Spooky Events Guide
Explore ghost tours, haunted attractions and spooky experiences across Britain and Ireland with our Events Guide.
North Yorkshire
Bram Stoker’s Dracula Experience
A dedicated Dracula attraction in the town where Bram Stoker found inspiration for his novel.
Generally open around 11am–5pm with seasonal variations; check before travelling
9 Marine Parade, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 3PR
North Yorkshire
Whitby Abbey
The ruined abbey’s Gothic silhouette inspired generations of visitors and is central to Whitby’s Dracula associations.
Seasonal opening; check English Heritage for current times and special events
Abbey Lane, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO22 4JT
North Yorkshire
The York Dungeon
A purpose-built dark-history attraction combining performance, macabre history and scares.
Opening hours vary by date; timed tickets and advance booking recommended
12 Clifford Street, York, North Yorkshire, YO1 9RD
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The Original Ghost Walk of York
One of York’s longest-running ghost walks, built around local ghost stories, historic streets and the city’s reputation for hauntings.
Nightly at 8pm; if Ouse Bridge is flooded, check the operator’s alternative meeting arrangements
King’s Arms, Ouse Bridge, York, North Yorkshire, YO1
London
Hidden London Tours
Disused stations, abandoned platforms, wartime shelters and hidden tunnels offer an atmospheric way into London’s underground history.
Dates and locations vary by tour; advance booking required
Various London Underground locations, London
London
Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities
A modern cabinet of curiosities filled with bizarre, macabre and uncanny objects, including natural-history specimens and unusual collections.
Tuesday–Thursday 3pm–11pm; Friday 3pm–midnight; Saturday noon–midnight; Sunday noon–10pm
11 Mare Street, London, Hackney, E8 4RP
Jewellery Quarter
Birmingham Catacomb Tours – Key Hill & Warstone Lane
A rare chance to enter dark Victorian catacomb chambers and underground cemetery tunnels beneath Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
Selected special dates; 2026 programme includes 31 October
Warstone Lane Cemetery, Vyse Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, Jewellery Quarter, B18
Jewellery Quarter
Key Hill & Warstone Lane Cemetery Guided Tours
Two atmospheric Victorian cemeteries with catacombs, notable burials and a strong connection to Birmingham's social and industrial history.
Regular scheduled tours across 2026–27; check current dates before travelling
Key Hill Cemetery and Warstone Lane Cemetery, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, Jewellery Quarter, B18
Southside
Birmingham Back to Backs
An atmospheric preserved court where visitors encounter the intimate realities of overcrowding, poverty, work and domestic life across generations.
Visits by pre-booked guided tour only; opening days and tour times vary
55–63 Hurst Street / 50–54 Inge Street, Birmingham, Southside, B5 4TE
Jewellery Quarter
The Coffin Works
A rare surviving factory devoted to coffin fittings, funerary metalwork and the Victorian business of death.
Guided tours Wednesday–Sunday at selected times; self-guided entry Friday–Sunday
13–15 Fleet Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, Jewellery Quarter, B3 1JP
Birmingham
West Midlands Police Museum: The Lock-Up
A genuine Victorian lock-up with original cells, stories of prisoners, crime and punishment, and occasional murder-history events.
Opening dates vary; check the museum calendar before visiting
The Lock-Up, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, Birmingham, B4 6BJ
Aston
Aston Hall
Aston Hall is one of Birmingham's best-known haunted buildings, with long-running stories of apparitions and unexplained activity.
Friday–Sunday, 11am–4pm in season; winter closure from 2 November 2026 except special events
Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham, Aston, B6 6JD
Birmingham
Birmingham’s Dark Side Walking Tour
A city-centre dark-history walk built around Birmingham's grimmer stories rather than a conventional sightseeing tour.
Selected dates; check current programme
Birmingham city centre, Birmingham, Birmingham
Greater Manchester
The Original Stockport Ghost Walk
A theatrical walking tour built around Stockport's haunted taverns, dungeons, ghost stories and macabre history.
Selected evening dates; check current programme
The Plaza, Mersey Square, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK1 1SP
Greater Manchester
Stockport Air Raid Shelters
A vast underground wartime shelter network with dark tunnels, reinforced sections and a strong sense of the lives spent below ground during air raids.
Tuesday–Friday 1pm–5pm; Saturday 10am–5pm; Sunday 11am–4pm; evening Explorer Tours usually first Tuesday monthly
65 Chestergate, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK1 1NP
Greater Manchester
Chetham’s Library Guided Tours
A deeply atmospheric medieval building associated with Dr John Dee and centuries of Manchester history.
Pre-booked tours Monday–Saturday on selected dates; tickets released up to six weeks ahead
Chetham's Library, Long Millgate, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SB
Greater Manchester
Flecky Bennett’s Chorlton Ghost Walk
A long-running local ghost walk covering Chorlton folklore, darker history and reported hauntings.
Selected evening dates; check current programme
Chorlton Green, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M21 9HS
Greater Manchester
Flecky Bennett’s Manchester Ghost Walk
A theatrical city-centre ghost walk built around documented local history, folklore and reported hauntings.
Selected Saturday evenings; check current dates
Outside Lock 91, 9 Century Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 4QL
London
Highgate Cemetery
One of Britain’s most famous Victorian cemeteries, closely associated with Gothic London, the Highgate Vampire story and generations of supernatural folklore.
March–October daily 10am–5pm; November–February daily 10am–4pm
Swain’s Lane, London, Highgate, N6 6PJ
London
Kensal Green Cemetery Guided Tours
A major Victorian necropolis with mausoleums, monuments and catacombs, and strong links to London’s history of death and burial.
Regular Sunday tours at 2pm; every Sunday March–October, reduced schedule in winter
Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, London, Kensal Green, W10 4RA
London
Brompton Cemetery Guided Tours
A vast Victorian cemetery of Gothic monuments, mausoleums and catacombs, with guided tours revealing its history and burials.
General guided tours Sundays at 2pm during most of the year; check current programme
Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 9JE
London
The London Dungeon
A theatrical dark-history attraction built around murder, plague, torture, crime and notorious figures from London’s past.
Opening hours vary by date; timed booking recommended
Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London, Lambeth, SE1 7PB
London
Jack the Ripper Museum
A museum focused on the Whitechapel murders and the enduring mystery of Jack the Ripper.
Monday–Sunday, 9.30am–6pm; walking tours at 3pm and 5pm
12 Cable Street, London, Tower Hamlets, E1 8JG
London
Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret
A preserved historic operating theatre with displays on anatomy, surgery, disease and death, including human remains.
Thursday–Sunday, 10.30am–5pm; last admission 4.15pm
St Thomas’ Church, 9a St Thomas Street, London, Southwark, SE1 9RY
