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.
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.
Milntown House
📍 Milntown Estate, Milntown, Lezayre · IM7 2AB
A former lady of the house and a more sinister spirit are both said to haunt historic Milntown.
Mont Orgueil Castle
📍 Castle Green · JE3 6ET
Visitors report wispy apparitions and disembodied screams, including the ghosts of a murdered young bride and groom.
Old Smugglers Inn, Jersey
📍 Le Mont du Ouaisné · JE3 8AW
The Old Smugglers Inn is chiefly associated with one recurring figure rather than a crowd of spirits. Staff and customers have reported a stern Woman in Black moving through the old building before vanishing, while hard-soled footsteps are said to sound on the staircase when nobody is visible. The inn’s coastal setting and history of fishermen, pirates and wartime occupation give the apparition an evocative backdrop, but the haunting tradition itself remains focused on this unnamed female presence and repeated sounds around the stairs.
Ghost Hill
Blood-soaked apparitions and anguished screams are associated with Ghost Hill, where murdered Huguenot refugees are said to wander.
Witches Rock, Rocqueberg
Witches are said to gather at Rocqueberg, where the ghost of Hubert reportedly returns hoping to join their supernatural dancing.
Elizabeth Castle, Jersey
📍 Elizabeth Castle, Esplanade · JE2 3NU
A phantom garrison reportedly marches into the grounds before fading away. The castle’s other stories include a white figure in the corridors and a baby crying where none is found.
German Military Underground Hospital
📍 Jersey War Tunnels, Les Charrieres, Malorey · JE3 1FU
Visitors report footsteps, voices, shadowy figures and oppressive sensations within Guernsey's vast wartime underground hospital complex.
Crack Ankle Lane
The sinister Vioge is said to lurk along Crack Ankle Lane, grabbing travellers and dragging victims away in local legend.
Longueville Manor Hotel
📍 Longueville Road · JE2 7WF
Spectral horses are said to thunder toward Longueville Manor each 11 June, accompanied by the laughter of a murdered man's ghost.
Bouley Bay
📍 Les Charrières du Boulay · JE3 5AS
Bouley Bay’s folklore centres on a huge black dog with glowing eyes and a dragging chain. Other accounts describe a vanishing woman in white and coloured ghost lights moving across the water.
Antrim Castle Gardens
📍 Randalstown Road · BT41 4LH
Staff and visitors report a phantom coach and four horses reportedly repeating their fatal plunge into the pond each 31 May.
Bonamargy Friary
📍 Ballycastle/Cushendall Coast Road · BT54 6QP
The site is associated with the Black Nun Julia McQuillan reportedly appearing around her grave and the ruined Franciscan friary.
Ballygally Castle Hotel
📍 Coast Road · BT40 2QZ
Local accounts describe Lady Isabella Shaw knocking on doors, a crying baby and Madame Nixon's rustling skirts reported around the castle hotel.
Alanbrooke Hall
📍 Former Alanbrooke Hall site, Malone Road / Queen's Elms · BT9 5BW
Room 611 in this demolished student residence became notorious for a black silhouette, violent door knocks and objects flying across the room. Former residents’ accounts featured in the BBC’s Uncanny series.
Belfast Castle
📍 Antrim Road · BT15 5GR
Ghostly figures, strange sounds and unexplained sensations have been reported at Belfast Castle, adding to the site's long supernatural reputation.
Belfast Central Library
📍 Royal Avenue · BT1 1EA
Visitors have reported apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Belfast Central Library, contributing to its long-standing local haunted reputation.
Clifton House Belfast
📍 2 North Queen Street · BT15 1ES
Visitors report unexplained footsteps, shadowy figures and sudden cold spots inside Clifton House Belfast, where ghost stories remain tied to the property's history.
Crown Liquor Saloon
📍 46 Great Victoria Street · BT2 7BA
Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps, moving objects and fleeting apparitions at Crown Liquor Saloon, adding to the building's long-standing haunted reputation.
Crumlin Road Gaol
📍 53-55 Crumlin Road · BT14 6ST
A disappearing man haunts C-Wing, a grey figure appears in the courthouse tunnel, and a ghostly warden patrols B-Wing. Visitors also report cries for help, slamming doors and unexplained touches.
Friars Bush Graveyard
📍 12 Stranmillis Road · BT9 5AA
Ghostly footsteps and other eerie experiences are reported at Belfast's old graveyard, long associated with famine burials and body-snatching tales.
Grand Opera House, Belfast
📍 2-4 Great Victoria Street · BT2 7HR
Local accounts describe actors report being watched and followed, musicians see figures in empty seats and a former manager is said to haunt the foyer.
Linen Hall Library
📍 17 Donegall Square North · BT1 5GB
Reports from Linen Hall Library include apparitions, strange noises and the feeling of an unseen presence moving through its historic rooms.
McHugh's Bar Belfast
📍 29-31 Queens Square · BT1 3FG
Local accounts describe strange figures, unexplained sounds and eerie sensations at McHugh's Bar Belfast, where ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.
