Explore more than 80 haunted locations across the West Midlands of England, from eerie castles to ghost-ridden pubs, each steeped in chilling local lore
Haunted Places in the West Midlands
Alcester
Ragley Hall, Alcester B49 5NJ
Staff report a woman in white drifting along the State Rooms, cold spots on the staircase, and music boxes playing on their own after lock-up. In the old servants’ quarters, footsteps pace when no one’s booked in. Grounds staff have twice seen a veiled figure vanish by the lake.
Birmingham
Aston Hall, Birmingham B6 6JD
Jacobean showpiece famous for its White and Green Ladies. Doors latch, skirts rustle along the Long Gallery, and an attic room feels crushingly sad. Night guides report a boy’s sobs near the servants’ rooms and a heavy presence on the oak stair. Read about Aston Hall on Spooky Birmingham.
The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham B5 4DS
Backstage whispers, jangling keys, and a managerly figure checking doors after hours. A grey-clad lady drifts the auditorium; electricians complain of lights that “answer back” during focus checks.
Birmingham Council House, Birmingham B1 1BB
After-hours staff smell unexpected flowers and glimpse a Victorian gentleman in velvet and red tie in the Mayor’s suite. Footsteps cross the tiled landing; no shoes follow.
Birmingham New Street Station, Birmingham B2 4QA
Built over graves and burdened by tragedies. Platform sightings of a uniformed man in the old waiting room; a suited Victorian figure near the concourse. Sudden temperature drops are common on late shifts.
Sarehole Mill, Hall Green, Birmingham B13 0BD
Water, wood, and whispers. Shadows pass the mill window; a woman in old dress lingers by the wheel. Doors that were bolted stand open to the night.
Steelhouse Lane Lock-up, Birmingham B4 6NW
Victorian cells with echoing footsteps, murmured conversations, and clanging doors. Visitors sense someone at their shoulder in the tunnel to the old courts.
The Old Crown, Digbeth, Birmingham B12 0LD
Timbers creak with more than age. A Tudor lady is seen near the rear snug; on still evenings, a male voice clears his throat at the bar though it’s empty.
Warstone Lane Cemetery, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham B18 6NF
Catacombs, mist, and a pale woman who crosses the path then passes through iron railings. Drivers report braking for a figure that isn’t there.
Bridgnorth
The Old Castle Ruins & Cliff Railway Area, Bridgnorth WV16
Pale forms on the High Town walls; muttered orders on windy nights. Cliff Railway staff tell of a Victorian lady staring from the platform, gone when you look twice.
Bromsgrove
Avoncroft Museum, Bromsgrove B60 4JR
Historic buildings re-erected on one site brought their ghosts with them: a child in period dress near the tollhouse, footsteps in the phone box pavilion, and taps that turn themselves.
Cannock
The Four Crosses Inn, Cannock WS11 1RX
One of Staffordshire’s most talked-about pubs: child voices upstairs, glasses sliding, a dark figure in the bar doorway. Coach road history hangs heavy here.
Cannock Chase, Staffordshire WS12
Woods alive with lore: sobbing heard then a small figure with ink-black eyes glimpsed between pines. Elsewhere, soldiers’ shapes cross paths and vanish into mist. Read about Cannock Chase.
Coventry
Coombe Abbey Hotel, Binley, Coventry CV3 2AB
Monastic echoes and a heartbroken stable girl. Door slams, pacing in corridors, and a hooded figure near the kitchens. Guests sometimes leave at 3am. Read about Coombe Abbey Hotel.
St Mary’s Guildhall, Coventry CV1 5RN
Medieval hall where a grey lady and a small child are seen; visitors step into the Drapers’ Room and burst into tears for no reason. Cold zones linger on warm days.
The Establishment (Old County Hall), Coventry CV1 5RN
Courtroom and cells turned restaurant. Shadow figures, glasses sliding, and an ashen woman near where the gallows once stood.
The Golden Cross, Coventry CV1 5DP
Low beams, old mischief. Dark shapes slip past doorways; cellars hum with energy. Landlords tell of lights turning on minutes after lock-up.
Old Mill Hotel, Baginton CV8 3AH
A grey lady by the river and an ill-omened mummified cat once moved and swiftly returned. Sobbing is heard by the old wheel race.
Dudley
Dudley Castle, Dudley DY1 4QF
Grey Lady on the steps, monk-shapes in the ruins, a drummer boy’s beat on windless nights. The keep windows invite second looks. Read about Dudley Castle.
Station Hotel, Dudley DY2 8NX
Cellars echo with a servant girl’s scream; upstairs rooms host a silent gentleman at the window around 3am. Barrels refuse to stay put. Read about Station Hotel.
Dudley Tunnel & Limestone Mines, Dudley DY1 4SB
Boatmen report two small figures by the water’s edge and a miner who melts into rock. Voices carry where no one stands.
Black Country Living Museum, Dudley DY1 4SQ
The Bottle & Glass Inn has a lively upstairs; three “Victorian ladies” stroll the street then blink away. Doors found unlatched after triple checks.
Halesowen
Leasowes Park & Abbey remnants, Halesowen B62
A hooded monk on the paths and a woman weeping near the water. Phones die in one bend of the walk whatever the battery.
Himley
Himley Hall, Himley DY3 4DF
A woman in silk skims the lake path; upstairs, whispered arguing fades as you reach the door. Staff avoid one landing after dark.
Kenilworth
Kenilworth Castle, Kenilworth CV8 1NG
Elizabethan romance; medieval grief. A white figure on the tower stairs, and armour clanking on still nights. Guides hear low chanting in the ruins.
Kidderminster
Drakelow Tunnels, Kidderminster DY11 5RJ
Shadow factory turned Cold War bunker: cold blasts in still air, tools moved, hair tugged, and a tall, red-eyed shadow reported in the deep sections. Read about Drakelow Tunnels.
