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 Savoy
📍 40 Regent Street · SN1 1JL
The site is associated with a stagehand or actor called George, shadowy figures, footsteps and flickering lights reported around the former theatre.
The Schooner Hotel
📍 8 Northumberland Street · NE66 2RS
Bedroom accounts describe crying children, screams, unexplained knocks and figures standing at the foot of beds. A soldier and a phantom maid are also said to move through the hotel’s corridors and stairs.
The Scotia Bar
📍 112 Stockwell Street · G1 4LW
Staff and visitors report a former manager, a woman, a young boy and other apparitions reportedly appearing around the old pub.
The Shambles
📍 The Shambles · YO1
The Shambles itself is a contemporary paranormal-investigation location distinct from individual properties and the Margaret Clitherow shrine.
The Sheep Heid Inn
📍 The Sheep Heid Inn, 43–47 The Causeway, Duddingston · EH15 3QA
Edinburgh’s Sheep Heid Inn has traditions of a male figure called the Major and a young girl near the bowling alley. A separate investigation reportedly filmed lights responding to questions; the footage and the Major’s identity remain unverified.
The Ship Inn
📍 Middlegate · TS24 0JN
Doors and unseen conversations have been reported at the Ship Inn when nobody else was present. A frightened soldier is also said to appear from the cellar after closing time.
The Ship Tavern, Holborn
📍 12 Gate Street, London · WC2A 3HP
The Ship Tavern has a tradition that ghosts of Catholics executed nearby returned to the meeting place. The historical tradition is associated with the pub's reputed use for clandestine Catholic gatherings.
The Spaniards Inn
📍 Spaniards Road · NW3 7JJ
Hampstead’s Spaniards Inn has traditions involving Dick Turpin, phantom horses and two Spanish brothers whose jealousy supposedly ended violently. Visitors report footsteps and apparitions around the pub, alongside its separate literary associations with Dickens, Keats and Dracula.
The Spice Ship
📍 240 Preston Road · DT3 6BJ
The Spice Ship blames a Portuguese sailor for midnight noises, activating beer taps and pulling a landlord from bed. Folklore says his body was brought here for an inquest.
The Star
📍 23 Vineyards, Bath, Somerset · BA1 5NA
A ghost known as Pickford is said to haunt the Star Inn. Unexplained objects falling from shelves have traditionally been blamed on this presence.
The Star Inn, Godalming
📍 17 Church Street · GU7 1EL
At Godalming’s Star Inn, witnesses describe an elderly man by the front-door bench and a spectral customer beneath the snug mirror. Staff also report a female presence in the toilets and children running through former upstairs accommodation.
The Star Inn, Wroxall
Local accounts describe a glass reportedly knocked or toppled by an unseen presence inside the village inn.
The Sun Hotel, Hitchin
📍 Sun Street · SG5 1AF
Reports include a laughing woman in a green corset, unexplained scratches, sudden touches and other disturbances experienced by investigators.
The Sun Inn, Beverley
📍 1 Flemingate, Beverley · HU17 0NP
The Sun Inn on Flemingate has a longstanding cellar haunting. Former publicans and staff have described being brushed by an unseen presence and seeing a shadowy figure below the bar. Other reports mention sudden coldness and the feeling of being watched. The accounts feature in Visit East Yorkshire's guide to the region's ghost stories.
The Swan Inn
📍 Broughton Road, Milton Keynes Village · MK10 9AH
Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps, moving objects and fleeting apparitions at The Swan Inn, Milton Keynes, adding to the building's long-standing haunted reputation.
The Swan Theatre
📍 St Mary Street · HP11 2XE
In 1998, a caretaker reportedly approached a lone figure in the empty auditorium, which vanished. Staff also describe self-opening doors, unexplained lights and a presence following them through the theatre.
The Talbot Hotel, Oundle
📍 New Street · PE8 4EA
The Talbot Hotel in Oundle has reports of a black-clad woman, unexplained crying and a drumming well. Traditions connect its staircase and apparitions with Mary, Queen of Scots, although that identification remains disputed.
Thetford Priory
Staff and visitors report monastic chanting, a phantom staircase and the sound of keys moving through the ruined priory.
Thetford Warren Lodge
Local accounts describe a faceless blue-clothed figure, terrifying screams and reports of a red-eyed rabbit-like apparition.
The Thomas Wolsey
📍 9-13 St Peter's Street · IP1 1XF
Staff and patrons at the Thomas Wolsey in Ipswich have reported an unseen touch, a bar fitting rolling down the stairs, a young boy in the courtyard and a seated man in an upstairs room.
The Three Crowns
📍 High Street · TQ13 8AJ
The ghost of Royalist poet Sidney Godolphin is said to appear on the porch and in guest rooms. The haunting is linked with his death during Civil War fighting in Chagford.
The Three Fishes
📍 4 Fish Street · SY1 1UR
The landlady reported a little girl in the cellar who makes red-handled screwdrivers disappear and throws containers. She also described seeing an elderly man seated in the bar after closing, only for him to vanish.
The Three Swans Hotel
📍 21 High Street · LE16 7NJ
A supposedly cursed portrait dominates the hotel's ghost lore, alongside reports of a Victorian woman, moving glasses and sudden cold.
The Tron Theatre
📍 63 Trongate · G1 5HB
Staff and visitors at The Tron Theatre Glasgow report phantom footsteps, unexplained voices and fleeting figures around backstage areas, corridors and the auditorium.
