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.

1,990 haunted places
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Royal Tunbridge Wells · Kent

Tunbridge Wells Hotel

📍 TN2 5TD

Tunbridge Wells Hotel is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.

Historic site
Harrogate · North Yorkshire

Turkish Baths Harrogate

📍 Royal Baths Building, Parliament Street · HG1 2WH

Local accounts describe a presence called Ethel, Victorian bathers, plunge-pool disturbances and a man in blue overalls reportedly seen.

Hotel
Turnberry · South Ayrshire

Turnberry Hotel

📍 Maidens Road, Turnberry, South Ayrshire · KA26 9LT

Turnberry Hotel, which was used as a hospital during the Second World War, is associated with reports of hospital-like sounds and the smell of disinfectant. The accounts are recorded by the Ayrshire Federation of Historical Societies.

Historic site
Chapeltown · Lancashire

Turton Tower

📍 BL7 0HG

Accounts connected with Turton Tower describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.

Castle
Tutbury · Staffordshire

Tutbury Castle

📍 Castle Street · DE13 9JF

Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Tutbury Castle, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.

Theatre
Newcastle upon Tyne · Tyne and Wear

Tyne Theatre and Opera House

📍 NE1 4AG

Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Tyne Theatre and Opera House, adding to its haunted reputation.

Historic house
Omagh · Tyrone

Tyrone House Site

Visitors report unexplained footsteps, shadowy figures and sudden cold spots inside Tyrone House Site, where ghost stories remain tied to the property's history.

Natural site
Ulley · South Yorkshire

Ulley Reservoir

Local accounts describe a wild phantom associated with a drowned asylum escapee said to appear around the reservoir.

Museum
Omagh · Tyrone

Ulster American Folk Park

📍 2 Mellon Road · BT78 5QU

Local accounts link Ulster American Folk Park with apparitions, mysterious sounds and unsettling encounters that have become part of the area's supernatural folklore.

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Penzance · Cornwall

Union Hotel

📍 Chapel Street · TR18 4AE

Staff and visitors report a Grey Lady, playful child spirits, unexplained noises and fleeting shadows reported around the historic hotel.

School / University
Carlisle · Cumbria

University of Cumbria

📍 Brampton Road · CA3 9AW

On misty nights, phantom marching boots reportedly cross Brampton Road’s Hadrian’s Wall vallum. University folklore attributes them to a Roman patrol swallowed by fog after following strange cries across the earthworks.

School / University
Glasgow

University of Glasgow

📍 University Avenue · G12 8QQ

Reports include a Grey Lady, a stovepipe-hatted man and strange lift activity reported around university buildings.

Castle
Rochester · Kent

Upnor Castle

📍 Upnor Road, Upper Upnor · ME2 4XG

Security staff at Upnor Castle reported repeated alarms and locked doors found open in 1996. A local councillor discussed the incidents, which a newspaper presented as a possible haunting.

School / University
Uppingham · Rutland

Uppingham School

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

Historic house
Upton · Cambridgeshire

Upton, Peterborough

📍 Upton, near Castor, Peterborough (village area)

In 1920, John Macro’s family reported strange noises after moving into an Upton cottage. Macro and his daughter also described a woman in white, while he reported a dark object moving around a bedroom. The Rev A.A. Liney’s overnight watch produced no unusual sights or sounds. He suggested animals might explain the noises; the family disputed that explanation.

Street / Road
Harrow Weald · Greater London

Uxbridge Road

📍 Uxbridge Road · HA3 6DG

Writer Rowland Grey claimed to have seen the ghost of miser Daniel Dancer on what is now Uxbridge Road, dressed in straw and apparently bleeding from a head wound.

Historic house
Dagenham · Greater London

Valence House

📍 Becontree Avenue · RM8 3HT

The White Lady, described as a young girl in a nightdress, has reportedly circled an old cherry tree before vanishing from view.

Abbey / Monastery
Llangollen · Denbighshire

Valle Crucis Abbey

📍 Valle Crucis Abbey, Llantysilio · LL20 8DD

Witnesses have described shadowy figures, strange sounds and sudden chills around Valle Crucis Abbey, where local ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.

Theatre
Covent Garden · Greater London

Vaudeville Theatre

📍 404 Strand · WC2R 0NH

Staff have reported an unexplained herbal perfume and strange noises, while a workman once described seeing only the feet and cloak of a woman.

Park / Woodland
Ventnor · Isle of Wight

Ventnor Botanic Garden

📍 PO38 1UL

Staff and visitors report apparitions associated with former patients and nurses from the site's earlier hospital use.

Museum
St Albans · Hertfordshire

Verulamium Museum

📍 St Michael's Street · AL3 4SW

Ghost stories linked to Verulamium Museum include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.

Pub
City of London · Greater London

Viaduct Tavern

📍 126 Newgate Street · EC1A 7AA

Accounts connected with Viaduct Tavern describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.

Historic site
Enniscorthy · Wexford

Vinegar Hill

📍 Vinegar Hill Battlefield · Y21 AW90

Local accounts link Vinegar Hill with apparitions, mysterious sounds and unsettling encounters that have become part of the area's supernatural folklore.

Hall
Clitheroe · Lancashire

Waddow Hall

Witnesses describe Peg O'Neil's spirit associated with the hall and nearby well, with a grim seven-year death tradition.

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