List of reportedly haunted locations in the United Kingdom

A 19th-century illustration of Cock Lane. The haunting took place in the three-storey building on the right.

The following is a list of reportedly haunted locations in the United Kingdom.

Great Britain is reputedly the most haunted landmass in the world, with England being the most haunted country, reporting the densest coverage of purported ghost sightings and paranormal experiences both per person and by geographical area. ^[1] Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are also rich in ghost lore, albeit less densely populated, and there is not a single village, town, or city without reports of ghosts and a belief in ghosts dating back multiple centuries. ^[1]

England

• Ancient Ram Inn, in Gloucestershire. It has been featured on various paranormal television programmes.
• Belgrave Hall, in Leicester, attracted attention in 1999 when a white figure was captured on CCTV. One theory is it is the daughter of a former owner. ^[2]
• Bodmin Jail in the town of Bodmin, Cornwall is a disused prison turned into a hotel and visitor attraction, the building supposedly houses a number of ghosts.

Borley Rectory in 1892

• Borley Rectory in the village of Borley, Essex, England. No longer extant.
• Chillingham Castle, a medieval castle in Chillingham, Northumberland. ^[3]
• Flitwick Manor in Bedfordshire, reputedly haunted and appeared on Strange but True? in 1995. ^{[4] [5]}
• Owd Betts Inn in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, supposedly houses the ghost of former landlady Betty Ashworth. ^[6]

Lincolnshire

• Bradley Woods, a forest near the village of Bradley, is haunted by the Black Lady of Bradley Woods
• RAF East Kirkby, a former airfield near the village of East Kirkby. ^[7]
• RAF Elsham Wolds, a former airfield near the village of Elsham. ^[8]
• RAF Metheringham, a former airfield near the village of Metheringham. ^[9]

London

284 Green Street, Enfield

• 50 Berkeley Square, a townhouse in the City of Westminster. ^[10]
• The British Museum ^[11]
• Bruce Castle, a manor house in the borough of Haringey. ^[10]
• 284 Green Street, a council house in the borough of Enfield.
• Cock Lane, a street in the City of London.
• Hall Place, in the London Borough of Bexley. ^[12]
• Hampton Court Palace, a royal palace in the borough of Richmond upon Thames. ^[13]
• Tower of London, a castle in the borough of Tower Hamlets.
• Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, a theatre haunted by the "Man in Grey".

The New Forest

• Glasshayes House, a country house and former hotel redesigned by Arthur Conan Doyle in Lyndhurst ^[14]
• Rufus Stone, a stone that marks the traditional site of the killing of William Rufus, outside Minstead ^[14]

Norfolk

• RAF Bircham Newton, a former airfield near the village of Docking. ^[15]
• Raynham Hall, a country house near the village of East Raynham

Warwickshire

• Edge Hill, a hamlet in southern Warwickshire. ^[16]

Northern Ireland

Springhill, Moneymore, County Londonderry

• Ballygally Castle
• Springhill – the 17th-century Plantation House, home for nearly 300 years of the Lenox-Conyngham family. ^[17]

Scotland

Main article: Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland

Wales

• In Llanfihangel Crucorney, The Skirrid Mountain Inn, one of the oldest public houses in Wales, is reputed to be home to several ghosts. ^[18]
• Llancaiach Fawr is a Tudor manor house near Nelson in the Caerphilly County Borough. In 2007, the Guardian listed Llancaiach as one of the top ten haunted places in the United Kingdom. ^[19]
• Plas Teg is a Jacobean house located near the village of Pontblyddyn between Wrexham and Mold. The house has featured on Living's Most Haunted programme on two occasions. The second occasion was featured as part of the Halloween Most Haunted Live! series on 31 October 2007. It was also featured in Ghost Hunting With... Girls Aloud in 2006, where the girls visited the house as their first location, where they claimed to have experienced paranormal activity. ^[20]

See also

See also: Category:Paranormal

• List of ghosts
• List of Most Haunted episodes
• List of reportedly haunted locations in the world
• Reportedly haunted locations in Canada
• Reportedly haunted locations in the United States

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