Thoor Ballylee  (By Dr Charles Nelson - CC A-SA 2.0) The 16th century Ballylee Castle stands near the town of Gort in County Galway. The castle originally belonged to the De Burgo (Burke) family before becoming p... Read more

The facade of Herstmonceux Castle (By Brian Raine - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 generic license) Herstmonceux Castle, in East Sussex, has had a chequered existence and like many of England’s it has it ghosts.... Read more

A headless white lady wandering in the ruins chills the blood of those who encounter her at Corfe Castle, Wareham in Dorset. Corfe Castle  (by Robert Goulden - Geograph Project Collection - CC A-S A 2.0 license) ... Read more

Old Wardour Castle is located near Shaftesbury, Wiltshire in South West England. The Castle was built by John, 5th Lord Lovell on land previously owned by the St Martin family. Old Wardour Castle Photo by Mike Searle (image f... Read more

  Glamis Castle, said to be the most haunted castle in Scotland, is the family home of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne. The lands were presented to them by King Robert II (Robert the Bruce) in 1372. The main keep of the Castle date... Read more

The castle near the village of Berry Pomeroy near Totnes in Devon is reputedly one of the most haunted buildings in the UK.     [Photo author: J Morley  Under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic  license]   Th... Read more

  Arundel Castle is a restored medieval castle which overlooks the River Arun in West Sussex. Begun in the reign of Edward the Confessor the Castle was completed by Roger de Montgomery, the first Earl of Arundel - the title conferred on ... Read more

  How many of us know that the origin of the saying, “An Englishman’s home is his castle”, was enshrined in law by Sir Edward Coke, first Lord Chief Justice in 1628. In the Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of En... Read more

Northern Ghosts   I have recently been loaned a booklet with 15 tales of ghosts and terrors in the North of England. It was only on googling some of the places and ‘events’ mentioned that I found that several of the tales ha... Read more

Battlefields, castles and old houses have ghost stories told about them. Old airports are no exception.   Biggin Hill was one of the most important airfields during the Battle of Britain and also later in the war. Ghost Spitfires are qu... Read more