Explore haunted places across the UK and Ireland, from famous castles and historic houses to pubs, hotels, theatres and little-known local hauntings.
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Haunted places in England
Leicestershire
Leicester
Belgrave Hall
Reports include a Victorian-looking woman walking through a wall, cold sensations and figures or mist captured on CCTV.
Leicester Cathedral
Local accounts describe apparitions linked to Richard III, unexplained noises and an elderly monk-like figure reportedly moving through the cathedral.
Leicester Guildhall
Staff and visitors report a White Lady, moving furniture, doors unlocking, ghostly animals and apparitions including a policeman or Cavalier.
Towers Hospital, Leicester
Witnesses describe the feeling of being watched, unexplained bangs, misty forms and objects reportedly thrown without visible cause.
Loughborough
Burleigh Hall Grounds
Local accounts describe unexplained chills and the feeling of being watched around wooded parts of the former Burleigh Hall estate.
Old Magistrates’ Court, Loughborough
Witnesses describe a heavy atmosphere, unexplained footsteps, whispered voices and sudden cold around the former courtroom and dock.
School Street Haunting
Staff and visitors report crawling sensations, persistent cold spots and reports of a male presence during a 2013 household haunting.
The Laughing Buddha, Loughborough
The site is associated with unexplained noises, cold breezes and an uneasy presence in upstairs rooms and storage areas.
The Old Rectory, Loughborough
Reports include strange figures and shifting shadows in the windows, together with sudden eerie stillness around the old rectory.
Market Bosworth
Bosworth Hall Hotel
The site is associated with the Grey Lady Ann Dixie, unexplained nocturnal knocking and a long-running bloodstain legend associated with the hall.
Market Harborough
The Three Swans Hotel
A supposedly cursed portrait dominates the hotel's ghost lore, alongside reports of a Victorian woman, moving glasses and sudden cold.
Lincolnshire
Bradley
Bradley Woods
Local accounts describe the Black Lady, a female apparition said to roam the woodland paths.
Grimsby
Former Grimsby Post Office
The site is associated with a ghostly mail carrier reportedly seen moving along the stairs of the former post office building.
Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
Reports include a former skipper called Alf, phantom footsteps, tobacco smells and partial apparitions associated with the Ross Tiger.
Yarborough Hotel
Staff and visitors report a white-shirted man with glasses, ghostly children and unexplained objects or noises around the hotel.
Waltham
All Saints Church, Waltham
Witnesses describe a phantom priest reportedly seen reading before suddenly disappearing inside the church, with the activity reported around the location over many years.
Merseyside
Bootle
The Old Linacre
Visitors report footsteps in locked rooms, cold cellar patches, shadowy figures, heavy boots overhead and a female presence near the stairs.
Liverpool
Bluecoat Chambers
Staff and visitors report children's laughter, boys in blue uniforms, basement cold spots and shadowy figures at windows after closing.
Newsham Park Hospital
Visitors report shadow figures, footsteps, voices and other intense paranormal activity throughout the former hospital and orphanage buildings.
Norfolk
Aylsham
Blickling Hall
Anne Boleyn’s ghost is said to return to Blickling each 19 May, arriving in a spectral coach before wandering the hall until daylight.
