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The Red Lion, Avebury

Avebury, Wiltshire

A pub inside a stone circle, with a ghost called Florrie in the well.

The Red Lion is the only pub in the world that stands inside a stone circle. Legend says that in the 1600s a woman called Florrie was caught with her lover by her husband, who killed her and threw her body down the well.

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When
From the 1600s
Where
51.4280, -1.8540
Group
Haunted places

Visiting

Still a working pub in the middle of Avebury.

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