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.
Westminster Abbey
📍 20 Dean's Yard · SW1P 3PA
Ghost stories linked to Westminster Abbey include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
Weston Manor Hotel
📍 Northampton Road · OX25 3QL
A nun known as Mad Maude is said to haunt the Oak Room, where guests describe apparitions and intense heat. Local legend connects her presence with a forbidden romance and a cruel punishment.
Westport House
📍 Quay Road, Westport Demesne · F28 K6K6
Reports from Westport House include apparitions, strange noises and the feeling of an unseen presence moving through its historic rooms.
West Street
📍 West Street · HA1 3EF
One Harrow tradition places Spring-Heeled Jack on West Street, where the bizarre leaping apparition is said to have terrified a local schoolmaster.
West Wycombe Park
📍 West Wycombe Park · HP14 3AJ
A White Lady, traditionally Dashwood’s grandmother, haunts West Wycombe’s music room. Noël Coward reportedly saw a smiling monk watching him play the piano, then vanish when his recital ended.
Weymouth Promenade
Weymouth’s Old Woman reportedly sits on a promenade bench, marked by a deathly smell. One witness blamed her after his fiancée sat there and died of a heart attack the following day.
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.
Wheathill Farmhouse and Little Wheathill
📍 Wheathill Farmhouse and Little Wheathill, Church Lane · LE17 6PG
Wheathill Farmhouse and Little Wheathill in Church Lane, Shearsby, is a Grade II-listed early-19th-century farmhouse and cottage pair. A 1992 Leicester Daily Mercury feature reported a white-haired female apparition and other unexplained happenings when the property was operating as accommodation.
Wheatsheaves Pub
📍 23 Bath Street · BA11 1DJ
The site is associated with piano music reportedly heard despite no piano being present, alongside disturbances serious enough to prompt two exorcisms.
Whistlebinkies
📍 4-6 South Bridge · EH1 1LL
Whistlebinkies occupies rooms connected with Edinburgh’s South Bridge vaults. Its traditions name Mr Boots, the Watcher and the Imp, with reports of heavy footsteps, figures, noises and other unexplained activity from staff, visitors and investigators.
Whitby Abbey
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Whitby Abbey, adding to its haunted reputation.
Whitby Lighthouse
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Whitby Lighthouse, adding to its haunted reputation.
Whitby Museum
📍 YO21 1RE
Whitby Museum is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
White Hart, Caldmore
📍 WS1 3RW
Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps, moving objects and fleeting apparitions at White Hart, Caldmore, adding to the building's long-standing haunted reputation.
White Hart, Grays
📍 Kings Walk, Grays, Essex · RM17 6HR
The bar of the White Hart in Grays has a reported haunted reputation, although no detailed witness account or identified spirit has been established. The Grade II-listed pub was rebuilt in 1938 on the site of an earlier White Hart.
White Hart Hotel, Hayle
📍 10 Foundry Square · TR27 4HQ
Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps pacing upstairs corridors and stopping near a room once associated with mortuary supplies.
White Hart Hotel, Lewes
📍 55 High Street · BN7 1XE
Local accounts describe uneasy cellar experiences, a spectral bride and a playful boy said to make his presence known around the inn.
White Hart Hotel, Lincoln
📍 Bailgate · LN1 3AR
Ghost stories linked to White Hart Hotel, Lincoln include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
White Hart Inn, Edinburgh
📍 White Hart Inn, Grassmarket · EH1 2JU
John Tantalon reports that Georgia, a former employee at Edinburgh’s White Hart Inn, knew of unexplained movement and noises after closing. It remains unclear which incidents she witnessed herself and which were reported by colleagues.
White Horse Hotel, Derry
📍 68 Clooney Road · BT47 3PA
Witnesses describe a phantom stagecoach, disappearing bedside figure and unexplained footsteps reported around the hotel and Clooney Road.
White Horse Hotel, Hertingfordbury
📍 Hertingfordbury · SG14 2LB
The site is associated with sleeping guests touched, footsteps circling beds, opened cupboards and a Grey Lady passing through locked doors.
White Spring
📍 BA6 8BL
Local accounts describe strange figures, unexplained sounds and eerie sensations at White Spring, where ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.
Whittingham Hospital Site
Whittingham Hospital Site is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.
Whittington & Cat, Hull
📍 Commercial Road, Hull · HU1 2SA
At the Whittington & Cat in Hull, landlord Gill Ralph has described a presence in the cellar that seems to switch off the gas. Staff have also reported seeing people who disappear from sight. Ralph discussed the experiences in a January 2026 interview with The Hull Story. The pub stands opposite the former Trinity Burial Ground.
