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 Forge
📍 The Village, Finchampstead (historic cottage area)
The Goswell family reported furniture overturning and bricks falling at The Forge in February 1926. PC David Grigg investigated, recording disturbances without seeing the objects start moving. Psychical researchers also visited. Mrs Goswell rejected the suggestion of earthbound spirits, while Dr Schiller proposed a poltergeist explanation. The cottage became a focus of newspaper attention.
The Forge
📍 The Avenue · NE38 7AB
The Forge in Washington is associated with reports of highwayman Robert Hazlitt, a former blacksmith, a woman and other figures seen by owners and staff.
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.
The Foxhall
📍 Promenade · FY1 5DL
The site is associated with a shadowy priest, whispers in empty rooms, moving objects and an oppressive presence around the old building.
The Gatehouse
📍 1 North Road · N6 4BD
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with The Gatehouse, Highgate, adding to its haunted reputation.
The George, London
📍 213 Strand · WC2R 1AP
The George, Strand is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
The George Hotel Pangbourne
📍 The Square · RG8 7AJ
The ghost legend centres on Betty Price, a woman accused of witchcraft and said to have cursed the inn. Accounts describe a bedraggled apparition, mournful crying and knocking outside empty corridors.
The George III, Hoddesdon
📍 8 High Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire · EN11 8BL
The George public house in Hoddesdon, now known as the George III, is associated with reports of unexplained sounds coming from its cellar. One published account also claims that animals are reluctant to descend the cellar steps.
The Globe
📍 Marylebone Road · NW1 5JY
Accounts connected with The Globe, Marylebone Road describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
The Golden Cross
📍 8 Hay Lane · CV1 5RF
The site is associated with dark shapes around doorways, unusual cellar sensations and lights reportedly switching on after closing.
The Golden Fleece, Wells-next-the-Sea
📍 18 The Quay · NR23 1AH
Accounts linked to the Golden Fleece in Wells-next-the-Sea include childlike footsteps, unexplained knocks and reported figures of a young woman, a maid and a sailor.
The Golden Lion, Rossett
📍 Chester Road · LL12 0HN
The site is associated with the ghost Jeffrey moving bottles, glasses and chairs, with particular activity reported around bedroom two.
The Green Dragon, Beverley
📍 51 Saturday Market, Beverley · HU17 8AA
The Green Dragon on Beverley's Saturday Market has a longstanding story about the ghost of a young Danish soldier. The tradition appears in local history coverage and has been acknowledged in the pub's own description. Accounts do not establish the soldier's name, when he lived or the circumstances of his death, so the story remains a local haunting tradition.
The Grenadier
📍 18 Wilton Row · SW1X 7NR
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with The Grenadier, adding to its haunted reputation.
The Griffin Inn
📍 Milk Street · BA11 3EG
Reports include an elderly ghost called Albert, breaking glasses, slamming doors and a cellar that turns unnaturally cold.
The Grove, Harrow School
📍 1 Church Hill · HA1 3HN
The Grove is traditionally said to be haunted by Richard Layton, the sixteenth-century rector of Harrow who became one of Thomas Cromwell's agents during the Dissolution.
The Hatchet Inn
📍 27 Frogmore Street · BS1 5NA
The Hatchet’s sinister folklore includes a door said to conceal human skin beneath its surface. Ghost stories surround this old drinking house, whose traditions also recall sailors, smugglers and bare-knuckle fighting.
The Headland Hotel
📍 Headland Road · TR7 1EW
Reports include ghostly servicemen, vintage nurses and a Grey Lady reportedly walking through a wall where a doorway once stood.
The Hexagon
📍 Queens Walk · RG1 7QF
Reports include a balcony shadow, backstage footsteps, an actor-like apparition and unexplained interference with theatre equipment.
The Hill House
📍 Upper Colquhoun Street · G84 9AJ
Staff and visitors report pipe smoke and a dark cloaked figure associated with former owner Walter Blackie reportedly appearing around the house.
The Hole in the Wall
📍 9 Market Street, Armagh, County Armagh · BT61 7BW
A friendly ghost called Wilfy is part of the Hole in the Wall’s pub tradition. He is particularly associated with the bar area of the old Market Street building. The story identifies him as a former licensee who has kept a connection with the premises.
The Hole in the Wall, Kilkenny
📍 17 High Street · R95 TY30
Local accounts describe strange figures, unexplained sounds and eerie sensations at The Hole in the Wall, Kilkenny, where ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.
The Holly Bush
📍 22 Holly Mount · NW3 6SG
Customers have reportedly given food or drink orders to a waitress who later proves not to be a member of staff, giving the pub one of Hampstead's better-known ghost stories.
The Horseshoe, Clerkenwell
📍 24 Clerkenwell Close, London · EC1R 0AG
A former landlady described a presence called Gilbert, reputedly a former hangman, in the pub cellar. She said the presence was felt rather than seen. The account received press coverage when Daniel Craig became a co-owner in October 2026.
