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Haunted Places in the UK & Ireland

Explore 14,437 documented paranormal locations across 149 counties. From ancient apparitions to modern poltergeist encounters, browse by region or explore the interactive map.

14,437
Locations
149
Counties
11
Regions
Interactive Map

England - South East

10 counties, 2,267 haunted locations

Essex

516
Apparition Poltergeist Legend
Colchester (32) Braintree (14) Brentwood (13) Clacton (13) Chelmsford (10) Saffron Walden (10)

Kent

373
Apparition Poltergeist Legend
Canterbury (20) Rochester (18) Pluckley (16) Maidstone (13) Royal Tunbridge Wells (12) Chatham (11)

Hampshire

275
Apparition Unknown Poltergeist
Portsmouth (24) Winchester (16) Basingstoke (11) Gosport (10) Southampton (8) Bishops Waltham (6)

East Sussex

271
Apparition Poltergeist Legend
Brighton (93) Eastbourne (17) Rye (15) Hastings (11) Lewes (10) Alfriston (7)

Surrey

196
Apparition Cryptozoology Unknown
Croydon (14) Farnham (12) Guildford (12) Chertsey (7) Dorking (7)

Sussex

171
Apparition Poltergeist Legend
Brighton (32) Chichester (9) Worthing (9) Crawley (8) Cuckfield (6) Arundel (5)

Berkshire

164
Apparition Poltergeist Legend
Newbury (11) Reading (9) Ascot (8) Bracknell (7) Eton (6) Wargrave (6)

Oxfordshire

150
Apparition Legend Unknown
Oxford (34) Banbury (6)

Buckinghamshire

144
Apparition Unknown Poltergeist
High Wycombe (11) Amersham (9) Aylesbury (7) Milton Keynes (5) Wendover (5)

West Sussex

7
Apparition Poltergeist

England - South West

7 counties, 2,374 haunted locations

Devon

455
Apparition Legend Cryptozoology
Dartmoor (36) Exeter (36) Plymouth (23) Tavistock (13) Totnes (11) Torquay (10)

Dorset

444
Apparition Legend Shuck
Dorchester (20) Poole (20) Christchurch (18) Blandford Forum (17) Bournemouth (17) Bridport (14)

Somerset

411
Apparition Legend Poltergeist
Bristol (72) Bath (39) Taunton (11) Bridgwater (10) Wellington (8) Yeovil (8)

Wiltshire

392
Apparition Legend Shuck
Swindon (19) Devizes (17) Salisbury (16) Avebury (13) All Cannings (8) Amesbury (8)

Cornwall

344
Apparition Legend Unknown
Padstow (17) Zennor (12) Penzance (11) St Ives (11) Newquay (10) Truro (8)

Gloucestershire

218
Apparition Legend Poltergeist
Gloucester (23) Cheltenham (11) Stow On The Wold (9) Tewkesbury (8) Moreton In Marsh (7) Prestbury (7)

Avon

110
Apparition Legend Poltergeist
Bristol (41) Bath (34)

England - East

6 counties, 1,650 haunted locations

Suffolk

437
Apparition Cryptozoology Poltergeist
Ipswich (38) Bury St Edmunds (19) Lowestoft (14) Dunwich (13) Southwold (9) Blythburgh (8)

Norfolk

413
Apparition Legend Shuck
Norwich (24) King'S Lynn (21) Thetford (17) Great Yarmouth (16) Swaffham (9) Sheringham (6)

Lincolnshire

290
Apparition Legend Poltergeist
Lincoln (33) Scunthorpe (14) Grimsby (11) Brigg (7) Skegness (7) Boston (6)

Cambridge

206
Apparition Legend Unknown
Cambridge (28) Peterborough (24) Ely (7) Thorney (5) Wisbech (5)

Hertfordshire

179
Apparition Legend Poltergeist
Watford (12) St Albans (10) Stevenage (7) Hemel Hempstead (6) Royston (6) Ware (6)

Bedfordshire

125
Apparition Poltergeist Legend
Bedford (14) Luton (11) Dunstable (8) Ampthill (6) Leighton Buzzard (5)

England - Midlands

9 counties, 1,750 haunted locations

Derbyshire

326
Apparition Legend Shuck
Derby (41) Buxton (10) Chesterfield (10) Hathersage (9) Eyam (8) Glossop (8)

Nottinghamshire

286
Apparition Poltergeist Cryptozoology
Nottingham (84) Newark (16) Mansfield (10) Retford (10) Worksop (10) Calverton (8)

Shropshire

184
Apparition Legend Poltergeist
Shrewsbury (17) Bridgnorth (14) Ludlow (13) Church Stretton (6) Ellesmere (6) Telford (6)

Westmidlands

164
Apparition Poltergeist Unknown
Birmingham (47) Coventry (29) Wolverhampton (13) Dudley (8) Walsall (5) West Bromwich (5)

