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Your Guide to Spooky Travel in Britain & Beyond 

Haunted Hot Spots

Welcome to Haunted Hot Spots – your guide to famously (and lesser-known!) haunted destinations across Britain and Europe. If you’re after classic ghost stories, chilling locations, and places where something just feels off, you’re in the right place.

Whether you’re planning your next spooky stay or just love reading about haunted history, these posts will help you discover the most haunted places in the UK – and beyond!

From famously haunted castles and eerie villages to ghost-filled inns and historic prisons, the UK is packed with places known for paranormal activity, dark history and chilling folklore. Below, you’ll find my detailed guides to some of the most haunted locations in Britain.

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Exterior of The Skirrid Inn on a sunny day with stone walls, wooden picnic benches and hanging flower baskets outside the historic pub. The Skirrid Mountain Inn is known as the oldest and most haunted pub in Wales.

The Skirrid Inn: Exploring the Most Haunted Pub in Wales

Ruins of St Marys Church Clophill stand on a grassy hill under a clear blue sky with a dirt path leading up to the stone tower and arched doorway. Leafless tree branches frame the scene, emphasizing the isolated historic setting in Bedfordshire.

Clophill Church: The Story Behind Bedfordshire’s Most Haunted Legend

A dimly lit room with multiple glowing screens showing eerie scenes. The screens, mounted in a cluster, display various mysterious or ghostly images. The scene is enclosed by a metal gate, creating a spooky and mysterious atmosphere.

Bodmin Jail: The Ultimate Guide to Cornwall’s Most Haunted Jail

View of Whitby Abbey framed by the Whitby Whale Bone Arch, under a blue sky. The arch overlooks a bay, colourful houses, and a hillside. Benches and a lamppost are nearby on a paved area. Taken at golden hour in Whitby.

Top 10 Spooky Things to Do in Whitby

The large, roofless brick building ruins of Houghton House with empty window frames and doorways, surrounded by grass and bare trees, under a cloudy sky.

10 of the Most Haunted Places in Bedfordshire

A person dressed as a witch, wearing a black hat and cape, walks alone down a cobblestone street lined with shops and brick buildings, reminiscent of the scenes from York Ghost Walks on a sunny day.

York Ghost Walks: The Best Spooky Tours to Take in the City of 1,000 Ghosts

The image shows a theme park entrance labeled "Coral Island," featuring a large skull with a pirate hat. In the background is a tall tower with an intricate structure, set against a cloudy sky.

Top 10 Spooky Things to Do in Blackpool, Lancashire

The cosy, rustic pub interior of the Jamaica Inn, Bodmin decorated for Halloween. The room features wooden furniture, cobwebs, and small pumpkins on a stone mantel. Framed pictures adorn the walls, creating a warm and festive atmosphere.

10 Best Things to Do at Jamaica Inn, Cornwall: History, Hauntings & More

Outdoor view of a stone building with a sign reading "Jamaica Inn" on a pole. Surrounded by a cobblestone patio and wooden tables and chairs. Greenery is visible, and the sky is partly cloudy.

Everything You Need to Know About The Jamaica Inn, Cornwall

Louise with a plaid shirt poses with their head and hands through the openings of a wooden stock outside the historic brick building of Crumlin Road Gaol. Several directional signs point to different attractions, and stone steps lead up to a large black door in the background.

Crumlin Road Gaol: Visiting Belfast’s Most Haunted Prison

View from inside a corrugated metal tunnel with ivy growing at the entrance. The tunnel opens up to a sunlit outdoor area with a concrete pathway leading to picnic tables surrounded by greenery.

Ghost Hunting at Kelvedon Hatch: Inside the Haunted Bunker

A ticket stub for Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum. The ticket looks like a vintage fairground ride stub and reads the title of the museum, as well as the text: Home of the world's most haunted object: Dybbuk Box

What It’s Really Like Inside Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum

Two carved wooden statues of knights stand in front of a wooden fence with the exterior of Delapré Abbey in the background

I Went Ghost Hunting at Delapre Abbey with the Most Haunted Team

The entrance into The Haunted Museum, Nottingham: a gate covered in faux vines with a deep red-lit background behind it.

Nottingham’s Museum of Curiosities: A Haunted Museum Review

The entrance of the intriguing and historic Hellfire Caves.

Hellfire Caves: Discover the Real Hellfire Club in West Wycombe

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