Hauntings Database

The Cage

Ghost stories linked to The Cage, St Osyth include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.

Woodchester Mansion

📍 Woodchester Park · GL10 3TS

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

Bournemouth Town Hall

📍 BH2 6DY

A soldier reportedly drinks water outside Bournemouth Town Hall, linked in local lore to its wartime hospital role. Other accounts describe phantom horses and carriages, and a cat inside several rooms.

Clevedon Court

📍 Tickenham Road · BS21 6QU

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

Dunster Castle

📍 Dunster Castle · TA24 6NY

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

George Inn, Norton St Philip

📍 BA2 7LH

Accounts connected with George Inn, Norton St Philip describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.

Montacute House

📍 The Borough · TA15 6XP

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

Nunney Castle

📍 Castle Street · BA11 4LW

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

Portland Castle

📍 Liberty Road, Castletown · DT5 1AZ

Tudor-uniformed soldiers reportedly advance towards Portland Castle visitors. In the Tudor kitchen, an acrid burning smell is linked by tradition to emergency surgery supposedly performed there during the Civil War.

Sandford Orcas Manor

Former Sandford Orcas tenant Colonel Claridge described an elderly woman passing through closed gates. A smock-wearing farmer reportedly appears upstairs, where a BBC crew member is said to have encountered him.

Sandhill Park

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

Sherborne Castle

📍 New Road · DT9 5NR

Sherborne tradition places Sir Walter Ralegh beneath estate oaks each 29 October, his execution anniversary. Lady Charlotte Digby reportedly peers around doorways; Raleigh’s Bedroom has accounts of spectral lights and clashing swords.

St Briavels Castle

📍 Church Street · GL15 6RG

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

Taunton Castle

📍 Castle Green · TA1 4AA

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

Wells Cathedral

📍 Chain Gate, Cathedral Green · BA5 2UE

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

Aldwych Station

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

Bettiscombe Manor

Bettiscombe’s ‘Screaming Skull’ supposedly shrieks and brings misfortune if removed. Tradition connects it with an enslaved African retainer, although a 1963 examination identified the remains as those of a prehistoric woman.

Corfe Castle

📍 The Square · BH20 5EZ

A headless woman in white reportedly stalks Corfe’s battlements, sometimes approaching visitors before vanishing. The National Trust links her legend to Civil War treason; other accounts describe lights and a wailing child.

Crown Hotel, Poole

📍 BH15 1NB

Crown Hotel folklore places two children beneath the larder, their cries heard inside and apparitions playing in the courtyard. Another report describes a white-nightdress girl leaning over an upstairs banister.

Embankment Station

📍 Villiers Street · WC2N 6NS

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

Knowlton Church and Henge

Knowlton reports include a face in the ruined tower and a weeping woman kneeling outside the church. A separate daylight account describes a tall black-clad figure crossing the prehistoric earthwork.

Leicester Square Station

📍 Cranbourn Street · WC2H 0AP

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

Lulworth Castle

📍 East Lulworth · BH20 5QS

During Lulworth’s 1929 fire, firefighters reportedly saw a screaming woman at a window above a collapsed floor. Tradition identifies the Grey Lady; visitors describe nausea and sadness, particularly in the kitchen.

Piccadilly Circus Station

📍 Piccadilly Circus · W1J 9HP

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