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.

1,911 haunted places
Station
St Pancras · Greater London

St Pancras Railway Station

📍 Euston Road · N1C 4QP

Eurostar staff reported doors opening and closing by themselves and chairs behaving oddly in corridors beside Pancras Road during a cluster of unexplained incidents in 2013.

Church / Cathedral
Dublin

St Patrick's Cathedral

📍 St Patrick's Close · D08 H6X3

Witnesses describe Jonathan Swift's apparition reportedly seen inside the cathedral where he served and was later buried.

Cemetery / GraveyardChurch / Cathedral
Drumbeg · Down

St Patrick’s Church, Drumbeg

📍 260 Upper Malone Road, Drumbeg, Belfast, County Down · BT17 9LD

James Haddock’s ghost is associated with the churchyard at Drumbeg. In the local story, he returned after his death to demand that his son receive land diverted to another child. The tradition describes repeated appearances to a local man and howling in the graveyard. Bishop Jeremy Taylor is said to have investigated, with the dispute eventually reaching court.

Church / Cathedral
City of London · Greater London

St Paul's Cathedral

📍 St Paul's Churchyard · EC4M 8AD

Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with St Paul's Cathedral, adding to its haunted reputation.

Church / Cathedral
Covent Garden · Greater London

St Paul's Church

Witnesses have described shadowy figures, strange sounds and sudden chills around St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, where local ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.

Church / Cathedral
Drogheda · Louth

St Peter's Church, Drogheda

📍 West Street

Witnesses have described shadowy figures, strange sounds and sudden chills around St Peter's Church Drogheda, where local ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.

Church / Cathedral
Sheringham · Norfolk

St Peter's Church, Sheringham

📍 Church Street · NR26 8QS

Staff and visitors report unexplained lights, shadowy figures among the graves and a strong feeling of being watched around the church.

School / University
York · North Yorkshire

St Peter's School

📍 Clifton · YO30 6AB

Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with St Peter's School, York, adding to its haunted reputation.

Hall
Norwich · Norfolk

Strangers' Hall

📍 Charing Cross · NR2 4AL

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

Village / Area
Stretton Baskerville · Warwickshire

Stretton Baskerville deserted village

📍 Stretton Baskerville scheduled monument · LE10

The deserted medieval village of Stretton Baskerville carries a 1931 newspaper tradition of a vanishing tricorne-wearing figure later associated locally with Dick Turpin, alongside stories of ruined buildings and buried treasure. Historic England independently confirms the deserted village as a scheduled monument in Warwickshire.

Historic house
Strokestown · Roscommon

Strokestown Park House

📍 F42 H282

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

Hospital
Enniscorthy · Wexford

St Senan's Hospital

Visitors and staff at St Senan's Hospital Enniscorthy have reported unexplained footsteps, voices and shadowy figures associated with the building's long and often difficult history.

Hospital
Stockport · Greater Manchester

St Thomas' Hospital

📍 Shaw Heath · SK3 8BL

Staff and visitors report shadowy figures, phantom doctors, disembodied voices and a nun or nurse-like apparition around the former hospital.

Hospital
Lambeth · Greater London

St Thomas’ Hospital, London

📍 Westminster Bridge Road, London · SE1 7EH

A ghostly woman known as the Grey Lady is said to appear at St Thomas’ Hospital. She reportedly looks solid enough to be mistaken for a living person before disappearing. Some accounts describe a figure whose legs end at the knees. Others associate her appearances with patients approaching death. The apparition has sometimes been identified as Florence Nightingale, although that identification remains uncertain. Stories also describe a female figure entering wards, looking around and leaving again.

Church / Cathedral
Greeba

St Trinian's Church Ruins

📍 St Trinian's Chapel ruins, A1 Peel Road, Greeba

A shape-shifting Buggane is said to have destroyed the church because it objected to the ringing of its bells.

Church / Cathedral
Olrig · Highland

St Trothan's Church (Old Olrig Parish Church)

📍 St Trothan's Church ruins, Olrig

Staff and visitors report phantom piping, shadowy figures among gravestones and an unusually oppressive silence around the ruined kirk.

Historic site
York · North Yorkshire

St William's College

📍 6 College Street · YO1 7JF

An elderly woman is said to appear on the steps; a separate male apparition has been reported inside.

Castle
Winchcombe · Gloucestershire

Sudeley Castle

📍 Winchcombe · GL54 5LP

Local accounts describe pressure on beds, a blacksmith-like figure, a little boy and traditions surrounding Katherine Parr's restless presence.

Street / Road
Knutsford · Cheshire

Sudlow Lane

Near midnight, motorists report a blonde woman on Sudlow Lane towards Plumley or on the motorway bridge. Blood appears to mark her face, but she reportedly vanishes when approached.

Visitor attraction
Bradford · West Yorkshire

Sunbridge Wells

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

Pub
Chipping · Lancashire

Sun Inn, Chipping

📍 PR3 2GD

Visitors to Sun Inn, Chipping have described strange noises, sudden cold spots and ghostly figures, with unexplained activity often reported after closing time.

Street / Road
Hendon · Greater London

Sunningfields Road

📍 Sunningfields Road · NW4 4QJ

Three generations of one family reportedly experienced activity in a Sunningfields Road house, including a hooded monk in the garden, running footsteps and a child-like figure on the stairs.

Pub
Barbican · Greater London

Sutton Arms, Barbican

📍 6 Carthusian Street, London · EC1M 6EB

A friendly ghost nicknamed Charlie, described as a red-haired man, is said to smile at drinkers before disappearing. The story is recounted by the pub operator, Fuller's.

Historic house
Hackney · Greater London

Sutton House

📍 2 and 4 Homerton High Street · E9 6JQ

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

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