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.

1,775 haunted places
Hotel
Lewes · East Sussex

Shelley's Hotel

📍 High Street · BN7 1XS

The site is associated with a spirit associated with Room 26, a Blue Lady, a Cavalier figure and reports of a bed lifting unexpectedly.

Prison / Gaol
Shepton Mallet · Somerset

Shepton Mallet Prison

📍 Frithfield Lane · BA4 5LU

The site is associated with a tall hatted man and an elderly woman-like apparition reported around the former prison.

Castle
Sherborne · Dorset

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.

Station
Sheringham · Norfolk

Sheringham Lifeboat Station

📍 The Esplanade · NR26 8BG

The site is associated with voices and footsteps around the station and a phantom crewman reportedly appearing briefly on the slipway.

Theatre
Sheringham · Norfolk

Sheringham Little Theatre

📍 2 Station Road · NR26 8RE

Reports include backstage footsteps, opening doors, dressing-room noises and the feeling of being watched after performances.

Hall
Halifax · West Yorkshire

Shibden Hall

📍 Lister's Road · HX3 6XG

Reports include footsteps on an upper landing, a large black-cloaked figure and unexplained lavender or pipe-tobacco scents.

Mill / Industrial site
Portadown · Armagh

Shillington's Warehouse

Local accounts link Shillington's Warehouse with apparitions, mysterious sounds and unsettling encounters that have become part of the area's supernatural folklore.

Pub
Lytham · Lancashire

Ship and Royal

📍 Clifton Street · FY8 5EH

The site is associated with a mischievous ghost called Charlie, sobbing, running water and apparitions linked to a drowned mother and son.

Pub
York · North Yorkshire

Ship Inn, Acaster Malbis

📍 Hauling Lane, Acaster Malbis · YO23 2UH

The Ship Inn has a well-developed local haunting tradition centred on a former regular and poltergeist-like disturbances.

Pub
Shaftesbury · Dorset

Ship Inn, Shaftesbury

The Ship’s tall, dark-suited apparition resembles an undertaker and reportedly crosses bar walls. Other activity centres on a passage beneath the stairs, traditionally believed to lead towards Shaftesbury Abbey.

Hall
Chelmsford · Essex

Shire Hall

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

Castle
Shrewsbury · Shropshire

Shrewsbury Castle

📍 Castle Gates · SY1 2AT

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

Historic house
Stratford-upon-Avon · Warwickshire

Shrieve's House

📍 CV37 6EE

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

Hotel
Pott Shrigley · Cheshire

Shrigley Hall Hotel

📍 Shrigley Park, Pott Shrigley · SK10 5SB

Shrigley Hall guests report sudden cold and unexplained room noises. Its most distinctive account describes an unidentified figure walking casually into a bathroom before vanishing; no named spirit is attached.

Historic site
York · North Yorkshire

Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow

📍 35 The Shambles · YO1 7LX

Visitors have described an unusually strong sense of peace despite the busy street outside.

Hall
Great Haywood · Staffordshire

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.

Historic house
Shute · Devon

Shute Barton

📍 Shute · EX13 7PT

Traditions describe a Grey Lady who disappears when approached and a cat said to pass through solid walls.

Natural site
Albury · Surrey

Silent Pool

Staff and visitors report a white-gowned drowned girl and unexplained screams associated with the atmospheric spring and pool.

Shop / Commercial building
Glasgow

Silverburn Shopping Centre

📍 Barrhead Road · G53 6EW

Local accounts describe a woman dressed in black reportedly appearing unexpectedly around the shopping centre before vanishing.

Pub
Whitehall · Greater London

Silver Cross Tavern

📍 33 Whitehall · SW1A 2BX

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

Visitor attraction
Ponterwyd · Ceredigion

Silver Mountain

📍 Llywernog · SY23 3AB

Staff and visitors report former mine workers said to haunt the surrounding forest and abandoned tunnels of the historic mining site.

Castle
Kendal · Cumbria

Sizergh Castle

📍 Sizergh Castle · LA8 8DZ

Sizergh Castle has old stories of a young woman appearing in an upper room and unexplained crying. Neil R. Storey also records Lord Strickland’s view that noises came from timbers, pipes and animals. The differing accounts form part of the house’s recorded haunting tradition.

Historic house
Sandwick · Orkney Islands

Skaill House

📍 Skaill House, Breckness Estate · KW16 3LR

Reports include staff-like apparitions, a tall dark-haired man and human-shaped impressions reportedly felt on beds after archaeological remains were moved.

Historic site
Portmagee · Kerry

Skellig Michael

📍 Skellig Michael

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

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