Little Girl Lost
Location: Rye (Sussex) - The Union Inn, East Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 1990s
Further Comments: Seen walking in the restaurant and kitchen of this old building, this phantom little girl is often mistaken for someone real. Other ghosts include a young woman in a red dress who was pushed down a staircase and a seaman in a blue jacket.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-21
Last updated: 2025-06-22
ID: #1912
Gobbling Monk
Location: Rye (Sussex) - Turkey Cock Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This lane is apparently named after the sounds a monk made when he went mad; this was after he was bricked up alive for trying to elope. He is still seen on the odd occasion, though no longer heard.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-07-22
Last updated: 2002-07-22
ID: #1942
Legs
Location: Rye (Sussex) - Unnamed cafe in the town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010s
Further Comments: A pair of disembodied, yellow stockinged legs, together with a glimpse of Edwardian shorts, were seen running up a staircase.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2020-05-06
Last updated: 2020-05-06
ID: #13751
Boy in Sheet
Location: Rye (Sussex) - Watchbell Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The street is the haunt of a little boy dressed in a white sheet, while disembodied footsteps, thought to belong to a young girl, would once be heard.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-21
Last updated: 2025-06-22
ID: #15964
Kitchen Ghost
Location: Rye (Sussex) - White Vine Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: November 1995 onwards
Further Comments: The kitchen has had its contents rearranged several times, and various food stuffs mixed up and hidden. Sometimes the activities migrate towards the bedrooms, though they always come back.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-21
Last updated: 2002-07-21
ID: #1913
Lady in Grey
Location: Rye (Sussex) - Ye Olde Tuck Shop, Market Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom lady in grey reputedly haunted this shop.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-21
Last updated: 2025-06-22
ID: #15965
Peddling Nurse
Location: Salehurst (Sussex) - Area of Northbridge Street and St Mary church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The nurse died during the 1930's, falling off her bicycle and breaking her neck. She is now seen on her bike, rushing towards observers, quickly fading from view moments from impact.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-07-21
Last updated: 2002-07-21
ID: #1925
Old Man in Bedroom
Location: Salehurst (Sussex) - Row of three cottages in village (middle one), identified by stone with engraved 'ESC'
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: February 1972
Further Comments: This farmer has reportedly been seen over the past two hundred years.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-07-22
Last updated: 2002-07-22
ID: #1939
Sad Little Boy
Location: Seaford (Sussex) - Corsica Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This gloomy lad has been seen near the kitchens; it is thought he is the son of Lord Napier who accidentally shot his father's chaplain.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-21
Last updated: 2002-07-21
ID: #1914
Nun
Location: Seaford (Sussex) - Crypt under the Folly
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: This phantom was said to open the door, take a quick walk around the area and then leave.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2012-10-20
Last updated: 2012-10-20
ID: #11147
Car Crash
Location: Seaford (Sussex) - Road along coastline
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: October 1976
Further Comments: A couple out walking watched a car as it lost control and hit a three foot high sea wall - it passed straight through and disappeared on the other side.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-23
Last updated: 2002-07-23
ID: #1968
Man in Brown
Location: Selmeston (Sussex) - Sherrington Manor
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s
Further Comments: This ghostly figure, top-to-toe in brown clothing, is widely thought to be a monk. A female figure is said to appear when someone is sick in the house.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-07-23
Last updated: 2002-07-23
ID: #1955
Groaning
Location: Selsey (Sussex) - Church car park, western edge of Pagham Harbour, Church Norton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: October or November 2001, 23:30h
Further Comments: Two teenagers hanging out at this car park at night witnessed a flash, quickly followed by a bang. From within their car, they could hear loud moaning approaching, but no footsteps could be heard on the gravel. Nothing could be seen as the teenagers drove off, and many years later one of the witnesses read about a Civil War ghost reputed to haunt the area.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-04-30
Last updated: 2011-04-30
ID: #10411
Gliding Girl
Location: Selsey (Sussex) - Cricket ground and nearby road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s
Further Comments: Several people in the village are said to have encountered the dark haired girl in a Victorian dress. She emerges from the cricket pitch, crosses the road, and vanishes when she enters a nearby field.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2006-12-27
Last updated: 2006-12-27
ID: #7089
Mischievous Entity
Location: Selsey (Sussex) - Private bungalow and nearby shop, Seal Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1950 - February 1958
Further Comments: The Quick family moved out of their home after the haunting entity grew too much for them to handle. One newspaper claimed the poltergeist had previously lived next door but had moved to its new abode around 1953. The Quicks experienced moving items, the sounds of pebbles being thrown (although no stones could be found), and cupboards that unlocked unaided.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2018-02-23
Last updated: 2024-02-10
ID: #12765
Something Behind
Location: Sharpthorne (Sussex) - Tunnel (operational)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1999
Further Comments: A worker on the railway experienced an oppressive feeling, and a sensation as if someone were walking just behind or alongside them. The worker later discovered that other people had experienced the same feelings, and that signalmen working at Kingscote would receive calls from the tunnel's telephone, even though no one would be within.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2022-10-29
Last updated: 2022-10-29
ID: #14683
The Adur Civic Centre in Shoreham.
