museum
📍 Corporation Road · LE4 5PX
Accounts connected with Abbey Pumping Station Museum describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Belgrave Hall
📍 Church Road, Belgrave · LE4 5PE
Reports include a Victorian-looking woman walking through a wall, cold sensations and figures or mist captured on CCTV.
Leicester Castle
Ghost stories linked to Leicester Castle include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Leicester Cathedral
Local accounts describe apparitions linked to Richard III, unexplained noises and an elderly monk-like figure reportedly moving through the cathedral.
Leicester Guildhall
Staff and visitors report a White Lady, moving furniture, doors unlocking, ghostly animals and apparitions including a policeman or Cavalier.
Talbot Inn, Leicester
Talbot Inn, Leicester is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Towers Hospital, Leicester
Witnesses describe the feeling of being watched, unexplained bangs, misty forms and objects reportedly thrown without visible cause.
Burleigh Hall Grounds
Local accounts describe unexplained chills and the feeling of being watched around wooded parts of the former Burleigh Hall estate.
Old Magistrates' Court, Loughborough
📍 Woodgate Chambers, 70 Woodgate · LE11 2TZ
Witnesses describe a heavy atmosphere, unexplained footsteps, whispered voices and sudden cold around the former courtroom and dock.
School Street Haunting
📍 School Street
Staff and visitors report crawling sensations, persistent cold spots and reports of a male presence during a 2013 household haunting.
The Laughing Buddha, Loughborough
📍 3 Woodgate · LE11 2TY
The site is associated with unexplained noises, cold breezes and an uneasy presence in upstairs rooms and storage areas.
The Old Rectory, Loughborough
📍 Rectory Place · LE11 1UW
Reports include strange figures and shifting shadows in the windows, together with sudden eerie stillness around the old rectory.
Bosworth Battlefield
Ghost stories linked to Bosworth Battlefield include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Bosworth Hall Hotel
📍 The Park · CV13 0LP
The site is associated with the Grey Lady Ann Dixie, unexplained nocturnal knocking and a long-running bloodstain legend associated with the hall.
The Three Swans Hotel
📍 21 High Street · LE16 7NJ
A supposedly cursed portrait dominates the hotel's ghost lore, alongside reports of a Victorian woman, moving glasses and sudden cold.
Bradgate Park
📍 Bradgate Road, Newtown Linford · LE6 0HB
Ghost stories linked to Bradgate Park include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Wheathill Farmhouse and Little Wheathill
📍 Wheathill Farmhouse and Little Wheathill, Church Lane · LE17 6PG
Wheathill Farmhouse and Little Wheathill in Church Lane, Shearsby, is a Grade II-listed early-19th-century farmhouse and cottage pair. A 1992 Leicester Daily Mercury feature reported a white-haired female apparition and other unexplained happenings when the property was operating as accommodation.
Staunton Harold Hall and estate
📍 Staunton Harold Hall and estate, Staunton Harold · LE65 1RT
Staunton Harold Hall and its estate are linked by a 1929 Leicester Chronicle account to the ghost of steward John Johnson, who was shot by Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, in 1760 and was said to continue his duties around the estate.
Grace Dieu Priory
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Grace Dieu Priory, adding to its haunted reputation.
Manor Farmhouse, Tilton-on-the-Hill
📍 Manor Farmhouse, Main Street · LE7 9LF
Newspaper accounts from 1884 and 1930 describe a Tilton-on-the-Hill manor house associated with moving lights, footsteps, raps, lifted latches, disturbed crockery and fires, as well as an earlier attempt by clergy to 'lay' the ghost. Historic England identifies the surviving Manor Farmhouse on Main Street as the building previously listed as Manor House.
Beaumanor Hall
📍 LE12 8TX
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Beaumanor Hall, adding to its haunted reputation.
Bradley Woods
📍 Bradley · DN37 0AH
Local accounts describe the Black Lady, a female apparition said to roam the woodland paths.
