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
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Knutsford · Cheshire

Royal George Hotel

📍 74 King Street · WA16 6DF

The Royal George’s traditions include a highwayman-like figure sometimes linked to Edward Higgins, a Grey Lady in Room 201 and unexplained light balls. Reports prompted a paranormal investigation in 2001.

Theatre
Eastbourne · East Sussex

Royal Hippodrome Theatre

📍 BN21 3PF

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

Hospital
Dublin

Royal Hospital Kilmainham

📍 Military Road, Kilmainham · D08 FW31

Reports from Royal Hospital Kilmainham include apparitions, strange sounds and sudden cold spots in areas linked to the site's former occupants.

School / University
Holbrook · Suffolk

Royal Hospital School

📍 IP9 2RX

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

Hotel
Ashby-de-la-Zouch · Leicestershire

Royal Hotel, Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Accounts connected with Royal Hotel, Ashby-de-la-Zouch describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.

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Sheerness · Kent

Royal Hotel, Sheerness

📍 ME12 1AB

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

Hospital
Whitechapel · Greater London

Royal London Hospital

📍 Whitechapel Road · E1 1FR

A Grey Lady is traditionally said to walk the hospital corridors, while an old superstition warned that leaving shutters open overnight foretold a death.

Hospital
Stanmore · Greater London

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

📍 Brockley Hill · HA7 4LP

The hospital grounds are associated with a cyclical Grey Lady, traditionally said to appear around 13 November; the site was reportedly linked in local lore to an earlier nunnery.

Pub
York · North Yorkshire

Royal Oak, York

📍 18 Goodramgate · YO1 7LG

Reports include a tall gaunt man, an older woman in the front bar, phantom children, a girl and two female spirits named Alice and Mary.

Visitor attraction
Greenwich · Greater London

Royal Observatory Greenwich

📍 Blackheath Avenue · SE10 8XJ

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

Theatre
Covent Garden · Greater London

Royal Opera House

📍 WC2E 9DD

Reports from Royal Opera House include strange sounds, shadowy figures and unexplained activity continuing after audiences and staff have left.

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.

Museum
Leamington Spa · Warwickshire

Royal Pump Rooms

📍 Parade, Leamington Spa · CV32 4AA

People working in the Royal Pump Rooms have reportedly heard footsteps and low voices in empty rooms, experienced unexplained cold spots and glimpsed a woman dressed in white on an upper level before she disappeared.

Pub
Forty Green · Buckinghamshire

Royal Standard of England

📍 Brindle Lane · HP9 1XT

A spectral drummer boy, a Civil War Cavalier and Auntie Peggy are among the ghosts reported at the Royal Standard of England, one of Britain’s oldest pubs.

HotelRooms available
Dartford · Kent

Royal Victoria and Bull Hotel, Dartford

📍 1 High Street · DA1 1DU

Accounts connected with Royal Victoria and Bull Hotel, Dartford describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.

HotelRooms available
Rochester · Kent

Royal Victoria and Bull Hotel, Rochester

📍 16-18 High Street · ME1 1PX

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

Abbey / Monastery
Rufford · Nottinghamshire

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.

Hall
Rufford · Lancashire

Rufford Old Hall

📍 200 Liverpool Road · L40 1SG

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

School / University
Rugby · Warwickshire

Rugby School

📍 Lawrence Sheriff Street · CV22 5EH

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

Restaurant / Café
Covent Garden · Greater London

Rules Restaurant

📍 WC2E 7LB

Local accounts describe strange figures, unexplained sounds and eerie sensations at Rules Restaurant, where ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.

Pub
Cardiff

Rummer Tavern

📍 14 Duke Street · CF10 1AY

Cardiff’s Rummer Tavern has a tradition of a sailor returning to find his wife with another man. Accounts disagree about his death, while staff and drinkers report cold spots, flickering lights, footsteps and a white-clad figure.

Castle
Machen · Caerphilly

Ruperra Castle

📍 Ruperra Castle · NP10 8GG

Ghostly figures, strange sounds and unexplained sensations have been reported at Ruperra Castle, adding to the site's long supernatural reputation.

Prison / Gaol
Ruthin · Denbighshire

Ruthin Gaol

📍 Clwyd Street · LL15 1HP

Visitors and staff at Ruthin Gaol have reported unexplained footsteps, voices and shadowy figures associated with the building's long and often difficult history.

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