Alveston Manor Hotel Hotel
Clopton Bridge, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 7HP
4-star Tudor manor house hotel with spa, set in landscaped grounds beside the River Avon
Alveston Manor's haunting reputation centres on two distinct apparitions, each connected to different periods of the building's long history. The more frequently reported ghost is a young girl from the Edwardian period. According to the Paranormal Database, she died in the building during an Edwardian party and her spirit appears in one of the hotel's bedrooms to shock visitors. The exact circumstances of her death remain unclear, and no primary historical records documenting the event have been found. The Paranormal Database lists her as the primary haunting at Alveston Manor, and Mysterious Britain documented the same account. The second ghost is a man dressed in Elizabethan clothing who has been spotted on the hotel grounds. The Paranormal Database records sightings of a man in period attire walking the grounds. Given the manor's connection to Shakespeare's theatrical world, and the local tradition that A Midsummer Night's Dream was first performed on the Cedar Lawn, this figure has been interpreted as the spirit of an actor from that era. Whether he is connected to the alleged theatrical performance or simply to the Tudor household that built the manor is unknown.
Spirits: The Edwardian Girl, The Elizabethan Figure