Knowle / Solihull
Knowle Parish Church, Knowle B93
Clergy shapes in the chancel; a woman in dove-grey at the porch. On quiet afternoons the organ murmurs a bar or two without a hand.
Lichfield
Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield WS13 7LD
The ‘Ladies of the Close’ glide by the Chapter House; a robed figure crosses the nave at evensong when no verger’s on duty.
Ludlow
Ludlow Castle, Ludlow SY8 1AY
Marion de la Bruyère’s white form on the wall walk; some hear a cry and see nothing. After hours, sobbing near Mortimer’s Tower unnerves hardy staff.
Meriden
Packington Park (private estate), Meriden CV7
Roadside glimpses of a coach and four that never arrives, and a lady in green on the drive. Locals say the bells in your ears change pitch as it passes.
Moseley
Moseley Old Hall WV10 7HY
Civil War echoes in the lane; inside, an austere chapel chills spines. A praying woman has been seen and then not.
Netherton
Netherton Tunnel Portal & Grazebrook area, DY2
Night anglers report a man in cap and muffler near the portal who vanishes on greeting. Footsteps pace the towpath with no owner.
Rugby
Brownsover Hall Hotel, Rugby CV21 1HU
“One-Handed Boughton” groans in the tower; pacing and voices from closed rooms. An exorcism bottle legend refuses to stay buried. Read about Brownsover Hall Hotel.
Shrewsbury
Prince Rupert Hotel, Shrewsbury SY1 1PU
A cavalier in the corridor, a chambermaid in old uniform fluffing pillows that weren’t set. Phones ring from empty rooms at 4am.
Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury SY1 2AT
A sentry’s boots on the wall walk; a lady in crimson glimpsed on the lawn. Summer nights bring pipe smoke where no one smokes.
Smethwick
Thimblemill (Smethwick) Baths, Smethwick B67 5QT
WWII shelters below; a bearded man lurks in the tunnel bend, and neat stacks of stones appear between patrols. Upstairs is calm; downstairs breathes.
Stafford
Ancient High House, Stafford ST16 2JA
England’s largest Tudor townhouse: doors that lock themselves, a young girl by a Victorian desk, and a woman who walks through a long-vanished doorway.
Stratford-upon-Avon
Ettington Park Hotel, Ettington CV37 7EB
Film-famous and spirit-busy: a white lady in the gallery, an officer in uniform on the corridor, wet child footprints by the pool, and a monk in the chapel ruins. Read about Ettington Park Hotel.
Tamworth
Tamworth Castle, Tamworth B79 7NA
White Lady seeks her lost love; Black Lady (St Editha) chills rooms and warns the proud. Footsteps climb the haunted stair and stop behind you.
Tutbury
Tutbury Castle, Tutbury DE13 9JF
Mary Stuart’s sorrow lingers; a suited knight challenges near the gateway. In the King’s Bedroom, small hands tug rings and vanish laughing.
Walsall
Manor Arms, Rushall WS4 1PJ
“The pub with no bar” and a kindly landlady still on duty: humming in the snug, chairs straightened overnight, and a figure by the hearth.
The White Hart, Caldmore, Walsall WS1 3NA
A mummified arm once found in the chimney; since then, phantom steps on the landing and doors that won’t stay shut. A child’s shadow darts and is gone.
Bloxwich Old King’s Arms/Convent Site, Bloxwich WS3
A floating, veiled female shape seen by night walkers; stories merge inn tragedy and convent sorrow into one “flying nun” on the upper floor line.
Bentley Cemetery, Walsall WS2
A gentle old man on the bench at dusk; look away, he’s gone. Gate locked, yet someone keeps his evening appointment.
Warwick
Warwick Castle, Warwick CV34 4QU
Sir Fulke Greville’s moans in the tower study; a huge black dog with ember eyes prowls the grounds. Chains rattle in still air. Read about Warwick Castle.
Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick CV34 4BH
Brethren hear cloth brush stone in the cloister and catch a glimpse of a Tudor-capped figure who bows and fades.
West Bromwich
Manor House, West Bromwich B70 7BL
A black-bearded watcher at the chapel window; a girl on the stair since a sealed room was opened. Ladies’ loo tales are legion.
Oak House Museum, West Bromwich B70 8RJ
Invisible fingers prod and poke; a tug at a coat in the attic. Footfalls cross rooms after the last group has gone.
Wolverhampton
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton WV1 1DE
A former manager checks the house; lavender scent announces a lady who isn’t there. Glasses crack in a quiet bar.
Giffard Arms, Wolverhampton WV1 1NE
Three regulars from beyond: a little girl in the bar, a landlord who walks through a replaced doorway, and a tragic lady who follows chosen men.
Bantock House Museum, Wolverhampton WV3 9LQ
A woman in Edwardian dress stares from an upstairs window; in the morning, a chair is found moved to face the garden. Footsteps on parquet after close.
Northycote Farm & Country Park, Bushbury WV10 8RP
A waiting farmhand, a broom-wielding housewife who vanishes mid-sweep, and a polite gentleman tipping his hat in a mirror and not in the room.
Worcester
Worcester Cathedral, Worcester WR1 2LA
Cloistered footsteps and robed figures; a boy chorister’s voice on still afternoons. A cold current flows along the south aisle against the air.
Worcester Guildhall, Worcester WR1 2EY
Courtroom knocks, a judge in peruke glimpsed on the stair, and murmuring jurors in an empty chamber late at night.
Wyre Forest
Bewdley Bridge & Riverside, Bewdley DY12
Horse hooves on the bridge at midnight, no horse to be seen; a woman in shawl stares into the Severn and disappears when approached.
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