Haunted places

71 places across Britain and Ireland

• 50 Berkeley SquareMayfair, London · The most haunted house in London, and an attic room nobody wanted.
• Athelhampton HouseNear Puddletown, Dorset · A grey lady, duelling Cavaliers, and the scratching of a lost pet ape.
• Ballygally CastleBallygally, County Antrim · A castle hotel with a ghost room in the turret.
• Bamburgh CastleBamburgh, Northumberland · The Pink Lady, still waiting on the cliffs for a lover who never returned.
• Belgrave HallLeicester · The ghostly shapes caught on CCTV that made headlines around the world.
• Berry Pomeroy CastleNear Totnes, Devon · A ruin in the woods haunted by a White Lady and a Blue Lady.
• Bisham AbbeyNear Marlow, Berkshire · Lady Hoby, forever washing her hands in a bowl that floats beside her.
• Blickling HallNear Aylsham, Norfolk · Anne Boleyn arrives headless in a phantom coach.
• Blue Bell HillNear Chatham, Kent · Britain's most famous phantom hitchhiker.
• Bodmin JailBodmin, Cornwall · A grim Georgian prison where dozens of people were hanged.
• Borley RectoryBorley, Essex · The most haunted house in England, until it burned down.
• Bramshill HouseNear Hook, Hampshire · The Mistletoe Bride, who hid in a chest on her wedding day and was never found.
• Charleville CastleTullamore, County Offaly · A Gothic castle where a little girl still plays on the stairs.
• Chillingham CastleChillingham, Northumberland · The Blue Boy glows in the Pink Room, and the dungeon is grim.
• Chingle HallGoosnargh, Lancashire · A moated manor with priest holes, once billed as Britain's most haunted house.
• Clophill Old ChurchClophill, Bedfordshire · A ruined hilltop church linked to black magic since 1963.
• CoteheleNear Saltash, Cornwall · A Tudor house where ghostly music and the scent of herbs drift through the rooms.
• Crathes CastleNear Banchory, Aberdeenshire · The Green Lady, who walks with a baby in her arms.
• Culloden BattlefieldNear Inverness · Ghostly soldiers on the moor where the Jacobite cause died.
• Dover CastleDover, Kent · Wartime tunnels and a headless drummer boy on the battlements.
• Epworth RectoryEpworth, Lincolnshire · 'Old Jeffrey', the poltergeist that plagued the family of John Wesley.
• Fyvie CastleTurriff, Aberdeenshire · A Green Lady, a name carved on a window ledge, and a room no one dares open.
• Glamis CastleGlamis, Angus · A castle with a hidden room and a dark family secret.
• Grace Neill'sDonaghadee, County Down · One of Ireland's oldest pubs, and its landlady who never left.
• Greyfriars KirkyardOld Town, Edinburgh · The Mackenzie Poltergeist, blamed for bruises, scratches and fainting visitors.
• Gwydir CastleLlanrwst, Conwy · A maid walled up in the chimney, and a smell that drifts through the house.
• Ham HouseRichmond, London · A scheming duchess, a ghostly dog, and the smell of her rose perfume.
• Hampton Court PalaceEast Molesey, Surrey · A screaming queen in the gallery, and a figure caught on CCTV.
• Hellfire CavesWest Wycombe, Buckinghamshire · Secret meetings of the Hellfire Club, and a heartbroken ghost.
• Hinton AmpnerNear Alresford, Hampshire · Groans, footsteps and voices that drove a family from their home.
• Lancaster CastleLancaster · Where the Pendle witches were tried, and a prison until 2011.
• Leap CastleNear Roscrea, County Offaly · Often called the most haunted castle in Ireland.
• Littlecote HouseNear Hungerford, Wiltshire · A blindfolded midwife, a terrible crime, and a ghost that brought justice.
• Llancaiach Fawr ManorNear Caerphilly, Wales · A Civil War manor where staff dress as servants and ghosts stay on.
• Loftus HallHook Peninsula, County Wexford · A stranger at the card table, a cloven hoof, and a daughter who never recovered.
• Mary King's CloseRoyal Mile, Edinburgh · A plague-era street sealed underground, and a little girl named Annie.
