Hauntings Database

Wigmore Hall

📍 36 Wigmore Street · W1U 2BP

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

Wilberforce House Museum

📍 23–25 High Street, Hull · HU1 1NQ

Staff at Wilberforce House Museum in Hull have reported footsteps in empty upper rooms and doors opening without anyone nearby. Another recurring account concerns a tall figure in Georgian clothing at the top of the main staircase. None of the reported apparitions has been reliably identified with William Wilberforce or another former occupant.

Wilford Ambulance Station

📍 Clifton Lane · NG11 7ES

Staff at Wilford Ambulance Station reported a clock falling, weights moving and snooker balls scattered in 1990. Ambulancemen Richard Cox and Malcolm Clifford described their concerns to a local newspaper.

Wilton Castle

📍 Wilton Castle · Y21 V9P9

The restored castle is associated with apparitions and unsettling supernatural experiences said to linger from its long and sometimes tragic past.

Wimpole Street

📍 Knebworth House, Knebworth Barns · SG3 6PY

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

Winchester Cathedral

📍 9 The Close · SO23 9LS

Witnesses describe phantom monks, eerie chanting and a limping monk-like figure reportedly moving through the cathedral and close.

Winchester College

📍 SO23 9NA

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

Windsor Castle

📍 Windsor Castle · SL4 1NJ

Windsor Castle’s Royal Library features in an 1897 account by Arthur St Leger Glyn, who described seeing a woman in black. A librarian later associated the figure with Elizabeth I. Neil R. Storey recounts the testimony; ordinary visitor admission does not include the Royal Library.

Windsor House

📍 Cornwall Road · HG1 2PW

Reports include a woman seen near a lift and barefoot hospital-era men in blue reportedly appearing around the building.

Winter Gardens

📍 Marine Road Central · LA4 4BU

Reports include shadow figures, thrown stones, phantom footsteps and period-dressed figures reported around the Victorian theatre.

Wish Tower

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

Witches Mill

📍 Mill Tower, The Windmill, Arbory Road · IM9 1HA

The former Witches Mill is associated with Gerald Gardner's stories of witchcraft, dancing witches and occult gatherings on the island.

Witches Rock, Rocqueberg

Witches are said to gather at Rocqueberg, where the ghost of Hubert reportedly returns hoping to join their supernatural dancing.

Woburn House

📍 120 Ballywalter Road, Drumfad, Millisle, County Down · BT22 2HS

A staff member at Woburn House described becoming intensely cold during a break on a warm evening. When he tried to stand, he felt an unseen force holding him around the waist. He then felt something cover his mouth as he tried to call for help. He said he escaped after falling to his knees. The account featured in a television investigation of the former borstal and prison service training premises, where investigators also reported faint footsteps.

Wollaton Hall

📍 Wollaton Hall & Deer Park · NG8 2AE

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

Woodchester Mansion

📍 Woodchester Park · GL10 3TS

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

Woodcroft Castle

📍 Woodcroft Castle, Woodcroft Road · PE6 7HW

Woodcroft Castle’s haunting tradition concerns the Royalist chaplain Michael Hudson, killed during the Civil War. Stories describe cries near the building and his apparition beside the moat on the anniversary of his death. Neil R. Storey records the legend. The castle is a private residence.

Woodlawn House

📍 Woodlawn House

People passing Woodlawn House have reported strange figures, unexplained sounds and other eerie encounters, particularly after dark or in poor weather.

Wookey Hole Caves

📍 The Mill · BA5 1BB

Local accounts describe the legendary Witch of Wookey and other supernatural traditions associated with the caves and their striking formations.

Woolpack Inn

📍 The Street · CT4 8DL

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

Worcester Cathedral

📍 8 College Yard · WR1 2LA

Staff and visitors report the ghost of King John reportedly lingering near his tomb in the medieval cathedral.

Worcester Guildhall

📍 WR1 2EY

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

Worthing Town Hall

📍 Chapel Road · BN11 1HA

Witnesses describe footsteps, opening doors, moving papers and a suited figure reported around the municipal building after hours.

Wrest Park

📍 Wrest Park, Silsoe · MK45 4HR

Staff locking up Wrest Park have reported soldier-like figures vanishing near the pavilion, while a ball has been heard bouncing in the mansion after visitors leave.