Road Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Noisy Dog
Location: St Blazey (Cornwall) - Road near town
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This large black dog (some say it is a bear) is said to have sounded like a horse trotting, startling the witnesses who had expected to see a pony.
First added: 2002-06-19 | Last updated: 2002-06-19 | ID #1322
Man in Black
Location: St Boswells (Borders) - Benrig Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 07 May 1892, July 1892, last seen August 1900
Further Comments: While out on a solo Sunday morning walk in May, Matilda Scott watched as a man dressed in black on the road ahead vanished into thin air. When Matilda reached the spot where the man had vanished, she met her sister, who asked where the man walking with Matilda had gone. Two months later, Matilda, with another sister, spotted the figure again and described him as wearing a long black coat, a white cravat, gaiters, and a hat in a fashion Matilda did not recognise. The ghost vanished, but would manifest in the area for the following eight years, seen by Matilda and several other people.
First added: 2026-09-11 | Last updated: 2026-09-11 | ID #16807
White Figure
Location: St Helens (Merseyside) - Castle Hill area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: This pale figure, thought to be connected to the archaeological dig in the same area, is said to have once pushed a motorcyclist from his bike. It is still seen, normally lurking behind trees.
First added: 2003-08-03 | Last updated: 2003-08-03 | ID #4423
Galloping
Location: St Just (Cornwall) - Road between St Just & Tregeseal
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Stormy weather
Further Comments: The sounds of horses pulling a carriage have been reported coming from this stretch of road during stormy nights.
First added: 2003-01-02 | Last updated: 2003-01-02 | ID #3370
Middle Aged Woman with Flowery Hat
Location: St Osyth (Essex) - Priory Gate House, along road
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 1991
Further Comments: Appearing mysteriously in the back seat of a car driven by a young man, this ghostly hitchhiker disappeared when the shaken driver pulled over. A pedestrian in the area also reported a strange petite person who slowly faded away.
First added: 2001-09-06 | Last updated: 2001-09-06 | ID #333
Three Horsemen
Location: St Peter Port (Guernsey) - Colborne Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1900
Further Comments: Three figures riding white horses were said to gallop loudly down the hill.
First added: 2014-06-07 | Last updated: 2014-06-07 | ID #11567
Headless Horseman
Location: St Saviour (Guernsey) - Road between Le Gron and Les Piques
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Moonlit nights
Further Comments: The reason for this horseman dashing along the road is long forgotten.
First added: 2014-06-08 | Last updated: 2014-06-08 | ID #11585
Funeral
Location: St Saviour (Guernsey) - Road leading to the parish church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Although not seen recently, a phantom funeral procession which passed along this road would be spotted during the day, making its way towards the church before vanishing.
First added: 2014-06-08 | Last updated: 2014-06-08 | ID #11584
Head Thrower
Location: Staffin (Highland) - Road in the area, exact location not known
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This macabre, phantasmic entity would attack and kill unwary travellers by pulling off its own head and throwing it at them!
First added: 2004-08-22 | Last updated: 2004-08-22 | ID #5397
Bloody Horseman
Location: Staindrop (Durham) - A688 between town and Raby Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom rider on a white horse has his face covered in blood. The entities are said to slowly descend into the ground.
First added: 2004-12-02 | Last updated: 2004-12-02 | ID #5694
Headless Lass
Location: Stainmore (Cumbria) - Stainmore Pass
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1937
Further Comments: A driver stuck in snow on this pass went for a quick walk on the moorland while waiting for help. He reported seeing a headless woman sitting upon a white horse. A legend claims this to be a Norman landowner's daughter. She was kidnapped and killed by a Saxon chieftain.
First added: 2007-04-07 | Last updated: 2007-04-07 | ID #7228
Jay Walker
Location: Stalham (Norfolk) - Road leading to Wroxham
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 03 November 2017
Further Comments: A passenger in a car watched as a woman standing on the side of the road ran into the path of traffic. The woman vanished just before being hit by the car just ahead of the witness.
First added: 2017-11-11 | Last updated: 2017-11-11 | ID #12611
Pale Hitchhiker
Location: Stanbridge (Bedfordshire) - Station Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: October 1979
Further Comments: Mr Fulton, returning from a darts match, stopped and picked up a young man dressed in shirt and trousers who was thumbing a lift here. A few miles down the road the driver turned to offer his passenger a cigarette, only to find that he had vanished.
First added: 2002-08-28 | Last updated: 2002-08-28 | ID #2365
Trotting Man with Hands Deep in Pockets
Location: Stanway (Essex) - Turkey Cock Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: The ghost in a raincoat materialises through a quickthorn hedge, moves down Turkey Cock Lane and turns towards the old London Road, before slowly fading from view.