• Muncaster CastleRavenglass, Cumbria · Home of Tom Fool, the jester who gave us the word 'tomfoolery'.
• National Justice MuseumShire Hall, Nottingham · Courtroom, cells and gallows in one building, and plenty of restless spirits.
• Newstead AbbeyRavenshead, Nottinghamshire · Lord Byron's home and its Black Friar, an omen of bad news.
• Ordsall HallSalford, Greater Manchester · A Tudor manor with a White Lady and a camera that caught more than expected.
• Pengersick CastlePraa Sands, Cornwall · A Tudor tower by the sea, said to be Cornwall's most haunted building.
• Plas TegNear Mold, Flintshire · A Jacobean mansion often called the most haunted house in Wales.
• PluckleyNear Ashford, Kent · Once named the most haunted village in England.
• Raynham HallNear Fakenham, Norfolk · Home of the Brown Lady, in Britain's most famous ghost photograph.
• Ruthin GaolRuthin, Denbighshire · A Victorian jail where the last man hanged is said to still walk.
• Samlesbury HallNear Preston, Lancashire · The White Lady still waits for her lost love.
• Sandford Orcas ManorNear Sherborne, Dorset · A Tudor manor near Yeovil once said to have more than a dozen ghosts.
• Shrewsbury PrisonShrewsbury, Shropshire · A Victorian jail, closed in 2013, now offering overnight ghost hunts.
• Skirrid Mountain InnLlanfihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire · Said to be the oldest pub in Wales, with a beam once used for hangings.
• Springhill HouseMoneymore, County Londonderry · A widow's ghost who still stands at the door of a fateful room.
• St Briavels CastleForest of Dean, Gloucestershire · A medieval castle you can stay in, if you dare.
• Stirling CastleStirling · Home of the Pink Lady, the Green Lady and a Highland ghost.
• Tamworth CastleTamworth, Staffordshire · A Norman castle with a Black Lady and a White Lady.
• The A75 Kinmount StraightNear Annan, Dumfries and Galloway · Scotland's most haunted road, with figures that rush at passing cars.
• The Ancient Ram InnWotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire · An old inn that its own owner said was the most haunted house in Britain.
• The Black Monk of PontefractPontefract, West Yorkshire · A family haunted by a hooded figure they nicknamed Fred.
• The Busby Stoop ChairThirsk Museum, North Yorkshire · A cursed chair hung on a museum wall so nobody can ever sit in it again.
• The Cock Lane GhostSmithfield, London · 'Scratching Fanny', the knocking ghost who had all of London talking.
• The Drummer of TedworthTidworth, Wiltshire · A confiscated drum and a poltergeist that drummed through the night.
• The Edinburgh VaultsSouth Bridge, Edinburgh · A hidden warren of rooms beneath a bridge, lost for over a century.
• The Enfield PoltergeistEnfield, London · Furniture moves, knocks sound and a gruff voice speaks in a council house.
• The Ghosts of the TowerTower Green, London · Anne Boleyn walks where she was beheaded, among many others.
• The Golden FleecePavement, York · York's most haunted pub, with at least five resident ghosts.
• The GrenadierBelgravia, London · A soldier beaten to death for cheating at cards, and a ceiling covered in banknotes.
• The Highgate VampireHighgate Cemetery, London · Reports of a tall grey figure spark a vampire hunt in a Victorian cemetery.
• The Red Lion, AveburyAvebury, Wiltshire · A pub inside a stone circle, with a ghost called Florrie in the well.
• The Screaming Skull of BettiscombeBettiscombe, Dorset · A skull that screams if anyone tries to take it out of the house.
• Theatre Royal, Drury LaneCovent Garden, London · The Man in Grey, who appears at matinees and is taken as good luck.
• Treasurer's HouseYork · A plumber sees Roman soldiers march through the cellar, cut off at the knees.
• Tutbury CastleTutbury, Staffordshire · Prison of Mary, Queen of Scots, and one of England's most haunted castles.
• Woodchester MansionNympsfield, Gloucestershire · A Victorian mansion abandoned mid-build, and never finished.