Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Middleston Sands (Lancashire) - Rooftree Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This entity was reported several times lurking around the bar.
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Published Media
First added: 2003-10-26
Last updated: 2003-10-26
ID: #4721
Location: Morecambe (Lancashire) - Bay
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: While following the sound of music, a fisherman ran his boat ashore in the isle of fairies. After conversing with the tiny islanders (who sang their home was Ever Day) and partaking of their food, the fisherman tried to escape with pockets full of fairy gold; the fairies beat him up and left the man on the shore of Morecambe.
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Historical Record
First added: 2025-08-02
Last updated: 2025-08-02
ID: #16013
Location: Morecambe (Lancashire) - Clarendon Hotel, West End
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This entity has been observed as it drifted along a corridor on the first floor.
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Published Media
First added: 2002-08-27
Last updated: 2002-08-27
ID: #2357
Location: Morecambe (Lancashire) - Golden Ball public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This site is said to have been a popular place to press-gang sailors and is still home to phantoms who object to being forced to sea.
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Published Media
First added: 2019-12-26
Last updated: 2019-12-26
ID: #13462
Location: Morecambe (Lancashire) - Midland Hotel, West End
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Several reports exist of something strange occurring in and around the elevator of this hotel, including one involving a thin, ghostly figure observed within the lift.
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Published Media
First added: 2002-08-27
Last updated: 2002-08-27
ID: #2356
Location: Morecambe (Lancashire) - Royalty Theatre (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: During the demolition of this building some workers reported the ghostly sounds of an organ being played. The shopping centre that has replaced the theatre may have inherited the ghost, though no one can say for certain.
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Published Media
First added: 2003-10-25
Last updated: 2003-10-25
ID: #4707
Location: Nelson (Lancashire) - Engineers' Arms public house (no longer open)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa April 1905
Further Comments: After landlord Robert Adams died, his phantom returned. He would be seen drinking behind the bar through a window, although when the new landlord turned up to investigate, the ghost disappeared upstairs and created a great deal of noise.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-05-19
Last updated: 2020-05-19
ID: #13780
Location: Nelson (Lancashire) - The Coach House, Marsden Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2021
Further Comments: The owner of this property has experienced disembodied footsteps and whispering accompanying a sense of not being alone. Workmen who had tools moved have left after feeling a strange presence. It is thought the old coach master, together with his wife and adopted child, may be responsible for the haunting.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2022-05-19
Last updated: 2022-05-19
ID: #14510
Location: Newchurch (Lancashire) - Boars Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: The Paranormal Activity Research Team of Lancashire investigated this haunted public house. They picked up the presence of a Cavalier in the attic and a figure in the cellar who created a sharp drop in temperature.
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Published Media
First added: 2008-04-27
Last updated: 2008-04-27
ID: #8431
Detail from Salvator Rosa's painting Scenes of Witchcraft Evening.
Location: Newchurch (Lancashire) - Local church
Type: Other
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: This holy building has a large blue eye built into it, to protect against witches and other evils.
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Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2002-11-10
Last updated: 2002-11-10
ID: #3084
Location: Newchurch in Pendle (Lancashire) - Jinny Lane and nearby Jinny Well
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The headless ghost of Jinny (or Jennet) haunted the lane which took her name.
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Published Media
First added: 2024-12-21
Last updated: 2024-12-21
ID: #15748
Location: Newchurch in Pendle (Lancashire) - Lower Well Head Farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Saturdays, 18:00h (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Disembodied footsteps are said to be heard as they move through this building each Saturday. Misty figures have also been reported.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2008-05-13
Last updated: 2008-05-13
ID: #8612
Location: Newchurch in Pendle (Lancashire) - St Mary's Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 12 June 2024, 16:10h
Further Comments: After spotting a black figure standing over one of the graves, a witness started to walk away, only to realise she was being followed down the pathway towards the entrance. The witness heard footsteps close behind so moved to one side, allowing the person to pass. However, when no one appeared, the witness realised the immediate area to be devoid of life.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2024-07-07
Last updated: 2024-07-20
ID: #15471
Location: Newchurch in Rossendale (Lancashire) - Church
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Invisible workmen, who also guarded the site, worked on the construction of this church. The entities could only be seen by one woman who provided them with water.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-08-03
Last updated: 2025-08-03
ID: #16022
Location: Newhey (Lancashire) - Bull's Head public house, Ogden
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s, said to be more active in December
Further Comments: A ghostly man was seen to walk through a closed by a customer, while the landlord observed a woman in a long coat walk into the bar, only to disappear without trace. A phantom dog was also reported.
