Pendle Hill Ghost Hunt
No one who has read even the most cursory details about the witch hunting craze which gripped England in the seventeenth century could fail to have heard the name of Pendle. The small town was the site, in 1612, of fully fledged witch mania and before the year was out, twelve people were dead, hanged as witches. The two families at the heart of the coven, as it was supposed to be, were possibly a little eccentric and had certainly badly frightened various neighbours,...
Falstaff’s Ghost Hunt
Stratford Upon Avon is mainly famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare, but it’s also well-known for having the second most haunted building across all of the UK which is the Falstaffs. No. 40 Sheep Street (more commonly known as the Falstaff Experience) has at least 40 ghosts in it, so you can be pretty sure that you’ll bump in to one or two spirits if you decide to visit the Falstaffs. The building has been on this site for close to 1,000 years now,...
Chillingham Castle
The Blue boy, poor, wandering, Lady Mary, a tortured child, the Royal procession and so many other famous stories. Chillingham retains them all because the Castle stays calm and unaltered ever since ancient battling days. With all its beauty and calm, Chillingham has many ghost …. Of course it has. Quite apart from Lady Mary and her friends, the Castle family lived exciting and romantic lives, they served Kings, but then, as William Shakespeare notes, they rebelled,...
Alton Towers Ghost Hunt
Alton Towers is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the UK, but very few people know about the haunted side of Alton Towers. Actually, not that many people even know about the building which is a derelict gothic mansion which isn’t too far away from all the fun and games that are in Alton Towers. In or around 3,000 years ago, the land was used as an Iron Age fort which lasted for a long period of time until a Saxon King called Ceolred Mercia set up his own...
Fort Amherst Ghost Hunt
Located in Kent, this Fort with its complex network of tunnels and caves is a perfect example of a Georgian Fortress with a great historic past. Fort Amherst was built by tin miners and engineers in 1756 purely as a defence mechanism from the French Invasion. Initially called ‘The Great Lines’, the Fort had a network of tunnels beneath the cliffs which were used to transport ammunition and weaponry to help defend the strongest route into London. Fort Amherst was...
The Ragged School Ghost Hunt
The Ragged School was opened as a museum in 1990 by the Ragged School Museum Trust after it was saved from being demolished. The building is a site of intense paranormal activity, sinister presences and apparitions that have been seen and witnessed by many. Dr. Barnardo opened the Ragged School in 1867 to give poor children a free basic education after he saw that the city was full of illness and poverty. When government schools opened in abundance a few years later and...
Skirrid Inn Ghost Hunt
The Skirrid Inn is reputedly the oldest pub in Wales, built over 900 years ago and first reported in the year 1100. Sitting right next to Skirrid Mountain, also known as ‘Holy Mountain’, Skirrid Inn earned its name from this legendary mountain which allegedly cracked into two at the moment of Christ’s crucifixion. Skirrid Inn resides in the small village of Llanfihangel Crucarney, Monmouthshire. Much of the original construction of the inn remains, and the...
Rifles Museum, Salisbury Ghost Hunt
Locally known as ‘The Wardrobe’, Rifles Museum is a Military Museum situated on Salisbury’s Cathedral Close. There have been buildings on the site since the 13th Century and parts of the current structure date back to the 1540s. The Museum has many interesting artefacts to look at from the First and Second World War, and from wars in Afghanistan, China and South Africa. One of the very first residents was a Canon who served the Cathedral. It was then given to the...
Peterborough Museum Ghost Hunt
The first house on the site of the Peterborough Museum was built in 1538 for the Orne family, with land given to them from Henry VIII. The house was called ‘Neville Place’ and is seen on a 1611 map of Peterborough. In 1816 the house was transformed into a private mansion house for Thomas Cooke which was then sold to the third Earl Fitzwilliam in 1854. The mansion was turned into a hospital, ‘the Peterborough Infirmary’ and was used as a hospital from 1857-1928....
Oxford Castle Ghost Hunt
Oxford Castle is a medieval castle built during the Norman Conquest and resides at the Heart of Oxfordshire. With a gory history of murder, execution and plotting, this castle is said to be intensely haunted by a number of different ghosts. It was originally built as a prison in 1071 by Robert d’Oilly and remained a prison right up until 1996! The last public hanging that took place in Oxford Castle was in 1863 and other executions within its walls until 1952. The...
Jamaica Inn Ghost Hunt
The Jamaica Inn was first built around 250 years ago and ever since then it has been known to be one of the most haunted places in the UK. Situated in Cornwall, it was the perfect place for smugglers to hide their smuggled goods since it’s in a very quite part of the city. The Cornish and Devon coasts were extremely popular for smugglers, with around half of the tea and brandy that came to the United Kingdom illegally entering by either the Cornish or Devon coats....
