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
Cheshire
Chester
The Pied Bull
Staff and guests report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and other ghostly disturbances throughout one of Chester's oldest surviving pubs.
The Queen at Chester Hotel
A little girl is said to haunt second-floor corridors, with laughter, footsteps, cold spots and a phantom tricycle also reported.
Congleton
Lion and Swan Hotel
A ghostly child and a sinister black dog are among the supernatural figures said to haunt this historic Congleton hotel.
Gawsworth
Gawsworth Hall
Reports include the Dark Lady Mary Fitton, unexplained incense, breaking glass, voices and footsteps around the Tudor manor.
Maggoty Wood
Local accounts describe the ghost of jester Samuel Johnson and unexplained bell-like sounds associated with the woodland and nearby grave.
Knutsford
Courthouse Hotel, Knutsford
Reports include showers activating, doors slamming, green mist and a persistent sense of unease around the former courthouse.
Ghostly Corner, Knutsford
Staff and visitors report hand dryers starting by themselves, rearranged items and phantom footsteps reported by neighbouring businesses around the corner.
Lord Eldon, Knutsford
The site is associated with the white apparition of Annie Pollitt, flickering lights, moving objects and unexplained cold breezes around the pub.
Royal George Hotel, Knutsford
Witnesses describe a highwayman-like figure, a Grey Lady associated with Room 201 and unexplained glowing lights around the hotel.
Sudlow Lane
Local accounts describe a blonde, bloodied woman reportedly appearing near a bridge around midnight before suddenly vanishing.
Macclesfield
Bate Hall Hotel
Witnesses describe a child spirit called Billy, a grey witch-like woman and pots reportedly thrown or moved without explanation.
Pott Shrigley
Shrigley Hall Hotel
The site is associated with sudden cold, unexplained sounds, apparitions and a ghostly bathroom encounter reported by guests.
Siddington
Capesthorne Hall
Staff and visitors report a Grey Lady, shadowy forms and a disembodied arm-like apparition reported around the hall.
Cornwall
Bodmin
Bodmin Jail Hotel
The site is associated with ghostly children and eerie unexplained noises reported in corridors of the converted former prison.
Bolventor
Jamaica Inn
Local accounts describe phantom footsteps, whispering voices and a mysterious woman in white around the famous Bodmin Moor inn.
Boscastle
The Wellington Hotel, Boscastle
Reports include an old coachman, a little girl and an elderly woman reportedly appearing around the hotel, especially near Room 9.
Falmouth
The Falmouth Hotel
Witnesses describe heavy footsteps and a shadowy worker-like figure associated with the hotel's former cellar brewery.
Hayle
White Hart Hotel, Hayle
Staff and visitors report unexplained footsteps pacing upstairs corridors and stopping near a room once associated with mortuary supplies.
Newquay
The Headland Hotel
Reports include ghostly servicemen, vintage nurses and a Grey Lady reportedly walking through a wall where a doorway once stood.
Penzance
Dolphin Tavern, Penzance
Witnesses describe a tricorne-hatted sea captain, an old-fashioned woman and disembodied voices reported around the harbour inn.
