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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.

1,621 haunted placesA–Z
Historic house
Montacute · Somerset

Montacute House

📍 The Borough · TA15 6XP

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

Pub
Norton St Philip · Somerset

George Inn, Norton St Philip

Accounts connected with George Inn, Norton St Philip describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.

Castle
Nunney · Somerset

Nunney Castle

📍 Castle Street · BA11 4LW

Ghost stories linked to Nunney Castle include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.

Prison / Gaol
Shepton Mallet · Somerset

Shepton Mallet Prison

📍 Frithfield Lane · BA4 5LU

The site is associated with a tall hatted man and an elderly woman-like apparition reported around the former prison.

Castle
Taunton · Somerset

Taunton Castle

📍 Castle Green · TA1 4AA

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

The Crown at Wells
PubRooms available
Wells · Somerset

The Crown at Wells

📍 Market Place · BA5 2RP

The Crown at Wells is a centuries-old inn facing the Market Place and the site associated with the Bloody Assizes. Its supernatural reputation includes apparitions and unexplained disturbances reported by guests and staff through the old rooms. The building’s long history as a coaching inn, wartime billet and public house gives the stories several layers of possible origin rather than a single named ghost. The Crown still trades as an inn with rooms, placing it firmly in both the Haunted Pubs and Haunted Hotels sides of the Spooky Isles ecosystem.

Church / Cathedral
Wells · Somerset

Wells Cathedral

📍 Chain Gate, Cathedral Green · BA5 2UE

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

Cave / Mine
Wookey Hole · Somerset

Wookey Hole Caves

📍 The Mill · BA5 1BB

Local accounts describe the legendary Witch of Wookey and other supernatural traditions associated with the caves and their striking formations.

Hotel
Hellaby · South Yorkshire

Hellaby Hall Hotel

The site is associated with a hag-like presence and frightening sensations reported in bedrooms, including claims of pressure around the throat.

Museum
Rotherham · South Yorkshire

Haunted Objects Museum, Rotherham

Reports include child spirits, a white-clad woman, unexplained scratches and activity associated with allegedly haunted objects.

Natural site
Ulley · South Yorkshire

Ulley Reservoir

Local accounts describe a wild phantom associated with a drowned asylum escapee said to appear around the reservoir.

Historic site
Wentworth · South Yorkshire

Hoober Stand

Witnesses describe unexplained voices, shuffling sounds, a monk-like figure and the sense of an unseen watcher around the monument.

Historic house
Wentworth · South Yorkshire

Wentworth Woodhouse

Staff and visitors report the sound of children running, a motionless man, a monk and unexplained doors or bangs around the great house.

Visitor attraction
Alton · Staffordshire

Alton Towers

📍 Alton Towers Resort · ST10 4DB

Ghost stories linked to Alton Towers include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.

Historic site
Biddulph · Staffordshire

Biddulph Grange

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

Natural site
Cannock · Staffordshire

Cannock Chase

📍 WS12

Local accounts describe black-eyed children, sobbing, misty soldier-like figures and other strange apparitions reported in the woodland.

Pub
Cannock · Staffordshire

The Four Crosses Inn

📍 Watling Street · WS11 1RX

The site is associated with child voices upstairs, sliding glasses and a dark figure reportedly appearing in the bar doorway.

Castle
Caverswall · Staffordshire

Caverswall Castle

📍 Caverswall Castle, Caverswall Road · ST11 9EA

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

Hall
Great Haywood · Staffordshire

Shugborough Hall

📍 Milford · ST17 0UP

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

Historic house
Himley · Staffordshire

Crooked House Site, Himley

Ghost stories linked to Crooked House Site, Himley include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.

Hall
Himley · Staffordshire

Himley Hall

📍 Himley Road · DY3 4DF

The site is associated with a silk-dressed woman near the lake and unexplained arguing voices or whispers on an upstairs landing.

Church / Cathedral
Lichfield · Staffordshire

Lichfield Cathedral

📍 The Close · WS13 7LD

Staff and visitors report the Ladies of the Close and a robed figure reportedly moving through the cathedral when no staff are nearby.

Historic house
Shallowford · Staffordshire

Izaak Walton's Cottage

Izaak Walton's Cottage is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.

Historic house
Stafford · Staffordshire

Ancient High House

📍 Greengate Street · ST16 2JA

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

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