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Published Media
First added: 2007-04-01
Last updated: 2007-04-01
ID: #7147
Location: Nixon Hillock (Lancashire) - Runshaw House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The upper part of the building is reportedly haunted by an old woman dressed in black and white clothing.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-09-25
Last updated: 2003-09-25
ID: #4607
Location: Norden (Lancashire) - Wolstenholme Hospital (no longer operational)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 1950s
Further Comments: While cleaning a staircase, a member of domestic staff spotted the legs and lower gown of the Matron ascending the stairs. The cleaner said, 'good morning' and was surprised that there was no reply. A few minutes later the Matron arrived and spoke to the cleaner, who expressed surprise and said the Matron had already gone upstairs. Both Matron and cleaner then went to investigate but no one could be found on the floor above. Other members of staff had also claimed to have seen the phantom Matron.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2012-10-06
Last updated: 2012-10-06
ID: #11120
Location: Old Langho (Lancashire) - The Black Bull Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This typical pub ghost is blamed for stealing little items, though one story states the shade once stopped a little girl from falling down a set of stairs by catching her as she tripped.
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Needs Review
First added: 2003-08-03
Last updated: 2003-08-03
ID: #4419
Location: Ormskirk (Lancashire) - Mossock Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This chap appears in the staircase, always looking around, as if looking for something or someone. A green lady also haunts the building.
Source:
Historical Record, User Submission
First added: 2003-05-31
Last updated: 2003-05-31
ID: #4285
Location: Ormskirk (Lancashire) - Old Ship Inn, aka Abblets shoe shop, Moor street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: This tall male ghost appears quite solid, yet greyish in colour. He stands by the front upstairs window, overlooking the main road. A strong smell of tobacco could also be detected within the building.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2005-03-10
Last updated: 2005-03-10
ID: #5930
Location: Ormskirk (Lancashire) - Plough public house, Church Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2012
Further Comments: After a car crashed into this public house in January 2012, landlady Linda Roughley reported that items would move and fly off surfaces unaided. Roughley also reported feeling an invisible hand touch her back.
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Published Media
First added: 2012-07-28
Last updated: 2012-07-28
ID: #11043
Location: Ormskirk (Lancashire) - Road between Ormskirk and Southport, Halsall Moss area - Gregory's Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1965
Further Comments: At least two drivers along this road have looked at their rear-view mirrors and seen an old man sitting in the back of the car. The uninvited guest was described as in his seventies and wearing a flat cap.
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Published Media
First added: 2005-02-03
Last updated: 2005-02-03
ID: #5834
Location: Ormskirk (Lancashire) - Southport Road
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1979 or 1980
Further Comments: A witness recalled how bright orange lights had moved across this area and cars stopped, their power drained. Fazakerley Hospital windows were damaged on the same night.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2015-10-03
Last updated: 2015-10-03
ID: #11917
Location: Oswaldtwistle (Lancashire) - Duckworth Hall Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth Century
Further Comments: Dressed in period costume, this chap still pops into his former local for a swift half pint. His ghostly form sits in the corner of one of the public rooms. Another story says the site is home to a Catholic priest who had been held in the building prior to his execution at Whalley Abbey.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2003-05-31
Last updated: 2023-04-01
ID: #4272
Location: Padiham (Lancashire) - Railway footbridge (no longer present), Pendle Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, but pre-1952
Further Comments: A knocker-up recorded seeing a phantom white lady in a nurse's uniform. The figure climbed the steps of the footbridge which crossed a railway line and vanished when reaching the top.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2026-07-15
Last updated: 2026-07-15
ID: #16712