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.
Merton College
📍 Merton Street · OX1 4JD
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Merton College, adding to its haunted reputation.
New College
📍 Holywell Street · OX1 3BN
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with New College, Oxford, adding to its haunted reputation.
Norton Priory
📍 Tudor Road, Manor Park · WA7 1SX
A poacher quoted in 1972 reported two phantom monks among Norton Priory’s ruins and a disembodied woodland choir. Later traditions place footsteps and a grey monk around the medieval undercroft.
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.
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.
Stafford Castle
📍 Newport Road · ST16 1DJ
Ghost stories linked to Stafford Castle include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
St John's College
📍 St Giles · OX1 3JP
Accounts connected with St John's College, Oxford describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Tabley House
📍 Tabley Lane · WA16 0HB
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.
The Leopard, Tutbury
📍 DE13 9NA
Accounts connected with The Leopard, Tutbury describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
The Leopard Inn, Burslem
The Leopard Inn, Burslem is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Annesley Hall
Ghost stories linked to Annesley Hall include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Chequers Inn
📍 The Street · TN27 8QA
The 14th-century Chequers Inn in Smarden is said to be haunted by Dick Turpin, reportedly seen in green velvet and riding boots. Other accounts describe the ghost of a soldier from the Napoleonic wars.
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’.
Cholmondeley Castle
📍 SY14 8ET
Cholmondeley’s tradition centres on an unexplained burning-cigar or cigarette smell in the corridors. A former maid recalled colleagues discussing the odour when nobody was smoking, although she never encountered it herself.
Clifton Hall
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Clifton Hall, adding to its haunted reputation.
Galleries of Justice Museum
📍 High Pavement · NG1 1HN
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Galleries of Justice Museum, adding to its haunted reputation.
Hartford Hall Hotel
📍 81 School Lane, Hartford · CW8 1PW
A solid-looking nun reportedly moves silently along Hartford Hall’s corridors. Tradition links her to a woman bricked alive at Vale Royal Abbey; other accounts describe self-opening doors, knocks and misplaced objects.
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.
Macclesfield Forest
📍 Macclesfield Forest, near Sutton · SK11 0NS
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Macclesfield Forest, adding to its haunted reputation.
Mansfield Palace Theatre
📍 Leeming Street · NG18 1NG
Ghost stories linked to Mansfield Palace Theatre include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Newstead Abbey
📍 Newstead Abbey · NG15 8NA
Newstead Abbey is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Nottingham Castle
📍 Lenton Road · NG1 6EL
Accounts connected with Nottingham Castle describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Old Hall Hotel, Sandbach
📍 High Street · CW11 1AL
Sir John Radclyffe reportedly appears in Sandbach Old Hall’s downstairs restaurant. Room 11 has accounts of bathers pushed underwater and guests waking around 3am convinced their bed or room is burning.
Rufford Abbey
📍 NG22 9DF
Rufford Abbey is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