Littledean Jail Ghost Hunt
Littledean Jail is in the middle of the Royal Forest of Dean and was once a police station and a courthouse among several other things. Recently, a “crime through time museum” has been set up so people can see all of the weapons and so on that were used to torture criminals in the past which can frighten a lot of people. It’s actually the only museum like this in the entire world, so it’s well worth a visit if you’ve an interest in this sort of thing. Some of...
Tutbury Castle Ghost Hunt
Tutbury Castle which is in Staffordshire is a great place to go to if you want to go on a quick ghost hunt. With the amount of ghosts that have been spotted in and around the castle, you’ll more than likely see a couple of ghosts minutes after you enter the area! Even though many of the buildings around the castle are left in ruins mainly due to when Prince Edward launched an attack on the area in the 13th century, Tutbury castle is still intact thankfully. With so...
Tatton Hall Ghost Hunt
Tatton Hall which is also known as Tatton Old Hall was first built by the Stanley family. Tatton Hall is situated right in the middle of Tatton Park, and every room in Tatton Hall has something different to offer all kinds of people that have an interest in ghosts and the paranormal. The hall was once the main part of the Tatton estate, but today it’s mostly just used for people that want to see ghosts. Since most of the area around Tatton Hall is just lit up by some...
Lichfield Old Gaol Ghost Hunt
The Old Gaol which is located in Lichfield is a place which is bursting with history, most of it being disturbing history. Lichfield has always been a great spot for ghost enthusiasts, but the Old Gaol is easily one of the best places that you can go to in the cathedral city. Ever since the start of the 16th century, there have been a huge amount of executions which have taken place in the Old Gaol. Although it’s hard to sympathise with some people that are in prison...
Warwick Castle Ghost Hunt
Warwick castle was once known mainly for its heritage, but nowadays it’s getting more and more visitors from all parts of the world to go on ghost hunts. Even though from the outside the whole place looks pretty, mainly due to being located on the scenic river Avon, don’t let this make you believe that you shouldn’t be scared when you’re visiting Warwick castle. There are a lot of people who have spotted some ghosts at the castle, it’s definitely not just a...
Fire & Police Museum, Sheffield
The Fire & Police Museum in Sheffield is definitely not for the fainthearted. Even though the building is only around 100 years old which isn’t that old in comparison to other haunted buildings, it’s still an impressive place to visit if you want to go ghost hunting. As the name of the museum suggests, it was once a fire station and a police station not so long ago. The building was divided up so both the fire station and the police station had their own...
Niddry Street Vaults Ghost Hunt
Edinburgh is a fascinating city, both geologically and historically and these two elements meet in the vaults beneath the city. Because it is built on steep ground it lent itself to the building of vaults, rooms beneath street level, which could house many families cheaply, because in effect the space didn’t exist at ground level. Then the history kicks in; these vaults became so insanitary and basically unsafe, being damp and crumbling, that at the end of the...
Smithills Hall Ghost Hunt
Smithills Hall as a building is a real mixture of eras and styles. There has been a house on the site since the beginning of the fourteenth century and looking at the frontage you can easily believe that everyone who has ever lived in it has left a little something behind. Inside is just the same, and it is possible to step from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth by the simple act of walking through a door. All this makes it very interesting to anyone who likes the...
Morecambe Winter Gardens Ghost Hunt
Morecambe Winter Gardens was built in the very last years of the nineteenth century and for eighty years was a huge draw for visitors and residents alike. Sadly, in the seventies, it shared the fate of many large theatres around the country and closed its doors and began a slow decline into decay, before being rescued by the Friends of the Winter Gardens. Today, it is restored to its former beautiful condition and is a credit to the Central Promenade once again. The...
Lincoln Old Prison Ghost Hunt
In the confines of a prison emotions run high and it is not surprising that these leave a mark on the fabric of the building. Lincoln prison, within the walls of the castle, was in use for less than 100 years and followed the dreaded separate system, where men – and women – were allowed no contact with each other at all, being masked and kept strictly apart, even to the extent of having the chapel broken up into mini wooden cells, one per prisoner. Imagine the...
Drakelow Tunnels Ghost Hunt
Drakelow Tunnels are built into the sandstone near Kinver, in Worcestershire. They were originally designed as a mirror factory of the Rover works nearby, which was manufacturing engines for the war effort in the Second World War. They were built quickly because the sandstone was so easy to tunnel and are very extensive, with a total length of nearly four miles, although obviously very convoluted and twisting. Because of their original purpose of manufacturing quite...