Leicestershire

162
Apparition Legend Poltergeist
Leicester (42) Market Harborough (10) Kegworth (9) Hinckley (6)

Hereford

158
Apparition Legend Poltergeist
Worcester (13) Hereford (8) Pershore (7) Redditch (5)

Northants

158
Apparition Legend Poltergeist
Northampton (20) Oundle (6) Wellingborough (6)

Warwickshire

158
Apparition Legend Shuck
Warwick (11) Stratford (10) Nuneaton (9) Alcester (8) Kenilworth (5)

Staffordshire

154
Apparition Legend Unknown
Burton Upon Trent (15) Rugeley (10) Stoke On Trent (9) Leek (7) Tamworth (6)

England - North

14 counties, 2,389 haunted locations

North Yorkshire

372
Apparition Legend Fairy
York (65) Scarborough (10) Skipton (8) Filey (7) Harrogate (6) Knaresborough (6)

Lancashire

370
Apparition Poltergeist Legend
Blackpool (27) Burnley (22) Lancaster (12) Preston (12) Blackburn (9) Chorley (7)

Cumbria

251
Apparition Legend Cryptozoology
Carlisle (20) Penrith (12) Kendal (11) Cockermouth (6) Keswick (6) Caldbeck (5)

West Yorkshire

233
Apparition Poltergeist Unknown
Leeds (31) Wakefield (17) Halifax (15) York (13) Huddersfield (12) Bradford (9)

Cheshire

208
Apparition Legend Poltergeist
Chester (35) Warrington (15) Macclesfield (9) Knutsford (6) Runcorn (6) Crewe (5)

Greater Manchester

183
Apparition Poltergeist Unknown
Manchester (54) Bolton (23) Rochdale (12) Stockport (10) Salford (9) Middleton (7)

Northumberland

169
Apparition Legend Fairy
Alnwick (7) Blyth (6) Haltwhistle (6) Lindisfarne (6)

Durham

164
Apparition Legend Poltergeist
Darlington (14) Durham (13) Hartlepool (8) Barnard Castle (6)

South Yorkshire

150
Apparition Unknown Poltergeist
Sheffield (56) Doncaster (8) York (6)

Tyneandwear

86
Apparition Poltergeist Crisis Apparition
Newcastle Upon Tyne (31) Sunderland (16) South Shields (12) Gateshead (10)

Merseyside

83
Apparition Poltergeist Unknown
Liverpool (55) St Helens (10)

Humberside

80
Apparition Unknown UFO
Hull (18) Bridlington (7) Flamborough (5)

Yorkshire

27
Apparition Legend Cryptozoology
Whitby (5)

Cleveland

13
Apparition Poltergeist Post-Mortem Apparition
Hartlepool (5)

London

1 counties, 747 haunted locations

London

747
Apparition Poltergeist Unknown
Covent Garden & West End (50) Mayfair & Soho (45) Westminster & Victoria (42) Tower Hill & The City (30) Southwark & South Bank (26) Bloomsbury & Holborn (25)

Scotland

30 counties, 1,225 haunted locations

Highland

387
Apparition Cryptozoology Fairy
Inverness (9) Isle Of Mull (8) Iona, Isle Of Mull (7) Isle Of Skye (7) Dornoch (5) Durness (5)

