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 Old Linacre
📍 46 Linacre Lane · L20 5AL
The former Old Linacre pub in Bootle now houses the Linacre Bridge Community Hub. Staff and visitors have reported footsteps in empty rooms, moving glasses, shadowy figures and cold patches around the cellar stairs.
The Pack Horse
📍 208 Woodhouse Lane · LS2 9DX
Phantom footsteps and the sound of giggling children are reported in the upstairs room of this historic Leeds pub.
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 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 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.
Whately Hall Hotel
📍 17-19 Horse Fair · OX16 0AN
Guests and staff report unexplained activity at the old Banbury hotel, including apparitions and disturbances in its historic rooms.
Coach and Horses
📍 5 Bruton Street · W1J 6PT
A phantom coach drawn by four horses is said to approach this Bruton Street pub. Its driver has no head, while skull-faced passengers stare from the carriage windows.
Duke of York's Theatre
📍 104 St Martin's Lane · WC2N 4BG
Former owner Violet Melnotte is said to appear in her private box, the bar and backstage. Opening nights bring sightings, while a bricked-up iron fire door is reportedly heard slamming.
Peveril of the Peak
📍 127 Great Bridgewater Street · M1 5JQ
At Manchester’s Peveril of the Peak, staff describe glasses moving towards the washer, ashtrays clearing themselves and chairs scraping. Customers report phantom nudges and feeling watched, while a shadowy presence is associated with the cellar.
Tandle Hill Tavern
Former landlady Jane Tetlow is said to watch over the tavern, where visitors also report misty figures and feeling observed.
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.
The Olde Boars Head
📍 111 Long Street · M24 6UE
Middleton’s Olde Boars Head is associated with a child said to have died in a chimney and reformer Samuel Bamford. Reports include hair-pulling, cold draughts and an apparition, with particular interest in the Sessions Room and cellar.
The Queen at Chester Hotel
📍 52 City Road · CH1 3AH
A little girl is said to haunt second-floor corridors, with laughter, footsteps, cold spots and a phantom tricycle also reported.
Alanbrooke Hall
📍 Former Alanbrooke Hall site, Malone Road / Queen's Elms · BT9 5BW
Room 611 in this demolished student residence became notorious for a black silhouette, violent door knocks and objects flying across the room. Former residents’ accounts featured in the BBC’s Uncanny series.
Ballyseede Castle
📍 Ballyseede · V92 VW30
Hilda Blennerhassett’s ghost is said to appear in her former turret room, accompanied by the scent of roses. Other accounts describe whispered conversations, strange woodland lights and televisions switching on in empty rooms.
Baskerville Hall Hotel
📍 Clyro Court · HR3 5LE
A White Lady reportedly appears in the rose garden, while an unknown man is seen on the stairs and in bedrooms. Guests also describe unexplained wall knocks and footsteps following them.
Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel
📍 Bodelwyddan · LL18 5YA
A Blue Lady reportedly appears near the kitchen, where dishes rattle after closing. Other accounts describe a soldier, shadow figures passing through walls and guests feeling unseen hands pull their hair.
Cathedral House Hotel
📍 28-32 Cathedral Square · G4 0XA
A sombre woman and a small boy are reported in this former refuge for released prisoners. Guests describe children’s laughter, little footsteps and a child’s hand tugging at clothing.
Donaghadee Town Hall
📍 Former Town Hall, 24 High Street · BT21 0AQ
Investigators reported a child’s voice giving the name Matthew and another identifying himself as the Key Keeper. In the cellar, team members witnessed stones being thrown and wood moving.
Gartloch Hospital
📍 Former Gartloch Hospital complex, Gartloch Road
Nurses reported phantom footsteps and old-fashioned female apparitions, including one figure that lifted from the floor and vanished through a closed door.
Lansdowne Crescent
📍 Lansdowne Crescent
A tenant reported a cassocked figure above his bed, an unseen force pinning him down, unexplained scratches and later violent disturbances.
Leap Castle
Reported spirits include child ghosts, the Red Lady, a murdered priest and the foul-smelling supernatural presence known as the Elemental.
Plas Teg
📍 A541 · CH7 4HN
Plas Teg is linked to apparitions of adults, children and animals, disembodied screaming and crying, and a candle-bearing Grey Lady.
Muncaster Castle
📍 Muncaster Castle · CA18 1RQ
Muncaster’s Tapestry Room has reports of a crying child, singing, footsteps and a self-opening door. Mischief is attributed to Tom Fool, while murdered-servant Mary Bragg’s White Lady haunts the gardens.