Derby Gaol Ghost Hunt
Derby is considered by many to be the most haunted town in England and Derby gaol certainly has more than its fair share of ghosts. The cells themselves, underground, damp and lightless, seem to have desperation soaked into their walls. It is not difficult to imagine what it must have been like to be crushed into these dispiriting rooms, probably with killers and madmen, not knowing what your fate might be. With many crimes carrying the death penalty for most of the...
Lichfield Guildhall Ghost Hunt
Lichfield Guildhall has had a very chequered history since the first building was erected on the site in the late fourteenth century. Until recent times it has always had a link with prisoners and this has given the building a rather edgy atmosphere with lots of hot and cold spots for the sensitive. The building virtually fell down in the eighteenth century and was rebuilt and there has been a lot of renovation done in recent years. The general look inside is of...
London Tombs Ghost Hunt
Lhe London Tombs is an out and out tourist attraction by day, with animatronics and special effects, guided by actors. That said, it is a thoroughly scary experience and has a genuinely eerie atmosphere. When you consider that the London Tombs were discovered during excavations for the London Bridge Experience and that they are real plague pits, dug and filled with bodies when London was in the grip of one of its many epidemics, then it is perhaps no surprise that there...
The Clink Prison Ghost Hunt
The Clink was a prison for over six hundred years before being burned to the ground by the Gordon Rioters in 1780, but the current museum has been rebuilt on its foundations and does a very good job of recreating the appearance and ambience of the original. Life in the Clink was very harsh and before it became solely a debtors’ prison saw torture and beatings as well as hangings as part of the prisoners’ everyday life. It is ironic to think that for many years of...
Croxteth Hall Ghost Hunt
There has been a house on the site of Croxteth Hall since the sixteenth century and for almost all of that time it has been in the hands of the Molyneux family, the Earls of Sefton. When the last Earl died in 1972 he was the last of the line and the house was sold and is now open to the public. Croxteth Hall has a very well documented ghost sighting, captured on CCTV. Although it is not very clear, it is very obviously the height of a man and vaguely human in shape. In...
Belgrave Castle Ghost Hunt
Belgrave Castle, or Hall, is an unusual example of a reputedly haunted location having an apparently happy history. Since its building began in 1709 it has been a family home, with no interludes of dereliction, destruction or despair to mar its perfect record. This is really rather reassuring, and the ghosts which undoubtedly walk its corridors seem to do so because they are loath to leave a place they loved, rather than because they are tied through misery. Because...
Lincoln Lunatic Asylum Ghost Hunt
Lincoln Lunatic Asylum was opened in the nineteenth century as one of the first in the world to attempt to treat the insane with kindness rather than cruelty. Until then, anyone showing signs of madness, which could range from slight eccentricity to out and out paranoia and all stops between, would be treated very harshly and death was often quick and welcome. Families wishing to tidy away inconvenient members often resorted to incarceration in lunatic asylums and the...
Blair Street Vaults Ghost Hunt
Blair Vaults are part of an area of Edinburgh formed when the South Bridge was built in the late eighteenth century, at the time a staggering engineering feat which joined the two sides of the valley together for the first time and helped build the beautiful city we see today. The vaults were never meant to be lived in, having been intended as workshops for the shops above, but eventually, as was often the case in Victorian England, with its unprecedented influx of...
Galleries of Justice Ghost Hunt
Located in Nottingham and rife with history, the current building was used as a court and prison from 1780 – 1980 but there has actually been a court on that site since 1375, and prison cells were added in 1449. Hundreds of people have been tried, sentenced and imprisoned in the Galleries of Justice, and some hanged. With an expansive seven floors, manmade caves and original cells, the Galleries of Justice is steeped in history and is renowned for its paranormal...
Hell Fire Caves Ghost Hunt
Lying a quarter of a mile under West Wycombe Hill, these ancient caves are said to have been extended in the 1750’s by Sir Francis Dashwood, the 2nd Baronet and founder of the infamous Hellfire Club. Locals were employed to hand-carve the caves as many harvests had failed and there were no jobs in the area. Francis Dashwood wanted to be different, no-one else had ventured underground. The caves and tunnels still bear remnants of the fact they were made by candle light...
Craig y Nos Ghost Hunt
Craig y Nos which was recently described as the “scariest venue” that Richard Felix from the popular television show Most Haunted has ever visited. Craig y Nos is a great place to pay a visit to if you want to go ghost hunting. We all know that Richard has been to so many different places that are haunted so for him to describe Craig y Nos as the scariest venue that he has ever come across is really amazing. This might put some people off, but if you’re feeling...