New research from Where The Trade Buys, one of the UK’s leading print suppliers to the hospitality industry, has revealed the UK’s most haunted pubs, hotels and restaurants.
The findings are based on over 1,300 recorded ghost sightings listed on The Paranormal Database at hospitality venues across the UK and Ireland, highlighting the UK’s most haunted hospitality hotspots just in time for Halloween.
Lancashire has 50 recorded hauntings across pubs, hotels and restaurants, making it the third most haunted region in the UK.
Below we have outlined the 14* pubs included in this list and details as to which spooky sightings were recorded.
Emma Thompson, Marketing Director at Where The Trade Buys, said: “Our research shines a light on the incredible history and individuality within the UK’s hospitality scene. From centuries-old pubs to seaside hotels, each venue has its own story, and for some, that story comes with a spine-tingling twist.
*25 Lancashire pubs feature on The Paranamoral Database but we have only included those that are still open.
5. Three Mariners in Lancaster
A Jacobite man has been observed by the fireplace, and also wandering inside the pub and the lane outside. A blonde woman in a dress haunts the corridor outside the ladies' toilets, while other female forms also haunt the site. Mild poltergeist activity has been reported. | Google Maps
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6. The Foxhall in Blackpool (now Ma Kellys on the Prom)
Several figures are thought to haunt this building, and although details are fleeting, they are thought to include priests and smugglers | Google Maps
7. Black Horse in Limbrick
It is said that a pair of freezing hands sometimes grab customers from behind on their way from the bar. | Google Maps
8. The Eagle in Weeton
A former highwayman, Murph, can sometimes be heard mumbling and moaning at the bar late at night. | Google Maps