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Documented Supernatural Encounters

Ghost Stories from west-sussex

Meet the 5 documented spirits haunting west-sussex's historic hotels. Each ghost has their own tragic tale, from murders and accidents to broken hearts and unfinished business.

5
Documented Spirits
3
Haunted Hotels
2
Types of Spirits
600+
Years of History

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Showing 5 ghost stories
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Emily

Intelligent Haunting

Late medieval or early modern castle tradition
📍 Amberley Castle

Amberley Castle's central ghost story follows Emily, a servant whose death on the battlements still shapes reports from the Herstmonceux Room and the castle corridors.

🏰 Amberley, West Sussex
🔥 4 hotspots

Most Active Areas:

Herstmonceux Room Battlements +2 more
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The Soldiers on the Battlements

Residual Haunting

Fourteenth century fortification and later Civil War memory
📍 Amberley Castle

Amberley Castle's second major haunting consists of running footsteps and raised voices moving towards the walls, as if defenders are still answering an alarm.

🏰 Amberley, West Sussex
🔥 4 hotspots

Most Active Areas:

Battlements Wall-walk +2 more
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The Child in the Attic Window

Residual Haunting

16th century
📍 Angmering Manor Hotel

A young child's spirit watches eternally from an upper attic window at Angmering Manor, creating one of West Sussex's most poignant paranormal tales.

🏰 Angmering, West Sussex
🔥 3 hotspots

Most Active Areas:

Upper attic windows Main approach viewpo... +1 more
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The Elderly Woman

Intelligent Haunting

Victorian era (19th century)
📍 Chichester Inn

A mysterious elderly woman appears only in reflective surfaces throughout the inn, vanishing the moment anyone attempts direct contact

🏰 Chichester, West Sussex
🔥 5 hotspots

Most Active Areas:

Doorways to older bu... Bar mirrors +3 more
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The Roman Centurion

Residual Haunting

1st-4th century AD
📍 Chichester Inn

A Roman centurion continues his eternal patrol near Chichester's ancient west gate, visible only from the waist up due to centuries of ground level changes

🏰 Chichester, West Sussex
🔥 4 hotspots

Most Active Areas:

Main bar area Entrance near Roman ... +2 more

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