Haunted Ghost Tours of Castles and Mansions
Tell us your preferred destination (for example Scotland, Wales, England or Ireland) and we will tailor make a Ghost Tour, detailing the haunted mansions, houses, castles within your chosen location.
Haunted Ghost Tours - Sample Inclusions
Visit some of Britain's most haunted castles, houses and mansions for example Muncaster Castle, which has a reputation of being the most haunted castle in England!
Guided tours by specialist tour guides at haunted sites.Ghost walk of a haunted city.
Departure date tailored around Halloween for a special Ghost Tour.
Themed dinner to include after dinner ghost stories.
Stay in haunted hotels.
Dinner in haunted historic pubs.
This tour can be operated on a budget by staying in haunted inns and hiring your own vehicle as transport. Tell us your approximate budget and we will create a tour accordingly.
Sample Itinerary - Haunted England Tour
Day One - Arrive into London and check in at your centrally located hotel.Day Two - Take the London underground for a morning visit to the Tower of London, where blood and death have been involved within its 900 year history. There is little wonder that it has the reputation as one of the most haunted places in Britain. There have been literally hundreds of executions on Tower Hill, from claimants to the throne, political activists and petty criminals. Many of the towers have also served as prisons and places of misery for people on the wrong side of powerful people. If anywhere could lay claim to a host of tortured souls it would be the Tower. It has been the home to the Crown Jewels for the last 600 years. This will be followed by a change of pace with a Cruise on the River Thames and the opportunity to view some of the famous landmarks. Enjoy some leisure time before a Ghost Walk of London to include dinner at a haunted pub.
Day Three - Transfer into Wiltshire for a morning visit to the mystical and awe-inspiring stone circle at Stonehenge. On then for an afternoon visit to medieval Lacock village, dating back to the 13th century and remains largely unchanged over the centuries and has many lime washed, half-timbered and stone houses. During the Middle Ages Lacock became a prosperous and thriving town through its wool industry. On arrival visit the 13th Century Abbey which is no stranger to sightings of the undead, according to local author Kathleen Wiltshire. Her book 'Ghosts and Legends of the Wiltshire Countryside' tells several tales of ghosts in the abbey. It was said that two children staying at the abbey were frightened when an ugly little man walked through their room. Many years later a skeleton was found buried in the wall of that particular bedroom - the skeleton of a deformed man. The ghost of a young woman has been seen near the lake and her identity is not known although it could be any number of fair maidens who died here, including Rosamund, the lover of Henry II. She may have met her death at the hands of Queen Eleanor (formerly Eleanor of Aquitane, Henry's older and jealous wife). This will be followed by a visit to the Fox Talbot Museum, commemorating the life and work of William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77), a former resident of Lacock Abbey. A gentleman scholar of considerable means and social standing, he studied the arts and sciences and kept detailed notes of his endeavours. In 1840 he discovered the negative/positive photographic process. Continue to Bath to check-in at your accommodation for 3 nights.
Day Four - Today enjoy a Ghost Tour of haunted Bath, followed by the rest of the day at leisure to enjoy this beautiful Georgian city.
Day Five - Day excursion into Wales for a visit to Tintern Abbey, the best preserved abbey in Wales and ranks among Britain’s most beautiful historic sights. Elaborately decorated in ‘gothic’ architecture style this church stands almost complete to roof level. Turner sketched and painted here, while Wordsworth drew inspiration from the surroundings. On then for a visit to Castell Coch, a fairytale castle in the woods and designed by William Burges as a country retreat for the 3rd Lord Bute, every room and furnishing is brilliantly eccentric. The young son of Dame Griffiths fell into a bottomless pool of dark water within the precincts and was never seen again. His mother was inconsolable and soon died from her grief. Her ghost restlessly continues to wander about the castle and its surrounding woods. Following the death of the Marquis of Bute, Lady Bute continued to live in the castle but was, it is rumoured, driven out by the constant appearances of the ghostly white lady. Continue into Cardiff for a visit to Cardiff Castle, where the second Marquess of Bute began restoration of Cardiff Castle but died in 1848. He is said to appear by walking through the fireplace of the library. He leaves this room by passing through a six-foot-thick wall into a corridor, and then passes through the wall of the chapel into the room in which he died. The main dining-hall of the castle is also disturbed. At precisely 3:45am heavy doors open and shut by themselves and the lights flash on and off. A "faceless vision in a flowing grayish-white skirt" has also appeared in a stockroom close by, where things get disarranged. Return to your hotel in Bath.
Day Six - Depart for a tour of the lovely honey stone coloured Cotswolds villages to include a visit to Sudeley Castle, set against the beautiful backdrop of the Cotswolds hills. Despite its history of royal attachments dating from the twelfth century, Katherine Parr being a resident here at one time, the only known ghost who remains is that of a former housekeeper known as `Janet`. A former secretary to the owner saw the woman in a mop cap, a white blouse, a long skirt in faded pink and white cotton which reached to her ankles and black shoes, gently moving about the ‘needlework bedroom`. She has also been seen standing in the main bedroom and coming out of the Rupert Room, by a number of visitors. `Janet` once lived in a cottage in Rushley Lane and was deeply devoted to the castle. Check-in at your accommodation in the Cotswolds for overnight.
Day Seven - Depart your hotel for the journey to Warwick for a special Ghost Alive experience and visit to Warwick Castle, where Sir Fulke Greville haunts the Ghost Tower, murdered most foully by a manservant. On then to Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare to include a visit to Shakespeare’s Birthplace. Finally a traditional afternoon tea at haunted Ettington Park Hotel, where a grey lady has been known to materialise near the great stone staircase and drift about the spot where she reputedly died, having been pushed down the stairs on an unspecified date. As she remembers her tragic demise a ghost, whom staff have christened “Lady Emma”, sometimes drifts along the cloister-like terrace, her translucent figure resplendent in a flowing white dress. Meanwhile, on the banks of the River Stour that flows through the grounds, the wraiths of two children, wearing old-fashioned clothing have been seen. One guest was woken by the sound of a child sobbing outside and, on looking out of the window, saw the shadowy phantoms gazing pensively into the river. Finally, in the library bar, a battered copy of Sir Walter Scott’s St Ronan’s Well has sometimes been lifted off the shelf and flung across the room, where it always opens at the same page on which the text concerns a curse. Continue into London to check-in at your accommodation for the next 2 nights.
Day Eight - Full day at leisure for some independent sightseeing or shopping.
Day Nine - After breakfast depart for the airport for your return flight home.
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