Hauntings Database

Old Fire Engine House

📍 25 St Mary's Street · CB7 4ER

Staff and diners describe a male figure, locally believed to be a former owner, watching this 17th-century restaurant. Plates reportedly rattle, voices emerge from empty rooms and chills cross the dining area.

Red Lion Hotel, Basingstoke

📍 Red Lion Lane · RG21 7LX

Witnesses describe a chambermaid-like apparition, strange mirror sightings, weeping and guests' belongings reportedly moved, with the activity reported around the location over many years.

Sarehole Mill

📍 Cole Bank Road · B13 0BD

The site is associated with shadows at the mill window, a woman in old dress and doors found open after being bolted.

Steelhouse Lane Lock-up

📍 Steelhouse Lane · B4 6NW

Local accounts describe echoing footsteps, murmured conversations, clanging cell doors and the sense of someone close behind visitors.

St Mary's Guildhall

📍 Bayley Lane · CV1 5RN

Witnesses describe a Grey Lady, a small child, sudden emotional distress and persistent cold areas around the medieval rooms.

The Cutter Inn

📍 42 Annesdale · CB7 4BN

A female apparition at the Cutter Inn is traditionally identified as a former landlady. Patrons report an icy brush against their arms and unexplained old-fashioned perfume inside the riverside inn.

The Four Crosses Inn

📍 Watling Street · WS11 1RX

The site is associated with child voices upstairs, sliding glasses and a dark figure reportedly appearing in the bar doorway.

Warstone Lane Cemetery

📍 Warstone Lane · B18 6NF

Reports include mist and a pale woman reportedly crossing paths before passing through iron railings. Another account describes a White Lady in a crinoline dress, accompanied by the smell of pear drops, appearing in the cemetery and nearby streets.

Basing House

📍 Old Basing · RG24 8AE

Reports include unexplained footsteps, smoke-like scents and fleeting shadows reported among the ruins and grounds.

Beeston Bump

Local accounts describe strange lights, mysterious figures and a strong sense of unseen company on the exposed hill around dusk.

Bosworth Hall Hotel

📍 The Park · CV13 0LP

The site is associated with the Grey Lady Ann Dixie, unexplained nocturnal knocking and a long-running bloodstain legend associated with the hall.

Carlisle Castle

📍 Castle Way · CA3 8UR

Carlisle Castle’s Scottish Lady reportedly appears near the Captain’s Tower. Tradition links her to a woman’s skeleton and tartan found during 19th-century works; footsteps, voices and self-opening doors surround the keep.

Carlisle Cathedral

📍 7 Abbey Street · CA3 8TZ

Carlisle Cathedral legend tells of a moved prelate’s effigy rising nightly until restored to its original position. Another tradition describes monks fleeing an unnamed terror through a lost passage beneath the cathedral.

Carlisle Railway Station

📍 Court Square · CA1 1QZ

A headless man reportedly walks Carlisle Station’s Platform 8. Other accounts describe a veiled Victorian woman and crying boy around the platforms and buildings, without firmly linking them to particular accidents.

Clitheroe Bridge

The site is associated with blood-like marks traditionally said to reappear where a man was murdered before mysteriously vanishing again.

Clitheroe Castle

📍 Castle Hill · BB7 1AZ

Reports include strange sensations around the keep and photographs claimed to show ghostly figures among the castle ruins.

Dalston Hall Hotel

📍 Dalston · CA5 7JX

Witnesses describe Lady Jane Grey, black fog, a workman, a young girl and other apparitions reported around the hotel.

Gibbet Marsh

📍 Udimore Road · TN31 7DT

Local accounts describe a lone figure associated with murderer John Breads reportedly crossing the marsh before vanishing.

Lamb House

📍 West Street · TN31 7ES

Staff and visitors report an elderly woman-like apparition near the fireplace and other unexplained sightings reported by residents and visitors.

Leicester Cathedral

Local accounts describe apparitions linked to Richard III, unexplained noises and an elderly monk-like figure reportedly moving through the cathedral.

North Norfolk Railway

📍 Station Approach · NR26 8RA

Witnesses describe footsteps on empty platforms and a period railway worker-like figure reportedly appearing near the tracks before vanishing.

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.

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.

St Mary's Church, Rye

📍 Church Square · TN31 7HF

The site is associated with figures moving among the graves, strange churchyard lights and the sensation of being watched after dark.