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
Castle
Portchester · Hampshire

Portchester Castle

📍 Church Road · PO16 9QW

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

Hall
Rufford · Lancashire

Rufford Old Hall

📍 200 Liverpool Road · L40 1SG

Rufford Old Hall is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.

Castle
Newcastleton · Scottish Borders

Hermitage Castle

📍 Hermitage Castle · TD9 0LU

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

Castle
Braemar · Aberdeenshire

Braemar Castle

📍 Braemar Castle · AB35 5XR

Ghostly figures, strange sounds and unexplained sensations have been reported at Braemar Castle, adding to the site's long supernatural reputation.

Fort / Military site
Hartlepool · County Durham

Heugh Battery

📍 Moor Terrace, Headland · TS24 0PS

A First World War-uniformed man reportedly walks Heugh Battery at night as though guarding it. On 16 December 1914, its guns exchanged fire with German warships during Hartlepool’s bombardment.

Hall
Alcester · Warwickshire

Ragley Hall

📍 Ragley Hall · B49 5NJ

The site is associated with a woman in white, staircase cold spots, self-playing music boxes, phantom footsteps and a veiled figure by the lake.

HotelRooms available
Cobh · Cork

Commodore Hotel Cobh

📍 4 Westbourne Place · P24 WR60

Reports from Commodore Hotel Cobh include strange sounds, fleeting apparitions and unsettling night-time experiences that have contributed to its haunted reputation.

Restaurant / Café
Lincoln · Lincolnshire

Browns Pie Shop

📍 33 Steep Hill · LN2 1LU

Browns Pie Shop is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.

School / University
Watford · Hertfordshire

Mrs Elizabeth Fuller Free School

📍 Church Street

Mrs Elizabeth Fuller Free School is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.

PubClosed
Wotton-under-Edge · Gloucestershire

Ancient Ram Inn

📍 8 Potters Pond · GL12 7HF

The Bishop’s Room is associated with a pacing cavalier, two monks and disturbing encounters with an unseen presence. Other accounts describe poltergeist activity and dragging sounds linked with an attic murder legend.

Street / Road
Soho · Greater London

1 Golden Square

📍 W1F 9HR

Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with 1 Golden Square, adding to its haunted reputation.

Historic house
Dunvegan · Highland

Orbost House

📍 Orbost House, Orbost

The site is associated with the unexplained sound of a horse-drawn carriage approaching the house while nearby companions heard nothing.

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.

Hotel
Newquay · Cornwall

Queen's Head Hotel

Queen’s Head folklore centres on Betsy, a maid said to have become pregnant by the landlord and taken her own life. Her apparition reportedly remains in Newquay’s old alehouse.

Hall
Birmingham · West Midlands

Aston Hall

📍 Trinity Road, Aston · B6 6JD

Aston Hall’s ghost traditions include White, Green and Grey Ladies, rustling skirts and a crying boy. Named figures include Mary Holte, reportedly confined by her father, a housekeeper called Mrs Walker and a servant known as Dick.

Station
Birmingham · West Midlands

Birmingham New Street Station

📍 Station Street · B2 4QA

Staff and visitors report a uniformed man, a Victorian-suited figure and sudden temperature drops reported around platforms and station areas.

Street / Road
Canterbury · Kent

Burgate

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

Castle
Clonegal · Carlow

Huntington Castle

📍 Huntington Castle & Gardens · Y21 K237

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

Church / Cathedral
Stratford-upon-Avon · Warwickshire

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon

📍 Old Town · CV37 6BG

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.

Visitor attraction
Blackpool · Lancashire

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

📍 525 Ocean Boulevard, Promenade · FY4 1EZ

Local accounts describe phantom clogs, a period-dressed girl, a dark cellar figure and lights switching on or off without explanation.

Cemetery / Graveyard
Blackpool · Lancashire

Carleton Cemetery and Crematorium

📍 Stocks Road · FY6 7QS

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

Hotel
Baginton · Warwickshire

Old Mill Hotel

📍 Mill Hill · CV8 3AH

Local accounts describe a Grey Lady near the river, unexplained sobbing and a traditional warning associated with a mummified cat.

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