First added: 2001-09-06 | Last updated: 2001-09-06 | ID #305
Monk
Location: Stert (Wiltshire) - Land between church and Manor Farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century?
Further Comments: A teenage girl walking home encountered a monk-like figure in this area. She described him as having a pale, cruel face concealed under his cowl.
First added: 2009-06-07 | Last updated: 2009-06-07 | ID #9402
White Woman with Handbag
Location: Stirton (near Skipton) (North Yorkshire) - Road through the hamlet
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: August 2009, around 03:00h
Further Comments: Four friends driving through the area in the early hours of the morning caught in their headlights an older woman dressed in white, holding a white handbag, standing on a narrow grass verge. Concerned for the woman's wellbeing, they stopped around 25 metres up the road and reversed back to check on the woman. Although only thirty or so seconds had passed, the woman had gone, and a further twenty minutes of searching fields and further along the road turned up nothing.
First added: 2014-10-10 | Last updated: 2014-10-10 | ID #11617
Breathing
Location: Stock (Essex) - Broomwood Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 1980s
Further Comments: A lad cycling along Broomwood Lane could hear extremely loud heavy breathing very close to him. Looking around for the source of the sound, none could be found, so he quickly peddled away.
First added: 2006-08-13 | Last updated: 2006-08-13 | ID #6934
Cowled Figure
Location: Stocksbridge (South Yorkshire) - Stocksbridge bypass
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s, 2000s
Further Comments: The scene of many accidents (over 120 since 1988, with 23 dying since 1998), the area is said to be haunted by several ghosts; a hooded man has been seen here, as have Victorian children who are thought to have died in a mining accident.
First added: 2002-07-16 | Last updated: 2002-07-16 | ID #1782
Coach
Location: Stoke Abbott (Dorset) - Between Stoke Abbott and Beaminster
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Driving a phantom coach over road and field, an angry ghost of a former squire is doomed to relive his journey over and over.
First added: 2008-08-10 | Last updated: 2008-08-10 | ID #8737
Misty Figure
Location: Stoke on Tern (Shropshire) - Road, near the bridge over River Tern
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Summer 2019, mid afternoon
Further Comments: A witness spotted a human-shaped misty apparition along this road. They originally thought the mist was water vapour rising from the road as it was warm, but the weather was also dry and very windy. The witness used the road almost every day, but only once observed the phenomenon.
First added: 2021-06-26 | Last updated: 2021-06-26 | ID #14226
Man with White Hair
Location: Stoke on Trent (Staffordshire) - A34, from Manchester heading towards Stoke on Trent
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Sunday evening in September 1993
Further Comments: Two people driving towards Stoke on Trent watched a man with slicked white hair standing by the roadside. He stared into the car as they drove past, and as they rounded a bend a little further ahead, the white haired man appeared once again, standing by the roadside in front of them.
First added: 2008-03-24 | Last updated: 2008-03-24 | ID #8358
Headless Woman
Location: Stokesley (North Yorkshire) - Lady Cross (road where a junction leading to Broughton/Ayton forms)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century?
Further Comments: This junction was once thought to be a place which drew evil from all around. One witness was followed by a headless woman who burnt bright with fire, while another man came across a pale woman upon a white horse; she rode alongside him for a while before vanishing.
First added: 2019-10-30 | Last updated: 2019-10-30 | ID #13381
Driverless Coach
Location: Stone (Buckinghamshire) - Road towards Thame
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1994, late summer
Further Comments: A stagecoach with horses but no driver was seen by a witness in a car driving in the opposite direction along this road.
First added: 2012-06-09 | Last updated: 2012-06-09 | ID #10899
Hooded Figure
Location: Stoney Middleton (Derbyshire) - Jacob's Ladder (an old, steep bridle road)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s?
Further Comments: A young driver was left in a state of shock after he watched a cloaked figure wearing a hood pass through a stone wall and continue heading towards the Riley slate mine.
First added: 2007-05-07 | Last updated: 2007-05-07 | ID #7421
Bella
Location: Stourbridge (West Midlands) - Badgers Sett public house (was Gypsy's Tent pub)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s onwards
Further Comments: Nicknamed Bella, the phantom woman said to haunt the cellar and bar area is said to be connected to the body of a female which was found in Wych Hazel nearby. A ghostly male in uniform has also been spotted on the road outside the pub.
First added: 2011-04-26 | Last updated: 2011-04-26 | ID #10296
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