Hauntings Database
Search ghosts and haunted locations across Britain and Ireland. Hotels, pubs, castles and other haunted places all come from the same Master Places database.
Nottingham Playhouse
📍 Wellington Circus · NG1 5AF
Ghost stories linked to Nottingham Playhouse include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Red Lodge Museum
📍 Park Row · BS1 5LJ
Red Lodge Museum is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
SS Great Britain
📍 Great Western Dockyard, Gas Ferry Road · BS1 6TY
Captain John Gray’s boots are reportedly heard scraping SS Great Britain’s deck. Other accounts describe a woman vanishing on the Promenade Deck and children’s voices carrying through Brunel’s restored ship.
St Mary's Church, Nottingham
📍 High Pavement, Lace Market · NG1 1HN
St Mary's Church, Nottingham is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
The Bell Inn, Nottingham
📍 18 Angel Row · NG1 6HL
Accounts connected with The Bell Inn, Nottingham describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
The Salutation Inn
📍 77A Maid Marian Way, Houndsgate · NG1 7AA
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with The Salutation Inn, adding to its haunted reputation.
Whitby Abbey
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Whitby Abbey, adding to its haunted reputation.
Whitby Lighthouse
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Whitby Lighthouse, adding to its haunted reputation.
Whitby Museum
📍 YO21 1RE
Whitby Museum is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Blue Bell Inn
📍 65 Northgate Street · CH1 2HQ
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 Castle
📍 Grosvenor Street · CH1 2DN
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.
Colchester Roman Wall
Ghost stories linked to Colchester Roman Wall include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Colchester Town Hall
📍 High Street · CO1 1PJ
Colchester Town Hall is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Greyfriars Hotel
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Greyfriars Hotel, Colchester, adding to its haunted reputation.
Jumbo Water Tower
Ghost stories linked to Jumbo Water Tower include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Stanley Palace
📍 83 Watergate Street · CH1 2LF
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.
St Botolph's Priory
Accounts connected with St Botolph's Priory describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Bodmin Jail
📍 Berrycoombe Road · PL31 2NR
Matthew Weekes, hanged at Bodmin Jail in 1844 for Charlotte Dymond’s murder, reportedly wanders its corridors pleading innocence. The tradition echoes later doubts about his conviction, preserved in the prison’s interpretation.
Brighton Dome
📍 Church Street · BN1 1UE
Brighton Dome’s stable-boy shadow reportedly moves from circle to stage, chilling those brushed past. The Corn Exchange’s legless apparition is traditionally linked to the estate’s First World War hospital use.
Dozmary Pool
Excalibur is said to have returned to the Lady of the Lake here. Cornish folklore also condemns Jan Tregeagle’s ghost to bale Dozmary Pool dry with a holed limpet shell.
God's House Tower
📍 Town Quay Road · SO14 2NY
God's House Tower is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Lanhydrock House
📍 Lanhydrock · PL30 4AB
Lanhydrock’s lifelike Grey Lady reportedly vanishes from the Long Gallery and Drawing Room. Tradition identifies her as Lady Robartes, who survived the 1881 fire; children’s laughter is reported in the nursery.
Old Police Cells Museum
📍 BN1 1JA
Brighton’s cells reportedly have a tall shadow identified as Chief Constable Henry Solomon, murdered here in 1844. Other accounts describe a monk-like figure on lower levels and a whispering woman.
