🏰 Haunted Castles in the UK

Britain has more castles per square mile than almost anywhere on earth, and a good share of them come with a resident ghost. Sieges, executions, imprisoned queens and the odd walled-up child have left the country's fortresses with centuries of reported hauntings — grey ladies on spiral stairs, phantom drummers on the battlements, cold spots in the dungeons that guides swear are always in the same place.

This guide gathers the most haunted castles in the UK, each with its history, the ghosts said to walk it, what visitors and paranormal investigators have reported, and the practical bit: whether you can visit, whether it runs ghost tours or overnight vigils, and where to stay nearby. Several are castle hotels, so you can sleep inside the walls if you dare.