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.
The Bull Hotel, Peterborough
At Peterborough’s 17th-century Bull Hotel on Westgate, staff and guests report unseen footsteps and jangling keys. A ghostly dog is also said to roam its corridors, with no owner identified.
Haycock Manor Hotel
📍 London Road · PE8 6JA
Shadowy human shapes and other unexplained figures have reportedly been seen around Haycock Manor Hotel and its historic rooms.
Blue Bell Inn, Chester
Henrietta reportedly returns to the Blue Bell’s upper window, where legend says she awaited a Royalist lover lost at Rowton Moor in 1645. Staff traditionally say goodnight when closing.
Chester Amphitheatre
📍 Little St John Street · CH1 1RE
A Roman legionary is said to patrol between Chester’s amphitheatre and Newgate. Other accounts describe marching soldiers around the arena and neighbouring streets, recalling the military landscape of Roman Deva.
Chester Castle
In October 2025, Chester Castle’s cameras recorded a pale, hooded-looking figure at the main gates. A guard found nobody there, while his normally fearless dog reportedly refused to enter.
Chester Cathedral
📍 St Werburgh Street · CH1 2DY
Chester Cathedral is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Chester Rows
Chester Rows’ traditions include a Grey Lady and cold storerooms at former Browns. Nearby Thornton’s staff attributed rearranged stock, stairway pushes and a feeling of being watched to ‘Sarah’.
Stanley Palace
Elizabeth Warburton reportedly walks through a wall at Stanley Palace. Other Tudor-townhouse accounts describe a wartime officer near the upstairs gallery, a woman at the piano, crying children and footsteps.
The Pied Bull
📍 53-57 Northgate Street · CH1 2HQ
Staff and guests report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and other ghostly disturbances throughout one of Chester's oldest surviving pubs.
The Queen at Chester Hotel
📍 52 City Road · CH1 3AH
A little girl is said to haunt second-floor corridors, with laughter, footsteps, cold spots and a phantom tricycle also reported.
Lion and Swan Hotel
📍 Swan Bank · CW12 1JR
A ghostly child and a sinister black dog are among the supernatural figures said to haunt this historic Congleton hotel.
Little Moreton Hall
📍 Newcastle Road · CW12 4SD
Little Moreton Hall’s Grey Lady reportedly passes visitors in the Long Gallery, while a child sobs around the chapel. Concealed shoes and protection marks preserve the Tudor house’s historic protective folklore.
Crewe Hall
Crewe Hall guests report shadow figures in long corridors and sudden bedroom cold spots. The Jacobean mansion, formerly a Civil War garrison and later damaged by fire, now serves as a hotel.
Gawsworth Hall
📍 Church Lane · SK11 9RN
Mary Fitton, Elizabeth I’s maid of honour, reportedly wanders Gawsworth’s corridors and gardens in Tudor dress. Unexplained incense marks the priest’s room, alongside reported footsteps, whispers and candle-like flickers.
Maggoty Wood
📍 Maggoty Lane · SK11 9QY
Samuel ‘Maggoty’ Johnson, reputedly England’s last professional jester, was buried here in 1773. Legend says his jester-clad ghost dances among the trees, with jingling bells and laughter near his grave.
Courthouse Hotel, Knutsford
Knutsford’s former Sessions House held courtrooms, underground cells and 150 prisoners. Hotel guests and housekeepers now report self-starting showers, slamming doors, photographic green mist and unease in the top-floor rooms.
Ghostly Corner, Knutsford
📍 King Street / Minshull Street
Five businesses at Knutsford’s King Street–Minshull Street junction share a haunting tradition. Reports include self-starting hand dryers, objects rearranged overnight and footsteps or movement in otherwise empty upstairs rooms.
Lord Eldon, Knutsford
Annie Sarah Pollitt, Knutsford’s first May Queen and former landlady, reportedly appears in the Lord Eldon’s lower rooms. One landlady described her crossing the bar into the tap room.
Royal George Hotel, Knutsford
The Royal George’s traditions include a highwayman-like figure sometimes linked to Edward Higgins, a Grey Lady in Room 201 and unexplained light balls. Reports prompted a paranormal investigation in 2001.
Sudlow Lane
Near midnight, motorists report a blonde woman on Sudlow Lane towards Plumley or on the motorway bridge. Blood appears to mark her face, but she reportedly vanishes when approached.
Tabley House
Tabley’s clearest traditions concern ruined Old Hall: a duellist and his grieving wife reportedly lean over its balustrade. Other accounts place a White Lady and phantom bells around the park.
Tatton Old Hall
📍 Tatton Park · WA16 6QN
Tatton Old Hall’s spinning room is associated with a sobbing woman. A harsher presence called Tom, traditionally an old gamekeeper, is blamed for pulling women’s hair and pushing them.
Bate Hall Hotel
📍 Chestergate · SK11 6BX
Bate Hall’s child spirit Billy reportedly plays around the bar; a grey woman appears near the stairway. A former cook described thrown pots, while the basement has a separate haunting reputation.
Macclesfield Forest
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Macclesfield Forest, adding to its haunted reputation.
