City ghost walks and tours
Are you brave enough to venture outside this Halloween? Will you step into the murky world beyond your front door or are you going to stay inside, shivering… hiding behind your sofa?
England's cities are teeming with ghosts… scary characters have been lurking around dark corners and old buildings… frightening unsuspecting pedestrians for years.
Live dangerously and visit one of our haunted cities this Halloween. Or are you too frightened?
Exeter
Learn why Exeter is reputed to be one of England’s most haunted cities on the popular Ghosts and Legends Red Coat Guided Tour. Hear tales of a ghostly nun who heralds death, headless horses pulling a hearse, the spooky apparition of a murdered lady and many more! Operating every Tuesday and Thursday during summer at 7.00pm and every Tuesday during winter at 7.00pm, these FREE guided walking tours are suitable for all ages, last 90 minutes and allow visitors to travel back in time and discover Exeter’s ghostly past.
Tours begin outside the Royal Clarence Hotel in Cathedral Yard and no booking is required. Tours contain steps, slopes or rough ground. Only guide dogs are permitted to accompany owners on the tours. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information visit Exeter City Council's website
London
Visit a graveyard where a gruesome event committed in the 1830's left an indelible stain upon the ethereal plane. See a dungeon where you'll sense countless dreadful happenings have occurred. Hear the story of the haunted elevator at London’s oldest hospital and be led through the ancient burial ground where the she wolf's restless wraith chills the blood of many a late night wanderer. Shiver in the silent graveyard where a lone monk keeps his weary vigil amongst the crumbling, weatherworn tombstones and stand on the very spot where Sir William Wallace – Braveheart himself – was executed. For more information visit London Ghost Walk
York
Travel back in time, cross the centuries and experience the stories that make up the hidden and blood chilling history of York's ghostly tradition. Traditional tales, Victorian tragedies and true accounts of modern day ghostly phenomena interweave with dark figures that lurk in the shadows to create a spine tingling experience that will haunt you forever. The tour lasts little over an hour and is wheel chair and push chair friendly. For more information visit Ghost Trail
Brighton and Hove
Take a twilight tour of Preston Manor in Brighton and Hove. Calm your nerves with a glass of wine and some ghostly nibbles! Dabble in high society and other worlds as you find out about the history of the Manor and the colourful past of the influential Stanford family. Take the Grand Tour of the house to explore tales of hauntings, the influential séance in 1896, encounters of aristocratic visitors in the Blue Guest Room, and the chill hand of the spirits on the servants' staircase. The tour also includes the mediaeval St Peter's Church adjoining the manor gardens. Visit Brighton and Hove's website for more information.
Windsor
Windsor Castle has more than its fair share of ghosts including King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn and Herne the Hunter to name but a few. For more information on the ghosts of Windsor Castle visit Ghost Story. For more information on visiting Windsor Castle go to the website of the Royal Residences and Royal Collection
Sheffield
Twice-weekly around the city centre – on Monday and Wednesday evenings throughout the year (except between Christmas and New Year), starting at 7.30pm – Mr. P Dreadfull presents tales of history and haunting around Sheffield. Tours start at 7.30pm from outside the Town Hall on Pinstone Street and last for at least 90 minutes. For more information visit www.steelcityghosttours.co.uk.