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.

1,914 haunted places
Pub
Beaumaris · Anglesey

The Bulkeley Arms

📍 Castle Street

Reports include period figures, unexplained doors and a recurring grey-clad woman reported in upper rooms and corridors.

Hotel
Peterborough · Cambridgeshire

The Bull Hotel, Peterborough

📍 Westgate · PE1 1RB

At Peterborough’s 17th-century Bull Hotel on Westgate, staff and guests report unseen footsteps and jangling keys. A ghostly dog is also said to roam its corridors, with no owner identified.

Pub
Aldermaston · Berkshire

The Butt Inn

📍 The Butt Inn, Station Road · RG7 4LA

The Butt Inn has a poltergeist tradition involving beer taps turning on and doors slamming without explanation. The pub stands on Station Road in Aldermaston.

Prison / Gaol
St Osyth · Essex

The Cage

Ghost stories linked to The Cage, St Osyth include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.

Natural site
Swanbridge · Vale of Glamorgan

The Captain's Wife

📍 Beach Road · CF64 5UG

Witnesses describe a dark-shadow woman and ghostly boy figures associated with the shoreline between Swanbridge and Penarth.

Pub
Worcester · Worcestershire

The Cardinal's Hat

📍 31 Friar Street · WR1 2NA

Staff at Worcester’s Cardinal’s Hat report a young girl called Emily on the upper floors. Other experiences include unexplained noises, moving objects, sudden cold and the feeling of another person nearby in the historic inn.

Historic house
Smithfield · Greater London

The Charterhouse

📍 Charterhouse Square · EC1M 6AN

A headless Duke of Norfolk is said to appear on the stairs carrying his head, while a spectral monk has reportedly crossed the courtyard.

Pub
Norwich · Norfolk

The Coachmakers Arms

📍 9 St Stephens Road · NR1 3SP

A highwayman-like figure and a woman in black are linked with the Coachmakers Arms in Norwich, where bottles and glasses are also said to fall from shelves or tables.

Theatre
Notting Hill · Greater London

The Coronet Theatre

📍 103 Notting Hill Gate · W11 3LB

A former cashier is said to haunt the theatre, with running footsteps reportedly heard on stairs leading towards the balcony around Christmas.

Street / Road
Buxton · Derbyshire

The Crescent

📍 The Crescent · SK17 6BH

Staff and visitors report phantom footsteps and voices, moving tools and figures in Georgian dress reported around the restored Crescent.

Pub
Brighton · East Sussex

The Cricketers

📍 BN1 1ND

A Cricketers manager reportedly saw a pale, black-cloaked man repeatedly in the 1990s. Other accounts describe falling bottles, slamming doors and stairway footsteps; Brighton’s Grey Nun has been reported outside.

PubRooms available
Wells · Somerset

The Crown at Wells

📍 Market Place · BA5 2RP

Facing Wells Market Place, the Crown is a historic inn with rooms associated with the Bloody Assizes. Guests and staff report apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with accounts spanning its old rooms rather than identifying one named ghost.

Historic house
Dublin

The Custom House

📍 Custom House Quay · D01 W6X0

Reports from The Custom House, Dublin include apparitions, strange noises and the feeling of an unseen presence moving through its historic rooms.

Pub
Ely · Cambridgeshire

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.

Street / Road
Stranocum · Antrim

The Dark Hedges

📍 Bregagh Road, Stranocum, Ballymoney, County Antrim · BT53 8TP

A Grey Lady is said to travel along the tree-lined stretch of Bregagh Road known as the Dark Hedges. In the familiar version of the story, she appears at dusk and disappears near the end of the avenue. Her identity varies between tellings. Some describe a former servant from the nearby house; others connect her with a deserted graveyard. Neither explanation has been established as the origin of the reported figure.

Historic house
Chichester · West Sussex

The Deanery

📍 10 The Deanery · PO19 1HA

Staff and visitors report a sorrowful maid-like apparition reportedly seen around the old Deanery building.

Pub
Durham · County Durham

The Dun Cow Inn

Mary Ann Cotton’s ghost reportedly haunts Durham’s Dun Cow. Tradition links the pub with execution-day gatherings and the hangman drinking there after Cotton’s 1873 execution, without identifying a particular haunted room.

Bar
Coventry · West Midlands

The Establishment

📍 Old County Hall · CV1 5RN

Staff and visitors report shadowy figures, sliding glasses and an ashen woman reportedly seen near the former execution area.

HotelRooms available
Falmouth · Cornwall

The Falmouth Hotel

📍 Castle Beach · TR11 4NZ

Witnesses describe heavy footsteps and a shadowy worker-like figure associated with the hotel's former cellar brewery.

Pub
Hampstead · Greater London

The Flask, Hampstead

📍 14 Flask Walk · NW3 1HE

The Flask, Hampstead is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.

Pub
Highgate · Greater London

The Flask, Highgate

📍 N6 6BU

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

Pub
Elland · West Yorkshire

The Fleece Inn, Elland

📍 Jepson Lane, Elland · HX5 0BB

The Fleece Inn at Elland has a long-standing tradition of a headless horseman, sometimes called Old Leathery Coit. Other stories describe a chair moving by itself and unexplained stains appearing in the building. The pub’s reputation led to an investigation by the television programme Most Haunted in 2017. These incidents remain reported traditions rather than established events.

Pub
Haworth · West Yorkshire

The Fleece Inn, Haworth

📍 67 Main Street, Haworth, Keighley · BD22 8DA

The Fleece Inn on Haworth's Main Street has reports of a dark shape appearing in the upstairs ladies' toilet and a Victorian gentleman in a top hat standing in a guest bedroom. One guest reportedly noticed the figure while her husband was asleep beside her. The incidents were recounted by Christine Miller in a Spooky Isles article on haunted Haworth pubs.

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