Caretaker wearing Green Overalls
Location: Shoreham (Sussex) - Adur Civic Centre, Ham Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The haunting here is reportedly caused by a former caretaker electrocuted onsite. He has been seen on the upper floor of the building and is also held accountable for the pealing of a bell that is heard around dinner time.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-21
Last updated: 2002-07-21
ID: #1915
Burned Man
Location: Shoreham-by-Sea (Sussex) - Beach
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Post-Second World War, and 1986
Further Comments: Possibly a modern myth, a local story says that the beach is haunted by a figure covered in burns, accompanied by the smell of burning. A group of teenagers on the beach in 1986 are said to have been chased off by a figure which ran out of the sea, screaming at them.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2012-02-25
Last updated: 2012-02-25
ID: #10736
Calling Out for Help
Location: Shoreham-by-Sea (Sussex) - Private residence, near the River Adur
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local legend says that a man died along this road after falling down a set of stairs - his ghost calls out for help before vanishing.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2012-02-12
Last updated: 2012-02-12
ID: #10705
Sir Robert Earnley
Location: Sidlesham (Sussex) - Crab & Lobster public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Sir Robert Earnley was killed by a gang of Cromwell's soldiers, his dying breath coming from inside the pub after he managed to drag himself there. His tall, proudly uniformed ghost is now seen prior to dawn, though has also been seen once lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-07-22
Last updated: 2002-07-22
ID: #1948
Cavalier
Location: Sidlesham (Sussex) - Crab and Lobster Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: A tall, cloaked figure has been seen both inside and outside the inn. He is thought to be a Cavalier taken to the building after being mortally shot. A visiting medium claimed to see the dying form of the man on the floor of the bar in 1969.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2007-06-10
Last updated: 2007-06-10
ID: #7581
Footsteps
Location: Sidley (Sussex) - New Inn
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The normal pub poltergeist antics apply here (electrical items operating themselves, lighting turning on and off), though on one occasion footsteps were heard coming from an empty room by a visiting journalist.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-02-20
Last updated: 2007-02-20
ID: #7122
Black Circles
Location: Slindon (Sussex) - A27
Type: Other
Date / Time: 29 June 2011
Further Comments: While his lorry travelled at 56 mph, black misty circles with white centres appeared in front of this driver. The shapes passed through the windscreen without causing damage and the engine cut out. Once the vehicle had come to a stop, the driver restarted it and drove off with no further problems. The driver described the incident as 'the most frightening experience ever'.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-07-03
Last updated: 2011-07-03
ID: #10498
White Horse
Location: Slindon (Sussex) - Area around village and Fontwell Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Often seen early in the morning, this riderless phantom steed moves towards witnesses and dissolves away seconds before reaching them. The entity may be related to the ghostly carriage pulled by a team of horses which was said to pass through the village along the lane close to the old butcher's shop.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2002-07-21
Last updated: 2002-07-21
ID: #1916
Bricklayer
Location: Slindon (Sussex) - Slindon House
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The estate's bricklayer was seen walking behind his trainee, the day after the workman had been buried. A phantom priest was also once a frequent visitor to the library; he stopped appearing after an observer destroyed a piece of paper hidden inside a book at which the priest would point.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-10-28
Last updated: 2002-10-28
ID: #2877
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