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.
The Angel Hotel, Leamington Spa
📍 143 Regent Street, Leamington Spa · CV32 4NZ
Ghost stories at the Angel Hotel include unexplained footsteps along empty corridors, knocking on doors, lights apparently switching on by themselves and shadowy figures disappearing into rooms. A separate tradition links the building with a tragic love affair.
The Arches
📍 253 Argyle Street · G2 8DL
Witnesses describe a Victorian-era girl and other unexplained presences reported in the former venue beneath Glasgow Central Station.
Theatre Royal, Margate
📍 Addington Street · CT9 1PW
A painter working overnight at Margate's Theatre Royal reported footsteps, bangs and a face-like apparition in 1966, when the building was a bingo hall. The figure was associated with former manager Sarah Thorne.
Theatre Royal Bath
📍 Sawclose · BA1 1ET
Accounts connected with Theatre Royal Bath describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Theatre Royal Brighton
📍 New Road · BN1 1SD
Brighton’s Grey Lady reportedly appeared backstage in 1960 and later in dressing room one. Manager Jack Keates thought she resembled Sarah Bernhardt, who performed here, although the identification remains theatrical tradition.
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
📍 WC2B 5JF
Staff and visitors at Theatre Royal Drury Lane report phantom footsteps, unexplained voices and fleeting figures around backstage areas, corridors and the auditorium.
Theatre Royal Glasgow
📍 282 Hope Street · G2 3QA
Staff and visitors at Theatre Royal Glasgow report phantom footsteps, unexplained voices and fleeting figures around backstage areas, corridors and the auditorium.
Theatre Royal Haymarket
📍 18 Suffolk Street · SW1Y 4HT
Actor-manager John Baldwin Buckstone is said to appear when a production will succeed; Patrick Stewart reported seeing an unexplained figure while performing here.
Theatre Royal Newcastle
📍 NE1 6BR
Ghost stories linked to Theatre Royal Newcastle include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Theatre Royal Stratford East
📍 Gerry Raffles Square · E15 1BN
Frederick Fredericks is said to appear around midnight, a small figure in brown clothing believed by theatre tradition to protect the building.
The Bailey Bar
Local accounts describe strange figures, unexplained sounds and eerie sensations at The Bailey Bar, Athlone, where ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.
The Barbican
Barbican traditions cluster around New Street, with apparitions and footsteps at the Elizabethan House. Nearby businesses report shadows and disturbances; a girl reportedly appears beside the fireplace at 54 Southside Street.
The Bell Hotel, Thetford
📍 King Street · IP24 2AZ
Reports include a candle-carrying Betty Radcliffe, a young girl, a ghostly dog and a black-robed monk carrying keys.
The Bell Hotel, Winslow
📍 Market Square · MK18 3AB
The Bell’s ghost stories include a begging man called Marshall, a wandering little girl and children heard in empty corridors. A housekeeper’s apparition is linked with a legend of a fatal staircase argument.
The Bell Inn, Nottingham
📍 18 Angel Row · NG1 6HL
Accounts connected with The Bell Inn, Nottingham describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
The Beverley Arms Hotel
📍 25 North Bar Within, Beverley · HU17 8DD
The Beverley Arms Hotel has a story of a young kitchen worker who woke to see a woman wearing a bright red dress standing at the foot of his bed. The figure was described as pale and motionless. The encounter was recorded in a March 2026 collection of Beverley's ghost traditions; no name or date was given for the apparition.
The Black Bull Inn, Sedbergh
📍 44 Main Street · LA10 5BL
Richard Moody describes a two-night investigation at the Bull Hotel in Sedbergh, formerly the Black Bull Inn. His account includes a menu apparently lifting and turning, alongside staff reports of unexplained activity.
The Black Cap
📍 NW1 7JY
Ghost stories linked to The Black Cap include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
The Black Gate
The Black Gate is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
The Blue Boar Inn, Frome
📍 Market Place · BA11 1AN
Local accounts describe heavy atmospheres, strange shadows and the feeling of being watched, with folklore linking the inn to a restless spirit.
The Boot Inn
📍 High West Street · DT4 8JH
Weymouth’s Boot Inn reportedly has a Victorian sailor in heavy boots and a pinstriped 1930s man. Other accounts describe overnight furniture movements and a phantom choir singing sea shanties around dawn.
The Britannia Panopticon
📍 113–117 Trongate · G1 5HD
Local accounts describe strange figures, unexplained sounds and eerie sensations at The Britannia Panopticon, where ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.
The Britons Protection
📍 50 Great Bridgewater Street · M1 5LE
Manchester’s Britons Protection is associated with spectral soldiers, unexplained footsteps and other disturbances. Local memory links the early 19th-century pub with the nearby Peterloo Massacre of 1819, although that history does not establish the ghosts’ identities.
The Brocket Arms
📍 Ayot St Lawrence · AL6 9BT
A small, hooded monk is said to appear in the bar and bedrooms before vanishing. Guests also report heavy bangs and the sound of bare feet running along the upstairs corridor.
