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.

1,994 haunted places
Natural site
Bodmin Moor · Cornwall

Rough Tor

Charlotte Dymond’s ghost reportedly crosses Rough Tor’s moorland in Sunday clothes, shading her eyes as though searching. A memorial near Roughtor Ford marks where her body was found in 1844.

Historic site
Brighton · East Sussex

Royal Pavilion

📍 Royal Pavilion Garden · BN1 1FN

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

Historic site
Southampton · Hampshire

Southampton Bargate

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

Street / Road
Brighton · East Sussex

The Lanes

The Lanes’ traditions include Meeting House Lane’s bricked doorway, poltergeist activity at the Druid’s Head and footsteps in Ship Street Gardens. Black Lion Lane has an amorous apparition approaching passers-by.

Pub
Canterbury · Kent

Bishop's Finger

📍 CT2 8AF

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

Historic house
Stratford-upon-Avon · Warwickshire

Clopton House

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

Pub
Stratford-upon-Avon · Warwickshire

Garrick Inn

📍 25 High Street · CV37 6AU

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

Natural site
Shaftesbury · Dorset

Gold Hill

Gold Hill folklore describes two spectral men leading Edward the Martyr’s body uphill on a packhorse towards Shaftesbury Abbey. The king’s transfer after his 978 murder is historical; the procession remains legend.

Church / Cathedral
Canterbury · Kent

Greyfriars Chapel

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

PubRooms available
Shaftesbury · Dorset

Grosvenor Arms

📍 High Street · SP7 8JA

The Grosvenor reportedly has a cellar monk and a corridor Grey Lady, traditionally a nun fleeing the Dissolution. Guests attribute bedclothes pulled away overnight to a mischievous little girl.

Pub
Shrewsbury · Shropshire

Nag's Head

📍 SY1 1XB

Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Nag's Head, Shrewsbury, adding to its haunted reputation.

Historic site
Newquay · Cornwall

Newquay Harbour

📍 Newquay Harbour, South Quay · TR7 1HR

In a 2009 account, fishermen near Newquay Harbour found an empty boat supposedly lost eighteen years earlier. Returning from its cabin, they found the vessel had vanished, feeding a cursed-boat tradition.

Historic site
Canterbury · Kent

Sadbury Tower and City Wall

Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Sadbury Tower and City Wall, adding to its haunted reputation.

Hotel
Stratford-upon-Avon · Warwickshire

Shakespeare Hotel

📍 CV37 6ER

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

Pub
Shaftesbury · Dorset

Ship Inn, Shaftesbury

The Ship’s tall, dark-suited apparition resembles an undertaker and reportedly crosses bar walls. Other activity centres on a passage beneath the stairs, traditionally believed to lead towards Shaftesbury Abbey.

Historic house
Stratford-upon-Avon · Warwickshire

Shrieve's House

📍 CV37 6EE

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

Pub
Cubert · Cornwall

Smugglers Den Inn

📍 Trebellan, Cubert · TR8 5PY

‘Black Face Kelly’, a violent smuggler supposedly vanished with tubs of gold, is traditionally the Smugglers Den’s resident spirit. His ghost is reported around the sixteenth-century inn at Trebellan.

Church / Cathedral
Shrewsbury · Shropshire

St Alkmund's Church

Ghost stories linked to St Alkmund's Church, Shrewsbury include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.

Historic house
Kestle Mill · Cornwall

Trerice Manor

📍 Kestle Mill · TR8 4PG

Trerice’s Grey Lady reportedly crosses the North Wing gallery and stone steps, sometimes accompanied by lilac. A headless rider haunts the courtyard, while the former stables have a stable-boy tradition.

Church / Cathedral
Bath · Somerset

Abbey Church House

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

Pub
Northampton · Northamptonshire

Auctioneers Public House

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

Abbey / Monastery
Bath · Somerset

Bath Abbey

📍 Kingston Parade · BA1 1LT

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

Historic site
Northampton · Northamptonshire

BBC Northampton Site

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

Park / Woodland
Watford · Hertfordshire

Cassiobury Park

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

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