Below you’ll find haunted places in and around around Essex with history about their spiritual activity. In most places we’ve visited, we’ve heard noises, seen orbs and sometimes even experienced physical contact or objects being moved.
We often run ghost hunting events at some of the haunted places listed below. If you'd like more information visit our events page.
OxfordshireGodstow Nunnery was founded in 1133 or earlier, and is dedicated to St Mary and St John the Baptist. It was founded by Edith of Winchester and was approved by King Henry I. A notable…
KentHall Place is situated in Bexley, Kent. The house dates back to around 1540 when wealthy merchant Sir John Champneys, Lord Mayor of the City of London in 1534, used stone recycled from a nearby former monastery, Lesnes Abbey, to build himself a…
NottinghamshireHarlow Woods is situated in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, it is a vast wooded area near the A617 and the A60. On 7th July 1817 Elizabeth Shepherd, who was a seventeen year old girl, was found…
EssexHarwich Redoubt Fort was constructed between 1808 and 1810 to protect the port of Harwich against the threat of Napoleonic invasion. The fort was constructed on a hill, which allowed views…
KentIghtham Mote is a manor house situated in Sevenoaks, Kent. The manor house was built in the fourteenth century and was seriously implicated in the Gunpowder Plot led by Guy Fawkes. It has…
RoxburghshireJedburgh Castle Jail was built on the former site of the 12th century fortress Jethart Castle. The castle was built by King David I to protect the town of Jedburgh. King Malcolm IV died at…
EssexThe Secret Nuclear Bunker at Kelvedon Hatch, in the Borough of Brentwood in the English county of Essex, is a large underground bunker maintained during the cold war as a potential regional…
EssexSituated in Colchester and built in the first half of Henry VIII’s reign, Layer Marney Tower is in many ways the apotheosis of the Tudor Gatehouse. The building is principally the creation of Henry 1st Lord Marney, who died in 1523, and his…