Islands

114
Cryptozoology Apparition Legend
Hoy (5) Isle Of Lewis (5)

Edinburgh

96
Apparition Poltergeist Legend
Edinburgh (90)

Lowlands

83
Apparition Legend Unknown

Fife

63
Apparition Legend Unknown
St Andrews (8) Dunfermline (6)

Aberdeenshire

58
Apparition Unknown Legend
Aberdeen (10)

Scottish Borders

52
Apparition Fairy Legend
Melrose (5) Peebles (5)

Dumfries Galloway

51
Apparition Fairy Unknown
Dumfries (6) Newton Stewart (5)

Glasgow

35
Apparition Legend Unknown
Glasgow (33)

Perth Kinross

33
Apparition Unknown Poltergeist
Perth (5)

Angus

31
Apparition Cryptozoology Legend
Arbroath (5)

Aberdeen City

29
Apparition Unknown Cryptozoology
Aberdeen (14)

Moray

23
Apparition Legend Post-Mortem Apparition
Forres (5)

East Lothian

21
Apparition Legend Crisis Apparition

South Lanarkshire

21
Apparition Poltergeist UFO

North Ayrshire

20
Apparition Cryptozoology Legend
Isle Of Arran (5)

Argyll Bute

17
Apparition Poltergeist Fairy

Midlothian

15
Apparition Legend

North Lanarkshire

14
Apparition Cryptozoology Legend
Motherwell (5)

South Ayrshire

13
Apparition Curse Cryptozoology

West Lothian

13
Apparition UFO Unknown
Linlithgow (7)

East Ayrshire

12
Apparition UFO Crisis Apparition

Dundee City

10
Apparition Cryptozoology
Dundee (10)

Stirling

4
Cryptozoology Apparition Phantom

East Dunbartonshire

2
Apparition Poltergeist

Falkirk

2
Apparition

Renfrewshire

2
Apparition UFO

West Dunbartonshire

2
Legend Apparition

Shetland Islands

1
Apparition

Western Isles

1
Fairy

Wales

9 counties, 1,117 haunted locations

Wales

475
Apparition Legend Unknown
Conwy (11) Swansea (10) Aberystwyth (9) Llangollen (9) Barmouth (7) Carmarthen (7)

Dyfed

146
Apparition Legend Fairy
Aberystwyth (9) Carmarthen (7) Pembroke (7) Llanelli (5)

Gwent

132
Apparition Legend Fairy
Monmouth (9) Pontypool (8) Newport (7) Trellech (6) Ebbw Vale (5)

Clwyd

110
Apparition Legend Fairy
Llangollen (9) Wrexham (7) Holywell (5)

Powys

73
Apparition Legend Fairy
Brecon (5)

South Glamorgan

65
Apparition Crisis Apparition Legend
Cardiff (22)

Mid Glamorgan

58
Apparition Unknown Fairy

West Glamorgan

56
Apparition Legend Cryptozoology
Swansea (10)

Gwynedd

2
Poltergeist Apparition

Ireland

32 counties, 583 haunted locations

Newry Mourne And Down

100
Apparition Unknown Crisis Apparition
Dublin (6)

Mid Ulster

85
Apparition Unknown Legend
Cork (5)

Belfast

68
Apparition Unknown Legend
Belfast (29) Dublin (5)

Causeway Coast And Glens

53
Apparition Cryptozoology Legend

Fermanagh And Omagh

45
Apparition Legend Cryptozoology
Dublin (15)

Ards And North Down

25
Apparition Environmental Cryptozoology

Dublin

25
Apparition Unknown Poltergeist
Dublin (25)

Ireland

24
Apparition Cryptozoology Legend

Armagh City Banbridge And Craigavon

23
Apparition Legend Cryptozoology

Derry City And Strabane

23
Apparition Shuck Crisis Apparition

Lisburn And Castlereagh

21
Apparition Unknown Cryptozoology
Lisburn (6)

Antrim And Newtownabbey

17
Apparition Unknown Poltergeist

Mid And East Antrim

17
Apparition Unknown Environmental

Wicklow

8
Apparition Cryptozoology

Meath

7
Apparition Crisis Apparition Unknown

Waterford

6
Cryptozoology

Westmeath

5
Apparition Cryptozoology

Clare

4
Apparition Cryptozoology Fairy

Cork

4
Apparition Cryptozoology Legend

Mayo

4
Apparition UFO Legend

Galway

3
Apparition

Kerry

3
Apparition

Cavan

2
Post-Mortem Apparition Legend

Offaly

2
Fairy Cryptozoology

Tipperary

2
Apparition

Donegal

1
Apparition

Kildare

1
Apparition

Kilkenny

1
Apparition

Limerick

1
Apparition

Longford

1
Apparition

Monaghan

1
Apparition

Roscommon

1
Legend

Islands

3 counties, 251 haunted locations

Islewight

115
Apparition Legend Unknown
Cowes (12) Newport (11) Brading (8) Ventnor (7) Freshwater (6) Arreton (5)

Isleofman

69
Apparition Fairy Cryptozoology
Douglas (9) Castletown (5)

Channel Islands

67
Apparition Legend Shuck
St Peter Port (11) St Helier (7) St Pierre Du Bois (7) Castel (6) Saint Martin (6)

Other

28 counties, 84 haunted locations

Worcestershire

18
Apparition Poltergeist Unknown

Aberdeen

5
Apparition Legend

Borders

5
Apparition Unexplained Footsteps Phantom

Huntingdonshire

5
Apparition Spectral Coach-and-Six Apparition

Lothian

5
Apparition Apparition (White Lady)

Westmorland

5
Apparition Poltergeist

Middlesex

4
Apparition

Anglesey

3
Apparition Poltergeist

Lanarkshire

3
Poltergeist Apparition

Perthshire

3
Apparition Poltergeist

Republic Of Ireland

3
Apparition

Rutland

3
Apparition

Buteshire

2
Apparition Poltergeist

Ceredigion

2
Apparition Poltergeist

Denbighshire

2
Apparition

East Riding Of Yorkshire

2
Apparition

Isle Of Skye

2
Poltergeist Apparition

Monmouthshire

2
Poltergeist Apparition

Ayrshire

1
Apparition

Bristol

1
Apparition

Caerphilly

1
Apparition

County Antrim

1
Poltergeist

County Durham

1
Unknown

Dundee

1
Apparition

Glamorgan

1
Poltergeist

Inverness

1
Apparition

Newport

1
Apparition

Ross Shire

1
Poltergeist