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.

1,774 haunted places
Bridge
Dumbarton · West Dunbartonshire

Overtoun Bridge

📍 Overtoun Bridge, Garshake Drive

Staff and visitors report an oppressive pull toward the edge and traditions linking Lady Overtoun's ghost with the bridge's unsettling reputation.

Natural site
Owey Island · Donegal

Owey Island

📍 Owey Island

Visitors have reported apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Owey Island, contributing to its long-standing local haunted reputation.

Historic house
Uley · Gloucestershire

Owlpen Manor

📍 Owlpen · GL11 5BZ

Staff and visitors report apparitions including Margaret of Anjou, a Tudor woman, a Black Monk and a child spirit around the manor.

Prison / Gaol
Oxford · Oxfordshire

Oxford Castle and Prison

📍 44-46 Oxford Castle · OX1 1AY

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

Castle
Mumbles · Swansea

Oystermouth Castle

📍 Castle Avenue · SA3 4BA

Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Oystermouth Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.

Park / Woodland
Meriden · Warwickshire

Packington Park

📍 Packington Hall, Packington Park · CV7 7HF

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

Abbey / Monastery
Paisley · Renfrewshire

Paisley Abbey

📍 Abbey Close · PA1 1JG

Witnesses have described shadowy figures, strange sounds and sudden chills around Paisley Abbey, where local ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.

Cinema
Devizes · Wiltshire

Palace Cinema

📍 19-20 Market Place · SN10 1JQ

Local accounts describe footsteps, sudden cold in the projection room and three male apparitions reported around the former cinema.

Palace
Durham · County Durham

Palace Green

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

Palace
Edinburgh

Palace of Holyroodhouse

📍 Canongate, The Royal Mile · EH8 8DX

Reports from Palace of Holyroodhouse include apparitions, strange noises and the feeling of an unseen presence moving through its historic rooms.

Theatre
Soho · Greater London

Palace Theatre

📍 113 Shaftesbury Avenue · W1D 5AY

A ghostly ballerina, sometimes identified as Anna Pavlova, is said to appear here, while Ivor Novello has supposedly been seen in the dress circle.

Theatre
Manchester · Greater Manchester

Palace Theatre Manchester

📍 97 Oxford Street · M1 6FT

Staff and visitors at Palace Theatre Manchester report phantom footsteps, unexplained voices and fleeting figures around backstage areas, corridors and the auditorium.

Historic house
Llanelli · Carmarthenshire

Parc Howard Mansion

📍 Parc Howard, Felinfoel Road · SA15 3LJ

Visitors have reported apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Parc Howard Mansion, contributing to its long-standing local haunted reputation.

Castle
Fivemilebourne · Leitrim

Parke's Castle

📍 Parke's Castle, Kilmore · F91 FP71

Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Parke's Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.

Historic house
Dagenham · Greater London

Parsloes Manor Site

📍 Parsloes Park, Parsloes Avenue · RM9 5LR

At the demolished Parsloes Manor, local tradition recorded ghostly chains and moaning. The old house site now lies within Parsloes Park.

Park / Woodland
Castle Combe · Wiltshire

Parsonage Wood

📍 Parsonage Wood, above Castle Combe

A local tradition describes disembodied chatter, groans and a scream in Parsonage Wood after dark.

Theatre
Holborn · Greater London

Peacock Theatre

📍 Portugal Street · WC2A 2HT

A woman in Queen Anne dress is said to descend the stairs and fade away, while another story tells of a spectral dolphin beneath the stage.

School / University
Glasgow

Pearce Building, University of Glasgow

Local accounts describe a figure seen in a tower window and reports of a persistently haunted room within the university building.

Historic site
Glasgow

Pearce Institute

📍 840–860 Govan Road · G51 3UU

Witnesses describe Lady Dinah Pearce, unexplained organ music, flickering lights and mysterious taps reported inside the institute.

Castle
Peel

Peel Castle

📍 West Quay · IM5 1TB

The ghostly black hound Moddey Dhoo is said to haunt Peel Castle, terrifying witnesses who encounter the spectral animal.

Castle
Pembroke · Pembrokeshire

Pembroke Castle

📍 Pembroke Castle · SA71 4LA

Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Pembroke Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.

Hall
Ruabon · Wrexham

Pen-y-Lan Hall

📍 Pen-y-Lan Hall · LL14 6HS

Staff and visitors report footsteps, disembodied voices, dark shadows and child spirits reported around the historic hall.

Castle
Praa Sands · Cornwall

Pengersick Castle

📍 Pengersick Lane, Praa Sands · TR20 9SJ

Pengersick Castle has reports of a monk, a distressed woman and childlike apparitions. Neil R. Storey recounts a 1997 Ghost Club investigation and later traditions. These are reported experiences, not confirmation of the alleged historical events. Castle and garden visits must be arranged through the operator.

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