Haunted Britain

Britain's best places for things that go bump in the night.

24 Places

Nottinghamshire, England

Annesley Hall

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

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Clophill, England

St Mary The Virgin

A reportedly haunted 14th century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”

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Thetford, England

Thetford Warren Lodge

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.

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Nottinghamshire, England

Newstead Abbey

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

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Gainsborough, England

Gainsborough Old Hall

A medieval relic whose great hall once hosted Mayflower pilgrims, one of Henry VIII’s ill-fated wives, and plenty of royal intrigue.

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London, England

The London Dungeon

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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Foyers, Scotland

Boleskine House

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

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Moffat, Scotland

The Moffat Ram

“It has nae lugs!”

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London, England

Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Wistman's Wood

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

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Devil's Bridge on Spooky Lane

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

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Chillingham, England

Chillingham Castle

This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Mary King's Close

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

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Nottinghamshire, England

Bessie Sheppard Stone

This lonely memorial marks the supposedly haunted site of a brutal 19th-century murder.

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Nottingham, England

Bell Inn Caves

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

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Liverpool, England

William MacKenzie's Tomb

Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.

Moira Furnace

This early 19th-century blast furnace only survived because it was a financial and technical failure.

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Berry Pomeroy Castle

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

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Nottinghamshire, England

Rufford Abbey

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Lauriston Castle

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

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Argyll and Bute, Scotland

The Drovers Inn

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

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North Berwick, Scotland

Ruins of Tantallon Castle

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

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Nottingham, England

The Caves of Nottingham

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

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Avebury, England

The Red Lion

The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.

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